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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , That the nest General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for tho Borough of Loeds , in the County of York , will & « holden before Thomas Flowbr Ems , the younger , E-quire , Recorder of the said Borough , at the Court House in Leeds , on Monday , the Eleventh day of April next , at Two o'Clock in the Afternoon , at which time and place all Jurors , Constables , Polica Officers , Prosecutors , Witnesses , Persons bound by Recognizances , and others having business at tha said Sessions are required to attend . : And Notice is herkby also given , that all Appeals not previously disposed of will be heard at the opening of the Court on Wednesday , the Thirteenth day of April next , and that all proceedings under the Highway Act will be taken on tbe first day of the Sessions . ; : ¦' ' "¦' . ' '¦ ' •¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ '¦ ¦ ' . ' By * Order , - ^¦ : ¦¦ ¦ ' ,. ¦ . ¦ ¦ ' '' : '¦ ¦ . - ' : " "' JAMES RICHABPSpN , Clerk of the Peace for the said Borough . LeedSj 14 th March , 1842 .
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BOROUGH OF LEEDS IN THE COUNTY OF ¦ ¦ ; ¦ ¦; ¦ ' : ¦ : ¦; York , ; . ; .:.= . . ¦ . ¦ ¦ MOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , that Charles IV Bails ? , an Officer appointed by the Master-General and Board of Ordnance , for the purposes of a certain Act , made and passed in the Fourth and Fifth Years of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria , entitled " An Act to Authorize and Facilitate the Completion of a Survey of Great Britain , Berwick-upon-Tweed , and the Isle of Man , " hath , by Writing under his Hand , dated the 28 th Day of February last ; requested ( and made application to Her Majesty ' s Justices of the Peace of the said Borough of Leeds , in the Coup ty of York , presiding in Quarter Sessions , to Nominate and Appoint at the next Quarter Sessions , or Adjournment thereof , to be held in and for the said Borough , ( and which said Quarter Sessions will be held in and for the said Borough on Monday , the Eleventh Day of April next , at Twelve o'Clock in the Afternoon , ) one or more fit and proper Person or Persons to aid and assist , when required by him , ; the said Charles Bailey , or any other Person appointed by the said Master-General and Board of Ordnance , for the purposes of the said Act , in examining , and ascertaining , and marking out the respective Bonndariej of the Borough of Leeds , and of each City , Borough , Town , Parish , Extra Parochial , and other Places , Districts , and Divisions in the said Borough . JAMES RlCHARt > SOi ? i Clerk of the Peace for the said Borough . Leeds , ] 7 th MarcOi 1842 . '
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THE LAND . ON Saturday next , March the 26 th , will bs published , price Twopence , Mr . O'Connor ' s First Lecture in the Hall of Science , Camp Field , Manchester—The Land and its Capabilities . Published by Abel Heywood , Manchester ; J . Hobson , Star Office , Leeds ; J . Cleave , London ; and all Booksellers and Agents .
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WHEREAS JOSEPH JACKSON , of Whitelej f I Uppers in the Parish of Ktrkheatoh , in tha County of York , Joiner , hath fey an Indentuw I bearing date the Twenty-fifth day of January last I past , assigned over all his Personal Estate and I Eflvcts unto Chasles Radcliffe Tobneb , of Hop * I ton ^ in the Parish of Mirfield , in the said County , I GeEtleman , and George Hall , of Huddersfield , in I the said County ef York ^ Chemist and Drug gist , in I Trust , for the equal benefit of the Creditors of tlw said Joseph JacKson , who shall execute the same on or before the Twenty-fifth day of March next en « suing the date of the said Indenture of Assignment . Notice is hereby given , that the said Deed of Assi / jo * ment now lies at the office of Mr . William TcRNHfc Solicitor , of Hopton aforesaid , for the inspection and execution of the Creditors of said Joseph Jackson ; and ail those who shall not have executed the ssma or assented thereto , in writing , within the time afore * said , wi . l be excluded all benefit arising therefroBAll Persons indebted to the said Joseph Jackson tn requested forthwith to pay the amount of their ttspeotiYe debts to the Baid Charles Radcliffe Turns and George Hall , otherwise legal proceedings w | U be commenced agaiust them . : ' , : ' . '" "" . '"
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EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY . PERSONS having a little time to spare V * A apprised that AGENTS eontinue to be *!> pointed in London and Country Towns by theEut India Tea Company , for the sale of their celebra ted Teas—( Ofiice No . 9 , Great St . Helen's Churcbyixd , Bishopgata-9 treet ) . They are packed in leadf * Canisters , from an Ounce to a Pound ; and ne * alterations have been made whereby Agents will bt enabled to compete with all rivals . The licence is onl y 11 s . 9 d . per Annum , and nutf during the last sixteea Years have realised considtf * able Sums by the Agency , without one ShUling # orloas . ¦ , ¦ ¦' . .. " v ; .. ¦• ¦ . ' . ¦;¦ ' . •; . • • : . .. ... . . ' . - ¦ ¦ ' , ? . -:. /¦ ~'¦¦¦ : ¦ ,. ¦ ¦ -: ¦ : ¦ •¦ :- - Applications to be made , if by letter , posi paft to Charles Hancocks , Secretary .
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THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF MR O ' CONNOR BY THE MYRMIDONS OP THE ANTI-CORN LAW LEAGUE , ( Concluded from our seventh page . ) passed close to my person . I received six wounds on my body and limbs , and one on my head , three of which knocked " toe down , I have seea several victims of that nights brutality , seme of whoa will neTex leave their beds , and from thirty to fifty are dangerously -wounded * This tragedy was followed op upon the followins morning , by an inflammatory and blood-thirsty placard , uniting Irishmen to assemble again in their thousands upon that night to meet the enemies of Daniel O'Connell , and to complete the victory of the previous evening ; but , to the honour of Englishmen of all denominations , so great was their horror of assassination , that
shopkeepers of all grades and political parties assembled for the pnrppee of protecting my life . —( This announcement enlisted a general buz of acclamation throughout the court . ")—Mr . O'Connor-said , the only direct application which I shall now make , previous to submitting the whole case to'the Seeretary of State for the Home Department , is , that a * person , taring authority from this court , should be forthwith sent to the printer of the placard which appeared on Wednesday , for the purpose of procuring the manuscript from which it was composed . This I require as a preliminary step , in order to ground a full inquiry into the whole case . " The worthy chairman expressed \ m determination , and that of the Court , to afford Mr . O'Connor every facility and assistance in the proposed-in qniry , bnt doubted the jurisdiction of the Court as to his application .
