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THE SPECIAL COMMISSIONS . ( Front , Uit 31 o 7 ; ' 7 ip Chionict . c )
STAFFORD , FeidaT . OCT 14 . ( Be / ore Sir S . TitidaL ) ¦ J ' .-e C ° art . - " . * t ^ :. - !] : ' jtd ; . i "' nine u ' clock . s ~^ inlinedb ' -. y si t ~ : wurdt , thi ^ - ^<^ i- = * ho " bad been convicted of tbr ? citric Vi- ' . ion of tb- R .-r . . v-r . A : tie-. " s house ¦ were ore- red tr > b .- ^ :-in < ht up fixd flics ' . at tie bit . SEXTLSCE UPON IHE PK . 150 JTZU 5 . Ti . otnas Mai :-v . Hi' > H .. " ird , Wm . Eiiis , Elijah C _ . J-hr . Ci . r . fr . J :: ci .. b 6 .-. -cm , cn ^ i Win . Fearnu Srr : brouiM nc ^ tarr . Tfc : ? L- iTiiiC Judge V ; tr , id ' rested them . He siid Pr ^^ at-r . i ¦*; IL -: r * r , y-, u hart ; r . c-en f-. und gui ; ty of ri . it .-. y : ¦ •;/ . f-io ^ ioi :.-ly -tsircjiug tt- fcous = fcf the B- v '•' r . AjLkir .. A c *; jic mere pemk-ioos and fatai t < ¦ ¦ " bi ^ p i ^ -s ? si .- ! src- ' .-n-. T of social life can icari ^ lj b- —¦ i-. ~ td . ri ..- :. ; -.-r » si j- u are iii . veil to have infl - / . u : .. i ; "_ p .. . c—d ! -j it' »' - icdcitiions inaabitsiits O " . . c-v ; r .: _ - r ,- -. ;• ¦ -r V .-. f t : _ 2 ^ tf-. OE- ' that weald fa 3 " » c t 3 . " =.: '• y . in : t . . jr ^ an . iv f jr ibt-y vrouU huve T ¦ -- -. ¦ - ' -. l-. ' -XS . ' - - ¦ t . < - : ; v . _ -3 . a . r . d prepmies of p . . ¦ i- ... r L :: fi . " -EJk rbs ; . ; - - . bo 7 ~ ~ r , has new res : ¦ . ¦ -: ;> -u . r . i- _ y . ^ r . i ; . :. j ; i ^ st 5 v . ff r Its . ! p ^ ns'ty " ^ - ¦ : £ i * . » .-: ' . « :...:- £ *• _ y-. cT cr ; ijj-i . Ti . c- s-rtcLi ;/ ' . f t" ¦ ' .-ju . t :. « . f-. - v . u . T £ nw-s ilsr .-ay anufi . K-- > varu . t . ' ( :. •; : o ¦ ¦ : - ¦ L : y- r-tr-n j-r .. -c :: t at the Eftul j i ; fcr > 1 : : :. ; .. - ¦ » -I -r -f : p- hoa-s an ! wto f-Uhcr s -r- ~ : ti . _ " -c . ¦ . ' f--i t - £ i ; :.-s ; and you , William £ . -. ~ - ^ . > :.: ^ _ u h i ] t ; ' -. .--ii ut thrjoxmiLEctiiicat . v " .- ; . ' ¦ •'" ' ¦! ' - ¦ ' '' ¦ ¦ = ± ^ . iisiu ~ - ' .- I ; u * thr-jary iota prfc ^ irji i" . ' , ¦; niuo Car .-.-g t ; . * - c-ni : r . iii . iiC' . - o : VLe Sinus , anii T : irav- -. "i-L-n d-r ¦ ? I .-¦¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' * ik > nr ^ ! . ! ' Ot ; Qbliiv :..-Jc ' 1 3 i Oi . ¦ : ' -.-¦¦ ru .. rr ? :-. ; : --. . ¦ - roni-. ttrs of tbt crime by t' : ^ : O : vLt :::. " "• J . Ci ,. . - - ?{ .: L-frcb-. S Ji » U addreEifti to t ¦ : --O—U-it ; it . i i- ; ; . u )"¦ - rrani-pjrifeij fur iwiiiij-O . ;' .- : ¦ . T : —' . y u . E . j -I- Cl-y , Can : ia « , eeJ Gr / 6-lEi . }¦ ' i-ip rt-r" : -r :- - j-. sj-. - . > . l- tL 2 t ; u 1 ViiL . m i ¦ - . - i-e :. t : i : ¦¦ . . - ¦ . f r . •¦ : i •^• . r . - . Ls asd it ^ t to ha :-tl 1 ; ' -IT . ' .:- ' . S : l 7 :-1 'lit =-: rrr >; i times , " V . I r . ither y " Lire -. I .. . . . the i .