*• Mr . O'Connor then referred the Court to the 29 th Bection of tbe Stamp Act , Ehowing that printers were compelled to retain manuscript copy for a certain period after it was put in print . " Mr . Maude , the chairman , perused the section , and gave Mr . O'Connor to understand that his application upon that head , as well as any other that he may hereafter make , would meet with the most anxious consideration . " Mr . O'Connor then thanked the Court for its ourtesy and retired . "
( From the Manchester Chronicle . ) " PHYSICAL FOBCE CONTEST IN THE ' HALL OF SCIENCE . CHAKGE OF ASSAULT AGAINST HB . F . O'CONNOR . B On Wednesday morning , the Borough Court was thronged with Chartists and ' operative' anti-Corn Law Leaguers , in consequence of its being known thai a man was in custody for having taken an active part in a row which took place at the Socialist building denominated the * Hall of Science , ' Camp Field , on the previous evening , on the occasion of a lecture by Mr . FesrgU 3 O'Connor . Shortly after Mr . Maude , the magistrate , took his seat on the bench , a man naiaed Bnffy , an itinerant anti-Corn Law agitator , applied for and obtained a summons against Mi . O'Connor himself , for an assault alleged to have been eoamitied on the occasion in question . 'Duffy stating that 3 Ir . O'Connor street him with his fist and
knocked him from the platform to the floor of the j room . It is necessary to state that Mr . O'Connor j had pnblicly announced his intention of giving three j lectures in Vie above buildiD ? , and the first was de- i lirered on Monday evening , when Mr . James Schole- j field , of Every-street , Ancoats , took the chair . ! The one on Tuesday eveniBg , was to be on the sub- i ject of the Repeal of the Legislative Union between ! JEB £ land and Ireland , and the tow . arose out of a j dispute about the choice of a chairman , Mr . O'Con- j nors party wishing Mr . Soholefiald to preside , and ¦ the party of whom Duffy appeared to be tire leader , ] which was chiefly composed of Irishmen , wishing '¦ to place a man named John Doyle in th « chair . The ! aatae of tbe man who w& 3 taken into custody was ] stated to be John Saxon , aa Irishman , by trade j a -weaver ; Mr . Dickia , solicitor , appeared in Ms < def ' ' ,
ence . u George Buchanan , being sworn , stated that during the skirmish which took place in the hall ho : noticed the prisoner in particular , who assu-tsd so » e ! other men to pull in pieces a chair or a table , wit- ! Bess could not tell which , and the prisoner after- j wards threw a piece of it in the direction of Mr . i Feargus O'Connor , on the platform . There was & \ movement made in the body of the hall , and sud- j denly there was a chair thrown np ^ which seemed to j be the signal for the row commencing , and directly ' . there were br " ck-bat 3 and missiles thrown on the j platform . Witness saw Mr . O'Connor in danger , !
and endeavoured to protect him . After the disturb- j anee , witness gave the prisoner , of whom he had ; taken particular noiice , into the custody of the ' police . —Cross-examined : Witness was on the platform when ihe disturbance commenced . "Mr . James j Scholefield was elected to the chair at eight o ' clock , ; and was about to git down in it 5 when it was pulled j away from him . The men in the body of the hall ] wanted some other psrson to be chairman , and the ; murmur was in consequence of Mr . Scholefield taking the ehair . There were Chartists and Repealers in the hall , and a party of men , in his opinion , had come to oppose the meeting , but he- could not tell what they "were .
"Mr . Diekin : Was there not a general fight in the hall!—I cannot say that it was a general fight , but men had to defend themselves for their lives sake . I am certain that the prisoner broke a piece from either a table or a chair , and threw it towards the platform . M A man of the name of Hargreaves stated that he saw the prisoner in the room during the row , wi » h either a piece of a chair or table in hia hand ; but did not know where he got it from , or see him make US 9 ofitatalL . . ** Mr . O'CoDnor here made his appearance ia the witness box— a large black plaj-tar on hi 3 forehead proving tne effect of some physical fvrce weapon upon himself . Addressing the bench , he said , I beg to state , previously ^© being sworn , that I was requested to come down here by Sir Charles Shaw , and I know nothing whatever as to the case now going on .
* Mr . Maude : Did jon see this prisoner at the room last night . " Mr . CCennor : I did not , tior could I be able to say that I saw any man . ** Mr . Jame 3 Scholefield , of Every-street , who appeared to have received sundry severe bruises about the mouth and eyes , "was the nezt witnes 3 . He , however , could not speak to seeing t&e prisoner in the room at all . " A youth , named John Hargreaves , Btated that he saw the prisoner when the row commenced with a stick in Ms hand , with which he kept knocking about and hitting all he came to . Witness saw him several times throw sticks and pieces of furniture towards the platform
Cross-examined—Tkere had been a general rowbefore the prisoner threw furniture upon the platform . The btes furniture breaking wis upon the platform , but witness had no hand in it . " A party on the platform broke up the furniture , and threw it into the hall among the people , and the consequenee was a general row . "Edward Hancock stated that the prisoner was one of a party of Irishmen who rusk ' ed into the room by force at an early period of the evening . There was a chair thrown by some one from the plattona into the middle of the room , and witness saw the prisoner , with othera , break it to pieces . The prisoner afterwards went towards the ptaiform , and with one of the pieces of the chair aimed a blow at an individnal whom witness had since ascertained to be ihe chairman ( Mr . Scholefield ) .
"Mr . Maude ( to the witness)—vvas the first violeneeand the first breach of the peace caused by this chair being thrown from the platform?—Witness —The f rat outbreak was caused by an individual who jnnjped from the body of Irish repealers and got upon the platform . " Mr . Maude—What was the first act of violence ! Witness—After the man had jumped upon the platform , there was a simultaneous seizing of the chairman ( Mr . Scbolefield ) in the chair . Some individual thrsw the chair from the platform into the body of the meetin ? , and then it was broken up by the prisoner and others .
** Mr . Duffy was then examined by Mr . Dickin for the defence . He stated that he obtained admission into the room at five minutes to seven o ' clock , and paid 6 d . to go upon the platform . -Ha knew the prisoner by sight , but did sot see him there that night . Witness could not say who first began to break the furniture ; but there was a very great effort to force Mr . Scholefield into- the cbair , cne party forcing him one way and another another , and the fnrnituro wa 3 broken in the melee . The disturbance was entirely caused by Mr . O ' Connor rising up ia the meetiuir , putting himself in a fighting a ' . titudp ,
and shooting ont , " Coma on my lads , come on my lads . " AH par lies then rose up , and -eTeryone fougbt ail through . Witness Bayr something thrown into ; be middle of the Hall , but could not tell what it was . At that time the Hall was in a terrible state of excitement ; Mr . O'Connor was fighting on the platform , and they certainly did make it a " Hall of Science' on taat occasion . ( Laughter , ) " Mr . Dickin , on behalf of the prisoner , contended that from the evidence it was clear the disturbaace had originated on the platform , and that the prisoner had not taken any active part beyond what he was authorised to do in self-defence .
The prisoner said he paid to go ir-to the room , but had nothing whatever t a do with the row ; on the contrary , he made his way out as fast as he could , when a man-took him into custody . ** Mr . Maude said the prisoner was probably not one of the worst parties , bat it was clearly proved that he was a party in the disturbance , and therefore he was liable to punishment . They did not mean to millet a heavy penalty upon him , because thst being the first night of the disturbance it might be supposed that they wett •• Hera withcEt any inteEtion of committing violence . They , shswfor-e , should should caii upoa mm to find two sureties in' . £ 10 each to keep the peace . Iaraediately a : er ihe decision in the abovecase , Mr . O'Connor &tifed to tie ctu : t thai he had been giten to under ; tand that a summons had been
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( From the Manchester Courier . ) " COLLISION BETWEEN THE LEAGUERS AND THE CHARTISTS . " DESPERATE RIOT IN THE SOCIALISTS' HALL . " Already has the ill-cemented union between the Anti-Corn Law League and the Chartists , in this town , received its death-blow , the hangers-on of the League having forced themselves into a meeting got up by the Chartists , and created a most alarming disturbance and breach of the peace . Ou Tuesday nii ; ht , Mr . Feargus O'Connor was announced to deliver a lecture at the Socialists * Hall of Science , Camp-field , upon the subject of " The necessity of a Repeal of the Union . with Ireland , " to which the
admission vrss by tickets , at a penny and twopence each . The preceding night , be had been lecturing in the same place , ou * Land and its capabilites ;' aid the way ia which he had handled the conduct and motives of the Corn Law Repealers had doabtless excited their hostility , and led them to the steps about to ba described , which terminated in a mo 3 t alarming riot . The doors were opened at seren o'clock , an hour before the proceedings were to commence ; and in this interval a large body of the Anti-Corn Law party , —upwards of a hundred in nu •• fiber , armed with sticks and bludgeons , —forced their way into the room , without paying the admission money . The police were immediately sent for , but did . not arrive until the rioting was in progress .
" About eight o ' clock , Mr . O'Connor ar . d his frieuds arrivec at the building , and on their entering found a man named Duffy , a leader of the anti-Corn Law party , upon the platform , moving the appoiutment of one John Doyle as chairnian , —although , by a previous arrangement , the chair was to be taken by the Rev . Joseph Scholcfield . Mr . Scbolefield was immediately proposed and seconded as chairman : and on the show of hands being taken , they wvje nearly ten to one in his favour . Mr . S . of course took the cbair ; but the repealers , finding themselves beaten on the material point , determined upon creating a disturbance , and immediately resorted to a display of physical force . Several of them scrambled upon the platform , and seizing upon Mr . Scholefield , dragged the chair from under him , and pulled it to pieces . The table was also broken up , and weapons made of the several pieces . Duffy , who
seems to have been a sort of ringleader amongst them , seized a chair , and threw it over the platform , into the body of the meeting , where it was seized by the repealer ? , and converted into weapons of ittack . Mr , O'Conaer and his party meanwhile exerted themselves to keep Mr . Scholefield in possession of the chair , and a general melee took place on the platform . Mr . O'Connor called out— ' plow , lads , support your chairman , ' and he was shortly afterwards knocked down upon a bench . Somebody pushed Dnffy over theplatfsrm into the pit , and he iftervrords charged O'Connor vrith doing it . These ou ; rages on the platform led to a general melee in the body ot the meeting ; most of those present being Irish , every one characteristically began to la ; about him on all within his reach . Some of the repealers insisted that the Corn Laws should be disotuted imtcad of the Repeal of the Union ; bat all discussion was evidently at as
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end . In addition t » the bludgeons with which they were armed , the infuriated Leaguers tore up the rails , benches , and gas-pipes in tbe hall , as well as the banisters and rails of the : st stir cases , and used them as weapons , with the greatest fury , against their opponent ? . The great bulk of the Chartists , being unarmed , found tneir safety in flight ; but their egress was impeded by parties of armed repealers who lined the stairs , and stood around the outer door , using their bludgeons on all who came within their reach . Some of the wretches in the room had actually carried large stones in their pockets , and with these , and the broken chairs and [ table ? , ai constant ahower of missiles was kept up in the direction of the platform , and several persons were of course
severely hurt . Mr . 0 Connor was knocked down two or three times , once b y a blow upon the forehead . A large stone struck Mr . Scholefield , the chairman , on the face . A reporter , who bad been injudicious enough to veuture into the thick of the iray , had the back of his head laid open , by a blow from a heavy weapon . " Shortly after the commencement of the fray , a body of police arrived , but instead of acting with that promptitude which has always been manifested by our police , when under proper direction , it appears Lhey judged their own force too small to cope with the ' belligerent , party , and so let them fight away ! The riot lasted upwards of an hour inside , and most
of the Chartists having by that time fUd , the Leaguers sallied forth , and , evidently not satisfied with the amount of destruction they had committed , commenced breaking the windows by stones from the outside . The police , then , being reinforced , it seems thought it . time to interfere , and they succeeded in dispersing the rioters , and restoring quiet . Only one man , a weaver , named John Saxon , was apprehended . He had been seen in the act of destroying a cbair , and making missiles of the fragments . A more detailed account of this outrage will be gathered from the proceedings before the magistrates on the following day .
"PROCEEDINGS AT THE BOROUGH C 0 UBT . WEDNESDAY . ( Before D . Maude , Esq . ) M Shortly after the proceedings commenced , Duffy came into the Court , and said he wished to apply for a summons against Mr . O'Connor , for an assault . He stated that he was one of the parties who proposed one of the Chairmen : on its being pat to the vote , each party claimed to have a majority ; he heard a great confusion behind him on the platform , and on looking behind him , he saw Mr . O'Connor , who doubled nis fist , and exclaimed— " Come on , my lads , come on . " He then hit the complainant a blow in the ribs , which knocked him down from the platform to the floor of the room . The summons was granted .
" John Saxon , the man taken into custody by the police , was then brought up . He was charged with using violence , and attempting to strike Mr . O'Connor with a form . " George Buchanan deposed that he saw the prisoner , daring the skirmish , breaking up either a chair or table , and afterwards throwing it in the direction where Mr . O'Connor was standing on the platform . Witness kept his eye on him , and afterwards gave him in custody to the police . In crossexamination by Mr . Dicken , solicitor , who appeared for the prisoner , he said a chair was thrown down wbioh seemed to be a signal for a general attack ; stones and brickbats were thrown on the platform ^ Mr . Scholefield had been proposed to take the chair ,
and carried , and when about to sit down * in it , it was pulled from under him . Five minutes after that , things began to be broken ; a rush immediately took place , and some were pushed off the platform . Men hai to defend themselves for their lives' sake . What the prisoner brofce was either a chair or a table ; he was not doing it in self-defence ; no one was near him at the time . He and another party were snatching pieces of timber from every one who opposed them , and throwing them at the platform . "John Hargreaves proved that be saw the prisoner with a piece of either a chair or table in his hand , but did not Bee him throw it . A weapon was not necessary for his own protection . The large room and also the gallery were full of people .