-es . at onc =, my lori ' £ r - . s i-. - .-A i - . - ¦ - .. w-.-r-r ia uis h-i . d anj •^¦ 'S p ? oc . ai ( ' . - ' ai _ kv t-. c-xj-j .- _ -.:. a ; . " = t-s the Ccart , wten i-c s .- -r :. I-. •! 1-r * ¦ ¦ .- - x- r . "¦ - . 'i . i ; : •'• - -.. J . ^ a Livj - . ; . G-:-rre Si .-iw , ar .. 'John E -2 ^ crs tLi-u ! ¦ : vc : it itic bar and sentenced . ~ i \ . trn to t-.-.. vi-t trir . ii . -.-r : au ; n , au 4 tb-i cthrr t ¦ ---7- to t . vUf - ii . ou"Jis m-wriiOndcDt &z . i h ^ rd
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E cSei li ; e tvii - -r 6 ? :- ^ r . * 2 as < . > D . sd fi : e : j : 73 Chica E :.-nfacturcr . cr-ir F . n ' . atrjed - with bluri ^ ons . s > r ; : s , k : i ;~ £ S . aiid picfc-. x-. s . They forced thc ^ r way t " - ' ! izh tb ? dr . "rs and wntiows , and pile . i up -jrr broi . " . furci : urr jh : fcn mj'Jiiie c-f ' . be rooru , ani stt it on £ * ¦ . inri had i : n .-: :-eeu thit an aiaim was siv ^ n that th - 'I'iSfrsr . s -wrire coming , there 'w . is UtUfe doant but U- ° * . ' -h = y ^ -oai .-i hsTc competed the demolition ef ibe t u ^ e . I ' , ^ a ? -i qnrsn- / n •^ h-ihv-r tnty were not guilty c ; i much ni- _ T- Hsrioiu off = nce , but thfe crown b ^ a e- pted the uiiictf c . iii- ; s of mtrely indicticg them for
Tas Ccranfrl on brbiif of Simpson znd Swincos C : fu several ^¦ it-JCtscs ti > pri , vc thst thtse pris-jrers v-re nit ti £ ; rg sny ; , _ it i ; ti-e riot—o ; e cT U ^ i . S in ^ c-ie , b = ira a : thd tlcue tL- ; mob attacked -jCTEZyjIt , c . " ^ "t nis of sis ; ii :. " = ^ fi : ::: : fe = place . £ Le Juy acoMiiicii S 'iizoos and Simpson , and fc-nno tJ _ o ; r-j * gciiiy . i :,.- Lriirnrf Jl ' DGS : htn idire ? sed the priio- _ crt . and Ei ' . d ii ^ lii d n-ViJ iiEara a coietha t z- ? j stror ^ tr A ; .-. , n = t t : y person th ^ a tee cos * tbst had b * fn stated by the vi ' . ijeiscsfcr the prasfceuaon . Their c-jn ^ tict . and that ci "" Dirs c ; f thr ruob , £ tp srid to ha more that of naci ? irzi < i s ^ va ^ es ; they br . d gone , armed vrj-. h swords ll : picfes uEu LluocfcOis , f-r co earthly reasc-n , thit ing ¦ uity ecr-il-dnurs-y-t asd d = itroyeil the property of : >! r . i it to
- . -i- 'ii , a ^ i - appeirei him that , had they been : i > U "id in a c ; ff _ rr-nt tst , Peps at ieasc wuuld hare n T ? ry great djnaer ; b : : * it sh-swed that the Cii-wa : v ,-, inciiced to proceed with , the great&st humanity . T .. prisoners were then sentenced—Pope to t ^ ro jears' j i ; . r-t-. r . rr . trt ana hard labour ; \ Iya . tt to t-weiYe months : s ; i r . ard larmn ? ; Mid lleton . J ^ nes , and WaTtinin , six m nths a ; : d bar j l .