"Mr . O'Connor next stepped into the witnessbox , having a large black patch on his forehead . He said he had been requested to como down by Sir Charles Shaw , but he knew nothing whatever of the prisoner . "Mr . Scholefield * tta chairman of the met ting , was called . He could not identify the prisoner , but was cross-examined by Mr . Dioken , to the following effect : —I got to the meeting about ten minutes past eight , and found the neighbourhood of the chair occupied by perfeot strangers to me . A man named Duffy was addressing the people . As soon as Mr . O'Connor and 1 appeared they called upon me to take the chair . I had been appointed chairman for the evening at the previous lecture . There were both cbeera sad groans , and yells , and all kinds of hisses and noises .
"John Hargreaves first saw the prisoner with a stick in his band , knocking about and bitting every one he came at . He afterwards saw him very busy in striking and throwing sticks and stones upon the platform . There was a good deal of © onfusion and violence in the room at ine time . The platform was about the height of a person ' s head . The first breaking of furniture begun on the platform ; chairs and tables were broken , and were thrown down into the body of the halL It was not all ou the platform who were the aggresssore , but a select party , who were there far the purpose .
"Edward Hancock deposed that he distinguished the prisoner from the commencement of the disturbance . He was along with a body of Irishmen , who rushed into the room by force at an early part of the evening ; and at the identical time when tho signal was given , by an individual jumping from the middle of the platform ; he and others broke the chair , by dashing it ou the ground , and he then took one piece , wem towards the platform and aimed a blow towards the chairman . Cross-examiued—There was an indiscriminate breaking of chairs and tablea in the room . The first breach of the peace was caused by a person sprmjiing from the boayof the room , from amongst the low Irish repealersdaughter . ) The next thing was the seizing of the chairman and the chair , and then commenced the attacks of individuals on the platform ; some individual threw a chair from the platform into the body of the meeting , and then commenced the indiscriminate violence .
" Duffy was then called by Mr . Dickens , on the part of the prisoner . He stated that he went to the meeting at exactly five minutes to seven ; he went to a side dour , and was told by the woman who opened it that they would have a 'terrible stormy night of it . ' He paid sixpence , and got on the platform . The disturbance did ,.: not begin of an hour . Some furniture was first broken on the right hand side of the platform . He never saw the prisoner there at all . There was a great effort to force Mr . Scholefield into the chair , some
pushing him one way , some another , and in the melee the chair was broken , and thrown into the body of the meeting . Th ? disturbance was entirely caused by Mr . Feargus O'Connor , who , when Witness moved the oppointment of a chairman , rose up , doubling bis fist ? , and called bat— "Come on , my lads—come on , my lads ; ' that was toe signal lor a general melee , and they were fighting all through the room . The people were in a state of the greatest possible excitement . They certainly made it a * hall of science' on that
occasiondaughter . ) "Mr . Maude said it had been clearly proved that the prisoner took part in the disturbance . He must have known well , bo must other parties , that if be chose to remain after the disturbance took p ! ase , and was found using any violence , he was liable to punishment . As it might be supposed that he went th ^ re without the intention ot committing violence , the court would not inflict a severe punishment . He would be required to find two sureties in £ 10 each , to keep the peace .
" THE CHARGE AGAINST MR . O CONNOR . r "Mr . O'Connor , who had taken his seat at the table , said he understood a summons had been that mon ing taken out against him . If it would not treDch upon the time ot ' the court , he should wish it to be then heard , all the parties beiDg present . — This being agreed to , " Mr . Duffy came forward again , and deposed that , entertaining opinions different from those of Mr . O'Connor , he had thought proper to attend tho meeting , and propose as a chairman one who was not ot Mr . O'Connor ' s own appointment . They waited an hour before Mr . O'Connor arrived . Various parties called out for the appointment of a chairman , but he told them it would be improper and injudicious to more the appointment before Mr . O'Connor arrived . At that moment to entered the room ; some of his friends proposed one chairman , and the witness another . A show of hands was taken , and witness considered they had the majority , He immediately announced that fact , and
while he was doing so , Mr . O'Connor etooi up behind him , and waved his hat over his head ; there were cheers and counter-cheers . Seeing that the decision of Joe meeting was completely against him —( hisses and expressions of surprise from the peo p le in the gallery , )—and that there was such a diversity of opinion that he could not have it all his own way , he stood up behind witness , put himself in a fighting attitude , and cried— "Come on , my lads ; come on , my ladB ! " The oonsequenoe was , a general movement of the whole body . Witness stood on the very edge of the platform , which waB six or seven feet high . A violent contest immediately commenced behind him ; he used his influence to keep quietness , but Mr . O'Connor put himself in a fighting attitude , and called the people up . i He retreated a few paces , but on witness s turning his head rcuad , he Btrack him on the right side , and threw him over the platform , into the body of the
meeting . "Cross-examined by Mr . O'Connor—Mr Doyle was the chairman I proposed . Did not hear you say if Doyle had the majority he should be the chairman . I said— ' Mr . Doyle wilt nov proceed to take the chair , ' and then there waa a rush ; a mau named
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Linney , and a number of persons connected with yourself , trying to force Mr . Scholefield into the chair , other parties pushed him out , and in the melee the chair was broken and thrown into the crowd . Mr . Scholefield waa not in the ohair when I said Mr . Doyle would proceed to take it . —( A cry of 'He was / from the gallery ; and Mr . Maude threatened to nave the gallery cleared if these interruptions continued . ) Did not hear you Bayr— 'Now , Mr . Soholefield is in the chair , my lads , support your phairman . ' Whenydn found that your own party ohairmaii was hot elected , you gave three oheers , and said—f Support yoar chairman , ' knowing that be was not ebcted chairman . —Mr . O'Connor—When I was standing in front of the platform , did yon see miBsiles flying ia the direction I was in i—How could I see missiles flying when you had knocked me
off the platform I Did not see you get a blow which knocked you down on one of the benches ; did not see you get a blow on your neck , or on your shoulder , or a blow which cut your hat . Heard you tell the people to stand their ground . Did not see a weapon of any sort inyour hand . You struck me with your fist , on the right side just above the hip .-r-Mr . O'Connor—And I knocked you over the platform did I!—Witness—Off the platform ; that is not English . Mr . O'Connor— -1 am an Irishman j but I suspect you have been too long in England to be a good Irishman— ( laughter ) . Examination continued—After I was kuocbed down I took the liberty of going out , and I saw no more of it after . I left at exaotly twenty minutes past eight . AU I have described occurred within ten minutes . I saw no missiles thrown , but in going out saw a chair or some large artiole thrown from the platform .
" John Dooleysavir where the last tritness was standing on the edge of the platform , and after the row commenced , saw him get ' a clout' on the right side , which pitched him into the pit . He was so near the edge that any one stumbling against him might have knocked him off ; but the blow was struck by Mr . O'Connor , with his fist . ¦; . . ¦ ; : . " Cross-examined ^—I was not on the platform , but in the body of the meetings I had my eyes on the platform all the time , and did not see a single weapon thrown at it . I thought it best to get away when I saw the sort of work that was ¦
going ou . ; -.,., " Patrick Murphy .- —I was at the meeting last night . I saw Mr . DuiTy there ; he etood near the front of the platform , not more than an inch from it . He was elose to the centre ; I did not see him struck , nor did I see him fall off the platform . A con tention arose about the Chairman . I did not stay many minutes after . :... ' . ' " ; . " . ; . - " ¦ ¦"¦" : ; ¦ . ¦'¦_ . > ¦ ¦' :. : '' . - " - .. ' ' Mr . Maude : I think you were about the wiBest person . " / ' . " ' : ' ¦ ' ' - . ' ¦¦ ' : ' ' . - .. ¦ ¦ . '¦ - . ¦ ¦ ¦ , ' : ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ : ; . :- Witness : I saw Mr . O'Connor in the attitude of saying— 'Comeon , myboys ;* " Cross-examined by Mr . O'Connor : And how long did you see me after that I—Two minutes or
80 J . ' :- ¦ ¦ .. •• • ' ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ : ¦¦ ¦ . ¦ . ' .. •• u yet you didnot see Duffy struck !—No . " That will do ; go down . "Duffy was recalled to explain on-what part of the platform he stood , there being a dieorepanoy in the statements of the witnesses . He said that he was on the left of the chair . "Mr . O'Connor then called—. ¦ * ' The llov . Mr . Soholjfield , who deposed—I went to the Mpsley Arms to Mr . O'Coniior before the meeting took place . A man came and £ aid that the parties in the room were ¦ Very ^ violent , and askedif we would have the police ; but wo declined . When we got to the meeting , Duffy was proposing Doyle as ohairman . A show of hands was taken for him ;
and I heard Mr . O'Connor say that if he had a majority he should be the Chairman . When the show of hands was tak < n for me , the whole of the gallery , and at least half of the body of the meeting , were in my favour ; it was at least ten" to : one . Duffy then said Mr * Doyle would take the chair ; I was in the chair at the time . A great disturbance took place at the back of the platform , which I could not see , aud my chair was moved . I was fieized on tho breast by a man in a fustian jacket , who wanted to drag me out of the chair , and another came to hold me in . I laid hold of the gas pillar near tho chair , feariug that it would be torn down ; aud the chair was dragged I don ' t know where . The table was upset , and fell into the body of the meeting ; it was
immediately torn to fragments , and thrown back > rith violence on the platform . Mr . O Conn 6 r called out , " Now , lads , defend your chairman ;" others called to me , * ' Come away , or they'll kill you . " After that Mr . O'Connor went to the ffont of the platform , ! and gave three cheers . : He could not have knocked a man off the platform without my seeing it . I saw Duffy thoro , hear the edge of the platform , but don ' t kiiow what became of him . He could not h ^ ve been thrown off without my seeing him , if my face had been turned in that direction . A fter the chair and table Were broken u p , missiles were fly ing in all directions . ; Mr . O'Connor was knocked down upon one Of the benches ; My opinion is * that Duffy wasthe instigator of the row ; he was addressing the meeting when I entered .
" Charles Thomason—I was- ' at ' -the : meeting , and stood just below where Duffy stood to make his speech . I saw him scuffling , and I saw him thiow a chair off the platform . I saw Mr . Soholefield in the chair , and then I siw some parties try to put him out ; and Mr . O'Connor put his arms round him to keep him in . That was before the general disturbance in the body of the meeting , Saw Mr . O'Connor come to the front aad give three cheers ; afterwards he went towards the back of tho platform , and Vras knocked down upon a bench . I believe Duffy was knocked off the platform by the pressure . Had Mr . O'Connor done it , I think I must have seen it . I remained twenty minutes , and saw pieces of broken chaira and tables flying about , and two men laying about them with pokers . : "¦ '" Cross-examined—Duffjf threw the chair over after the scuffle began ; did not see him take any other part , r-- / : /¦> ' ' ¦ - ¦ ¦ - ,. '¦ ¦ '¦ ' . ¦' •• ' ' '¦ -. " " '¦ ¦ ¦'¦'¦¦
. . "Mr . Maude said the only question was whether the complainant had been thrust off tho platform wilfully or by accident . This was evidently matter of considerable doabt ; and no great violence appeared to have been used towards him . It was to be regretted that parties could not meet without coming to personal violence . Now that these warm feelings had been manifested , ho trusted these parties would not meet in the Banie room again , as it was quite certain they would never convince one another . He hoped this would be a solitary instance of the occurrence of such violence , and that there would not be a repetition of these scenes . It was admitted by the complainant himself , in his defence ; that he was told by the woman at the door that thrre was likely to be a Btormy meetir g ; and that being the case , he , as a respectable party , ought immediately to have cone borne . —The caee was dismissed .
"Duffy , in reply to what had been stated by the last witness , about hi 3 throwing the chair off th . platform , Baid he could prove that to be false : He declared that he had > ot taken but the summoue with any ill feeling , but for the sake of baring a full explanation of the circumstances . " Mr . Maude remarked on the impropriety of courts of justice being made the scene of mutual explanations of this kind . "Mr . O'Connbr also disclaiming any ill feeling , and in proof of it , offered to become one of the sureties for the prisoner Saxon , whose case was before heard ; but it appeared that he had obtained bail , ' - .. ; . - ¦; . : ' ; '¦' ¦ ¦ : r '• '¦'¦ - . ; "'' : ¦ ¦• : . " ¦'¦¦ ¦ ' . '¦¦ . ' " Mr . Soholefieid stated that he had been Blruck on the mouth with a stone , whilst he was on the platform . :
; " Mr . Maude said it was a most brutal thing to throw stones in a crowded meeting ; if the parties guilty of such conduct were brought before him , they would -be very severely dealt with . He expressed a hope that thero would not be a repetition ofsuchcohdnct . " On Mr , O'Connor and M . z frienda leading \\\ e court , they were loudly cheered by the crowd outside /'; .. ¦ . ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦ : ¦; ^' r . ' . S '¦ ¦¦ . ¦ ' . ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ ' : . . ¦ ' . . '¦ : ' " '" ¦ ¦ Pekmiditatsd Assault on a Reporteb , by Char-Tisrs . —In our last , we . ' noticed- ' , the fight in tho Mechanics' Hall of Science , on Tuesday evening last , ou the occasion of a lecture by Mr . Feargus O'Connor , on the Repeal of the Legislative Union
with "Irelauq , ; . and then stated that one of the reporters for the public press had rtrCfiveda severe blow On tho head . We have since made further inquiries , and find that the gentleman assaulted was Mr . Lcresohe , of the Manchester Advertiser , who was sitting at ' the table taking notes , one or two otherreportcrs being near him , when he received a tremendous blow on the back of the head from a large piece of wood , probably a piece of baiiu 3 tra ( ie , for'it appeared to be nearjy as tliickaa a small bedpost ; and must have been squared at one end , lor his hat was cleauly cut throui ; h for a length Of about three inches . Thisblow inflicted a severe lacerated