- . K ur ; at-d . Mu ^ igan to thi rt monilis h : - prlsjx ^ j : ^~ i aun . i .-. r-l la ) -out . . S-Ter ^ l -r : tie pr : s : ntrs trjrsastd their gTitituat to b- Lsrdsbir . : CHAP . GZ 5 OF SEDITION . J-iStph C / iprur . . the ^ rtl ' .-k o ^ r . Tanit-. l ! biEdiraitb J . a K : c ' :. _ r-. "s . o ! Kas ' . ^ y . i . Cuairiot t- ; iu ; : ir , a ^ d * ± - -niOi Cujv-r . « ho had i > te ~ preT ^ u ^ ly uiod at ; d ac- . q \ . -i ~\ -ji : a cli ' rgi ; oi litmclteiiJns ; lLj htusij of iir . P .. sr ? , ~ eie tLtu piaecil at th-.- bar , aad arraigned oa a ' .-r .. e cf ccui-i - -s . zs . cj ifld ttdii-ri ; . ; ¦ •! :-pcr said his Cc-uBsel vrai nut thea pressat , and h flTislif-i him * o bs called . I- = S 0 L ! CIT 0 R-Ge : i"EBa 1 . said he -ar-drrstood thst C : ii . tr inttmitri to Udvers =, tid h& Lid told bis e > . it-iel ( Mr . Lee . ' , after lianne locked ov- ^ r the comi ; . t ; u aud irdiirtusn :, that be thotuht it fill -a-itiin ti t aaie rule as the case of O'Nsil , and , therefore , ii t- -.-re wis - asy iippiication to traverse on his brhiif , Le ' si . 'uld not c-ppost ; it . He believed that t ' uit was the , rr : i ~ on his cjuniel was not present . Ks thought it -w u . d be better to call npon the paities U > -piesd in the ' f : it insrace * . i i-ie Cierk cf Arra . s thrn read over the -indict- ; us nt , -srhich chwrgrti C > o ) 'er , Cippur , and Richards , ¦ fc ' -h . haTing , oa tnr loib . i-f August last , at tne v-aiiih cf BaKltia , unlaxrfnliy , Ticktcily , ami seditiously coue : . rtd , cc-niiine'i , and ccr . f = ' . i-. ratcd to ciuse rids and ui-. iultu . 0 U 3 usa' - 'air ' nes c-f th = people in br € a > : b . -. f the ; y iiic pssce , a ; : d to i _ c : U , provoke , and j-rocuis tuoh tu : nuituous msabiis to rtsi > t sad o ' Dstruot by force and avns tie execntioa of the la » s of the realm , and to a : ji thsaiSr : T , _ i -ith in- - " , pistols , pikes , blud ^ eoa ? . a-i othti tr . ! sTrn "; TTvipsc- - ; and further , that tbs-*¦ : d Cooper , Cprur , " ^^ Krcaards did . fen the 25 ib oi Augast , at ISuri . rrn , and at div- ; T 8 other p o lices and tj '' j-. s , seriit : ? u ^; y addrc = s t- > and speak ii ; the hcirin ;; c : ' . arje : ; ssrn ; r- s-705 i ; T >" -opie dirers false , ii pel 1 yd ? .
sc : ndi : oa 3 , an-i sedulous speeches , with intent lo excite thsni to dlsccnteut w- > h , pnd hatrwti to , the ia ^ s fc ! % L . s laud and the Government ef the K-aim , and U' i forcible Tesi ^ T . rca to , and violation . of the Iav 7 . Tae prisoner ; ;• • ¦ ¦ ersily pVaded not gniity ! ( . ir / rk of ; ne ^ triiacs—To-vtas Cooper , >' . o you ^ risa to take your tri . J now , or to put it off to lh ~ mxt s-.-z-s ?