wound on the Bcalp , the blood flowing from which completely saturated the hat . Mr . Leresohe immediately sprang up to see hia assailant , when he received another heavy blow on tho forehead , the force of which was , however , paitially broken by the rim of his hat . Ho was thoh beaten severely about the shoulder ? , arms , and body ; and , in the instinctive cttorf to ward off the blows with his hands j he received another tremendous blow on the wrist and hand , which , we understand , are quit 3 disabled . Indeed , the iojuries of Mr . Leresohe are of so severe a character , that he has been confined to the house ever since by their consequences . His hat presents the most striking proofs of the extent of violence used
by the ruffians , who thus attacked him . We have called this cowardly assault a premeditated one , and we will how state why we think it was so ^ At the commencement of the fight , Mir . Feargus O'Connor made his escape by » door near the platform ; but there was a report that he had been hurt by Borne of tho adverse party . One of the reporters present , after the disturbance had terminated , in order to ascertain whether there was any truth in the report , proceeded to the Moslcy Arms Hotel , where he found Mr . O'Connor , and a number of his friends . Upon stating the object of his visit , and after receiving the information he Bought , Mr . O'Connor observed to him that it waa
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a&r % : strange ^ that in these rows , the reporters altfflTV escaped withoutinjury . The reporter replied , ihat Mn t > is instince , such waa not the fact ; and he then ' s ^ tedi that Mr . Leresclie , the reporter for the SeSW been much hurt by - blows , about the heidT ^ Sh » B » id one of Mr . O'Connor's friends , •^ ufrtha " was >« i 8 t ake ; t ^ t ^ aght ^ , wj 3 the Whig reporter l' J »« aning , m all . probability , tne reporter She Guatdia * . Aa we have bng _ disr ^ garded meetings and lecv ^ s got . up by . Mr . F . 0 Conno ^ deeming them of very little public
importance or interest to our ri ^^ v - . »» reporter wa 3 present from this eGce ; bat we a ™ ' ° * ? ou equally obliged to Mr . O (^ nnorV " . lend for the candour of his acknowledgment . U . clearly proves the attack to have been made by Ch * Ctists ; . add we should be glad if the honest confessor of his own and his comrades' intentions would exu ^ nd his frankness a step further , and give us hisnavie . — Manchester Guardian . V '
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We have received in reprobation of the tsohduct of these gentlemen more letters , resolutions , and protests than would fill the Star ; if inserted * ; We give the following from Nottingham : — On Monday evening tho Denibcratio Chapel was crowded to such excess that another person could not be we ged in to hear Mr . Dnffyi , Mr . Duffy ' s speech occupied nearly two hours in delivery , He was vehemently cheered throughout . At the
conclusion three hearty cheers were given for O'Connor and the Northern Star , and three for the return of Frost , Williams , and Jones . Several new \ m embers enrolled their names , and a subscription for the Manchester sufferers was raised , when Mr . . Russell read an address to the Chartists of Britain from the Kindicotor bfiice , Bath , charging Mr . Bartiett , reporter for the [ Northern Star , of Bath , with having given a false report of the Bath Couference , and of garbling the resolutions there proposed . Mr . Russell then said , he with three others had been appointed as a committee to draw up a fdsolur tion , which he then submitted to the meeting
:-r-* ' That this meeting cannot reflect on the conduct of Messrs . Roberts * Vincent , and Philp , at a Canference lately held in Bath , without feelings of surprise , indignation , and disgust ; inasmuch as the part they took at "tbat meeting has not been authorised , not even con ; emplated by the Chartists of the Empire generailyV nor yet sanctioned by a majority of their own district . And Mr . Philp being a member of the Executive of the National Charier Association of Britain , has joined in a base conspiracy for creating division and disunion in that body . A ^? ' further , that Mr ^ Sturge and his associates have put forth a declaration to 1
the world , for the sole purpose of underminingthe influence of the forthcoming Convention of _ the industrious classes , to prevent , as far a possible , the National Petition being numerously sienedto destroy the popularity of Feargus O'Connor with the working classes—to lessen the circnlation of the Northern Stir—and ultimately to totally break up the agitation for the People ' s Charter . We , therefore , most earnestly call upon the Chartists of Britain to require Mr . Philp to relinquish his weekly salary forth with , and no longer to consider himself as worthy of any office m the National Charter Association . V
The resolution was carried without a dissentient . Resolutions similar in spirit , but many of them much stronger in expression , were also adopted by the Chartist bodies at Leicester ( Shaksperian Rooms ) , Nottingham , Rice Place Chapel , and King George on Horseback , Mansfield , Northampton , Warley , Sowerby , Heckmondwike , Southwark , Onseburn , Binglej ( delegate meeting )* Heywood , Leeds , Merthyr Tydvili Ripponden , Stroud , London , through nearly all localities , Birmingham , and a great number of other piaccs t ini many of which votes of thanks and confidcuce were also recorded on behalf of the Editor of the Northern Star and the Bath correspondent for that paper . : :
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NoBTHALLKRTON . —Mr . Jaiues Maw , addressed a splendid meeting here on Monday , in the Market , place . In the evening of the same day , he also addressed a meetiug as Appleton , a brisk manufacturing village about eight miles from NorthaHerton . Dorking , Surrey . — -The national Petition was unanimously adoj tod at a large public meeting here on Thursday evening ; many signatures were at tiched . Mr . \ V . Dale , of Dorking , having ttated his ppinioli , that theJParliament as as present constituted , would reject t ' le petition , prbpased for the adoption of the meeting , tho remoustrince of tie JN ' atioual Association , which , haying been read by the Chairman , Uisd . eecpnded by Mr . T ;" - ' Daley ' was carried by acclamation , and will receive signatures after the presentation of the National Petition . ' - '
WiiLDON i Northampio . nshire . —A correspondent writes us that Chartism ^ and testotalism are going hand in hand here , and progressing beautiiuUy . The ExecutiveSop to thbCorm Law Repeal Dragon . —The Mcrthyr Tydvil Chartists , at their weekly meetiDg , adopted unanimously the following resolution :- ^ " That this Association , though duly sensible of ihe importance and weight which ought to be attiohed : to every suggestion emanating from the Executive , yet are of opinion that the adoption at public meetings at" the eeoond resolution in their address to the people , inserted in the Slarot March 12 ih , must be regarded aa a compromise with the Corn Law Repealers , and consequently fraught with danger to the success of the ^ Chartist cause . "
NottiNQHAM . r-Mr . Duffy lectured on Thursday eveniiig , in the chapel , Riee-place . Savoral new members were enrolled ^ Mr . Dean Taylor lectured at the Pheasant on Saturday evening . Twenty new members were enrolled . Mr . Dnffy also addressed a numerous meeting , the same evening , at the Kins George on Horseback , At the conclusion , a collection wi 3 made for thei unfortunate tufferers in tlia reoent Manchester massacre . On Sunday , Mr . Duffy delivered two very instructive addresses to the brave Chartists of Arnold . A collection was roaie for the relief of the Manchester marhied Chartists ; and seventeen persona joined the National Charter AfiiOiiation at tbe conclusion .
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Durham—The Chartists met here on Snnday . a " no turrender" resolution was passed . , '¦' . ' : ' *• Barnard Castlb . —Mr . Charles Connor iectoivd here on Monday and Tuesday evenings , the 7 th and 8 tlilnst . ;¦ ¦ . : . ; . ; -.,:: ; ^; . ' - ;;' .: ; . ¦ . : ; . ;> " ^ VV . : ' ' W ?' . CH 0 BLBT . — -M * . lund lectured here on . Saturday night last Several new ; members were enrolled ; X resolution to support O'Connor was passed , and 3 s . 61 for the support of tha wounded at Manchester was subscribed . ; ; ; , '' •¦ "' ;• " ,, ; " ' > ' '¦ ¦;• ¦¦ . ¦ . ; ' ' ) . ¦' .: \ -: ''' - , ~\~;¦ ' •• : ' . ¦ - ' ' ¦ : . ' Reassembling of t ^ Conpkbence , at Bath .-. The Confereuce betweedpthe bturgites and the Chartist leaders assflmbled agafiron Monday last , Admiral Gordon in the chair . The ohief speakers vret * Messrs . Rev ^ T . Spencer , Alderman Crisp , Philp Vincent , Roberts , and a Chartist named Hopkins who objected very decidedly to the proposed alliance . ' - ' , '¦ ' - ¦ . ' . ¦ - ¦^ - ¦ . ¦ - ' ; ' - ; /; , ' - .. ¦ . ¦ - ¦ , '¦'¦¦ . .
Crow and Ttbbeil-s Chaetist Breakfast Powpza , 81 , Beltfrave-street , I ^ ices ter . The proceeeds from the sale of the Chartist Beverage are as follows : — ¦¦ ¦' ..: " : ; -- - . .. ¦ '¦?¦" ¦ ' -:: ¦ : ¦ : ' •/ ' - .:. ¦ ¦ Mr . Vickers , Belpet ... ... 3 6 Mr . Sweet , Nottingham . i . ; .. ; 2 ; 3 Mr . Brook , Leeds ... ... , ... 1 6 Mj . Cooper , Leice 8 ter ... ... I 0 ¦' . : ¦ V ? :=: ' - : i- '¦¦ ¦ ¦ . - ^^ / " ' ¦ " ¦\ - -:- - ' ' " ' . k ' . : ¦ : ' 3 ' "'
Pindbr s Chartist Biackiko . —The money dn « to the Executive , this week , from the sale of R , Pinder ' s Blacking is as follows : ( the first two linea should have baen inserted last week ) : — " . - ' - ¦';' . " . " " ' . " ::. ' .: ' V / " . :: ¦ ' ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦ '¦ ' - ¦ ' . - ; ¦ , vg . " d . - ' Mr . Akeroyd , Halifax ... \ i . 1 10 Mr . Sales , Sutton-ih-Ashfield ¦"¦ * . » ¦ 14 } Mr . Jackson , Hull ... ... ... 0 3 Mr . Lundy , Hull ... . ...... 0 6 /¦ V : '¦ ' ' ¦ '; : - ¦ :,. . '¦ . ¦ , : 3 111
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Friday , March 18 . —Our arrivals are moder »| « this week of all articles . There is more firmenss « the Wheat trade , and though we cannot report «» f great extent of business , yet folly the rates of tW day 8 e ' nnight are obtained for all descriptions ; # » f ley : steady in prico , but the demand confined ** " " beats . Oats and Shelling the turn better . BeiW * before . No variation in other articles . ^ t Next Friday , being Good Friday , the market ^" be held on Thursday .
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Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBS 0 N , at Ui "" ^ ing Offices , Nes . 12 and 13 , Marketrstateeft , ** gate ; and Published by the said Josuoa H 0 BW" » ( for the Mid Feargds O'Connor , ) at hlfvP * " Iirifrboise , No , 6 , Market-street , Brftg iWJ *" inten | B Commuaication exlstlns between t £ » « ia ; No . ft Market-Btreet , and the add Nos . 1 * " »* 13 , Market-Btreet , BHgpto , thus constitute *^ F ¦ whole of the said Printing and PubHflhl » 8 O ® 1 * I one Premises , i ¦'¦ : ' ¦ ' : ; ' - ' v ' s . ¦ ' ¦ , . ' ¦ ' ; I All Communications must be addressed , JPoA : ^ * ° I J . HOBSON , NorihernStar Office , Leed * I Saturday , March 19 , 1842 I
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Messrs. Vincent, Philp, And Others, A If» Their New" Alliance With The Middle Class Sturge Declaration Men.
MESSRS . VINCENT , PHILP , AND OTHERS , A If » THEIR NEW" ALLIANCE WITH THE MIDDLE CLASS STURGE DECLARATION MEN .
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I at once respond to the call of the Guardian , and give the name of the fabricator of the above intelligence ; His name is ' ; LiabV" and he is the person who gave the information to the Quardiah- ~ some sneaking , skulking , prying , pimping blackguard , who is hired to do the dirty work of any party that will pay him for it . The whole thing is a rank and unblushing " lib" from beginning to end . What passed was this : I asiced how it- happened that reporters always escaped ? when some person observed , that it had not been so that night , for young Mr . Leresche was dangerously wounded .
I suppose , ; said some one , as he was but a young hand bis face was not familiar to the bludgeon men . I then iBaid— " ho , by Jove , but THEY took him for poor Griffin , the reporter , of the Star . " M THEY took him , ? not" ttfc '' tookhini . Now more up « h this . On Friday , while I was Waiting in Court to make my application , I sat next to the Guardian Reporter ; and that gentleman , ( . who , I presume , would not condescend to spy and pimp in my private room in a hotel , and then carry his cargo to
market , ) spoke of young Leresche , and said he supposed they wanted Clarksori who swore against O'Brien . " Noj said I , they did not ; as YOU have always gone the whole hog with them ; they wanted the reporter of tho Star ; for our fellows had'rit even a rod . " Now , then , the anxious inquirer has the required information . The person who furnished i * is the identical person that fabricated , and lyingly and insolently told it . Feargus O'Connor .
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THE MANCHESTER OUTRAGE . At a public meeting of the Chartists of Bath , held on Monday evening , the following address was unanimoslyadopted : ^ - •' to Mr . O'Connor and the Chartists of Man' - . , . ¦¦¦• . ¦ \] cuester . " . :::- - . " . ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' . - ¦ . ¦ " GENTiEMEN , — 'With pleasure we have read the account in the Star of the noble stand you made in Manoi . fcst . riu defence of the principles of the Charter : we read with disgust the details of the conduct oi the ruffianly fellows of the League who attacked Mr . 0 'Connor , the Rev . Mr . Scholefield , and other sturdy Chartists . And for the unflinching , and champion-like conduct of Mr . O'Connor , and the iiobie part performed by the : Manchester Chartists in coRiiug to his rescue whilat standing out tor the Charter and no humbug , we thus publicly gjve Mr . O'Connor and his coin patriot ' s our steed of approbation and our heart-felt thanks . " " Si ^ ucd , ¦•¦ ¦ .