Co-.-per—I "n-: sh tj travt-: si 'Ji * ri of ; b . ^ ArnUcs—John Hichards , c 6 yon ¦ wish t . be j-ut npon your trul aow cr td'traver-c- ? Richards—1 wish to traTtr . ^ e . Uierk of Arriignb—Jo . Hoh Csppur , do you wish to bv i-ut on your triai ; o » , i r to pnt it off ? \ . appur—I ¦ vri = h to stirid my trial no ^ , separate f : _ m the others . G vjp . r ; y L : t 4 , I vrish to have your advice with r * . ara to my tri-i '; . I furnished the names cf fso per-Si .. us , une risidirc - ,-x Lt . C 7-stt . -r , and tie cthe . r in Long : i to tia maiir- ' . r ¦ -t . -: ; they ax = tr-ta m € : i of lar ; e p . - -puiy ; cce of : h ^ ni -nvrth several thcsEand ronncs , £ ¦ d be was refund on ¦ Dolitical crounds . I wish to k :. o » is that lfsal ? .
The Chief JV 5 t : ce—I c- "n lay dotvn no rnie . If the p irrics ecme Hc : j ; o rr ^ e . and Ewear that they are wcrth a ce- taia 5 nm l £ ust uil their debts are paid , I thai ! revive th-in . Carper—My Lori : "VTfcen asi I to enter into reeoisiz nces : is it before * bs v ;;; :: rg ja ? t ces ? Tae Chiel Jcsiice—You can eithtrecter into recogn Ziuces hif ^ re ti-e J ^ Ig ^ s here , if you are prepared , b Tv . rc they leave town , which nay be the idoh coi :-Tt ^ itnt conrss for yen , or before the vis : t : n ? j"u ; t ! ces of tLe yacl af "er we leave . You muss seiid in the r . an « t-- t ; -. e solicitor of the Crown , in crder th ^ t the proper
i ; q ^' rlea be ii . z : e . Cup-r tV .-sc —r . its the names at :- ! r ^ d ^ ersis ti his hv-j ^ -jirrtiira oa a ^ lip of pap * r , and hicded thi-m in to i : » liiiuk . The prisoner . Co-per , ¦ was thtn amic ^ td up ^ n s . < : -thtr in- icin . t-t Tor srditir-u ; la :: 5 Ti" £ ; e . "nd indectsz trie workmen : o c-iss frcm K '^ o ut ; and ^ ^ s a = kr . d , in the ¦ usual form , "wb . ctb . er be wa . « quiity or r . ui Cooper— If I itri charr-.-d -sub . ir . c ' itic ? persons to C- —e from labo'ir cntii thi-y c ' vtain the Carter—if that is ilienil , and if Uik b ¦ a br < . zch i i the peace—then I air . bcund in honour to admit that 1 did un , ,. them to du ro , asci tV . at I f . " . gnilty .
Tr . ? SOLiciioa-QENiriAL requested ti' -. t some ivgsi gc titnjau would a- - ' . vise Cooprr . Some person here rcac ' . e a conimaaication to Cooptr Lj a whispir . Cooper ' iin a loud voice ;—Xo , I shall not tell a f : Jseho d . - " Cooper—My !> , , en thif ci-rse I £ - ? . y gaiity . I r . ij ur ^ e the people to cfcssi iaboui . until tii < . y obtainto
th- Charter . Mr . WaDdingtox . —That is only a part r . f the chir ^ 6 ; tberc ir ^ Uirre cthsr coanls ia the indictE ^ nt . Cooper then pUudid nol guilty , asd txpresjed h : 3 iotention to traverse it te -wtj at liberty to do so . Joseph Cappur ttzs thea arraigned on a similar charge of ssditioa , ami pl&aded cot gniity . H j declined to traverse . John Richards "vras then arrainged npen a chsrgc of sedition , and pleaded not tniity . He said he should trsTerse till the Crit ass ' zis . Tne priEonexs "irerc th&n remoTed , acd Joseph Linuey , who had been previously found gcilty ef beinj ? present tt an unlawful assembly befora Mr . Baroa Patite . was then Disced at the btr .