" The Chartists op Bath . " Addresses and resolutions embodying similar senumemp , were adopted also at Leicester , Shffield , Southampton , Darlington , Newcastle , Mansfield , NoUiDgham , Macoiesneld , Leicester ( All Saiats Open ) , Hey wood , Bristol , Bingley ( delegate meeting for " the West Ridiug ) , Honley , Norwich , Pr . eston , Ashton-under-Lyne , Leeds , Upper \ Vortley , Wigan , Pendleton , Catholic SuHday School , —Barnsley , London , throujch all its various localities , York , lMtmingham , Worcester , Northampton , and almost tveryotlier important town in the kingdom . At neai-ly all of these meetings strongly-expressed resolutions oi confidence in O'ConKor and the Editor of the Star , and thauks to both for past services wero also adopted .
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applied for against him , and that if it was convenient for the magistrates to hear the case then , he was quite ready . " Mr . Maude asked Duffy , the complainant , if he was prepared to go into tie ca « e , t 9 which he replied in the affirmative . ¦ .. 7 ¦ ' . ' tt Dofly then stated that he attended the meeting , along with others , on the previous evening . Their object in attending , certainly , was owing topohtical differences which existed between Feargus O'Connor and themselTes on some points , but he was aware mat that waa a subject which could not be brought before the Court . Mr . O'Connor thought proper , by placard , to appeal to his own countrymen , aud he ( Duffy ) was one of them . A great majority of the Irishmen entertaining different views from Mr . O'Connor , determined to attend themeetin / j , with the express intention of giving him an opportunity of expressing his opinions , and they did not wish to nave a Chairman of Mr . O'Connor ' s own particular
choosing . On Mr . O'Connor's arrival his friends proposed that Mr . Scholefield should tako the chair , and complainant proposed that John Doyleshould be a , ppoiated to that office . A show of hands was taken , and complainant ' s party had the majority , as he thought , and he announced it accordingly . Upon this Mr . O'Connor stood up behind complainant , waved bis hat , and induced his party to cheer . There were cheers and counter cheers , and Mr . O'Connor , finding that he could not have it all his own way , commenced squaring with his hands , and shouted , * Come on , my Iad 3 ; come on , my , lads , ' the consequence of which was , that there was a general movement throughout the whole assembly . During the commotion Mr . O'Connor gave every indication in hi 3 power to shew the people that they had not come there to dispute but to fight , and ultimately struck complainant a blow on the right side , which knooked him from the platform into the body of the
room . " In cross-examination by Mr . O'Connor , tho complainant denied that Doyle said , * We have a majority , ' before the show of hands waa taken for Mr . Scholefield . After the show of hands , complainant said , * Now , gentlemen , Mr . Doyle will proceed to take the chair . ' Upon the instant a man of the name of Linney , and other persons connected with Mr . O'Connor , rushed towards Mr . Scholtfteld , and tried to puth him into the chair , and in the disturbance the chair was broken up . Complaisant would swear that at tfee time he said , * Now , gentlemen , Mr . Doyle will take the chair , ' Mr . Scholefield vvas not in it . Ho did not see Mr . O'Cennor get any blows at all . As soon as he ( complainant ) wa 3 knocked from the platform , he took the liberty of going out . He saw no missiles thrown ; bnt , as he was going out , saw a cbair , or some such artiole , thrown from the platform . The squabble lasted for about ten minutes altogether .
M John Dooley deposed to seeing Mr . O'Connor strike Duffy a blow on the side wivh his fist , whioh sest him from the platform into the body of the room . He also corroborated the complainant ' s testimony in other particulars . " Patrick Murphy stated that he taw Duffy at the meeting , standing in front of the platform , near to the edge ; bat did not see him struck by anybody , nor fall from the platform . Mr . O'Connor was standing behind Duffy . Soon after the contention arose respecting the appointment of a chairman , witness went out into the street . u Mr . Maude : I think you were about the wisest
person . ' Mr . James Scholefield was then called and exmined by Mr . O'Connor for the defence . He said he was at the Mosley Arms Hotel with Mr . O'Connor a short time before the meeting took place , when a person came and informed them that some parties in the room were becoming very violent , and asked if Mr . O'Connor thought they should send for the police ! Witness remembered Mr . O'Connor saying , " I never like to go to a public meeting with police I'll answer for my countrymen that they'll hear reason . " The witness then describad the scene which took place in the room , and faid that when
tbe show of hands was taken for a chairman , there were ten to one in his favour ; that , notwithstanding this , Duffy called upon Mr . Doyle to take the chair ; and that ultimately witness was forced from the chair , or rather that the chair was forced from him , his shirt torn , his face cut with a stone , and his person otherwise bruised . Witness remembered Mr . O'Connor calling out , " Now , lads , defend your chairman f but he did not see him lift a hand to strike any person . Mr . O'Connor could not have struck any man on tbe platform without witness seeing it . Witness saw Mr . O'Connor knocked down on the benches .
11 By Mr . Maude : I saw Duffy there , who was the sole cause of the disturbance . He was standing about a yard and a half from me . I do not know what became of him . " Charles Thomason stated that he saw Duffy struggling with others in the centre of the platform , and saw him throw a chair into tho body of the room . Witness believed that Duffy waa presssd off the platform in the squabble , but never saw Mr . O'Connor strike him . Mr , Maude said there could be no doubt that the defendant was pushed off , but whether by an involuntary act , or wilfully , seemed to be a matter of doubt , and , at any rate , no extreme violence seemed to have been used towards him . It was much to be regretted that parties could not meet together without personal collision , and , in future , he hoped they should hear no more of it . If they could not meet together in the same room without coming to violence , it would be much better to go into separate rooms .
" Duffy expressed a wi 3 h to call one or two of Mr . O'Connor's own witnesses , in order to clear off the imputation which he B 3 id had been thrown upon hia character by the last witness stating that he ( Duffy ) threw the chair . He also disclaimed all ill feeling in the matter . " Mr . Maude thought they could cot make the court a place for mutual explanations . Their bnsiness was to inquire whether there had beea an assault committed at all ; he did not think they could go into any further matters . " Mr . O'Connor said , that in order to show that he had no ill feeling ho would willingly becomepne of the sureties for the poor Irishman who had been ordered to find bail to keep the peace , if he had not obtained them .
* Mr . Maude : I have no objection to discharge the man upon his promising to conduct himself peaceably in future . u At . Dickin : He has had bail . " Mr . Scholefield said he had a large stone thrown at him , which struck hisa in the teeth , and this must have been a premeditated assault . " Mr . Maude said there cou 2 d be doubt that that had been a wilful act ; and if any party was brought therms who had been guilty of euch conduct he would assuredly be punished . •' ¦ The parties interested in the affair then left ihe coarc , and on gaining the street the Chartists commenced cheering Mr . O'Connor . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 19, 1842, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct590/page/8/
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