The Clerk cf Arraigns r ^ ad the icaicrrtent , -which charged him with bavin ;; used seciti-. raa -words at & meeting oa the 27 th . of July , and in another count he ¦ was chaijed -with having used Seditious largnase at a meetiEg oa the 3 rd of August The prisoner pleaded not cui'ty . The Oak cf Arraigns—Dd you Intend to traverse , or wiD yon tak « your tri&l ho tt ? Knney—I believa I have been already tried npon this Indictment in smother court .
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CLOSE OF THE STAFFORD SPECIAL COH-. MISSIUN . SATURDAY , iOCToBER 15 . The c '> mmission closed at a late hour this evening , after the following ca * es had bttn disposed of :
( Before Chief Justice TindalJ Thomas Roberts , who -was convicted on a former oceasijn of : Laving deMiuliohed the house of the Rev . Dr . Vale , was brought up at the sitting of the court this morning , ar . d sentenced to transportation for ten years .
CHARGE OF SEDITION . Joseph Cippur , a v ^ -aembio-looking old man , -was then placed at the bar , charged with havinu addressed various w : ck < .-l and seditinus addresses to the people , rtcnmmemiing the pti > ple to arm themselves , and to resist the constituted antiwitits by force . The Solicit . uk . -Genek . al suit , ii ihe case . The fojiowing ^ . tnrr . ^ a we r * tben called : — Wiiliim SuiaUn-. Axi—I live a ; Nofrcastle . lama ^ rindsiv 1 iivec ; at Smolihi / use in February last . It is a mile and ci half f-ym Haniey . A person uamed Wm . Pepuer lived n-: » r me . 1 kn !; w the prisoner ; he is a blaL-ksmilh , living-it Newt tall . On the 28 th of Fob I remember seeing a nuts : lxr ., f ptrh ins in Pepper ' s house . It w ^ s oi , a JJond * y iiiuht . I heard first a hymn , and then Cappur st' > od up next tho window . 1 was looking the the
thr-. u ^ h -window from Htreet . He said the ¦ words of my text to-nigb' shall ie " To your tents , O Israel . The mfcuuirj . << cf that is , to bo reaily in your o * n housts " He twic-jcrir-d out . " Ara you readyare yoii sure you ure r . ndy ?¦ Some cried oui " Ybs , yea . " He siiid . Have you ^ ot jour guns , your sworos . or bayuntscs ? " Sjiuc people > : iut ; h ( -d at him , ami he said " I suppose you thiub Cai >| . nr is cume with his physical force again . It is uo iuu ^ L . ng miittcr—we Bball have a severe fight , but it M > al ! ba a short one . What will yon do when ; oa have got the Charter ? Ab I am to bs one of your iradtra , I'll tell j ou what I should reomni-ud . We : shall take the bishops and clergy and hypocritical dissenters , and put them into a
vessel , and transport tht in into Affinger , or souiethmc ; like that , to be assissmntecl amonijbt the Hindoos . " I have seen him twe or three timed at that house , and in h the open air ndrlressing thj people . I heard him speaking to a number of women in the same house on another occasion There were men also present . He said , ' If you can ' t fight you can torch . Ycu see what they have done elsewhere by dimming the people and starring them , and driving tht-ni to madness . '' He then referred to the flrii .-g of sitvtral cities and houses , and , ns far as I can recollect , he mentioned Nottingham and Bii = toL I was at another meeting on Whit-Monday night . The people of "he bouse , the Peppers , attacked me for u spy . fney continued hoMini ; these meetings up to Midsummer , whtn I left the
neighbourhood . Cross- ; trained by Mr . Allen—I live by working at my tradr . 1 Hid m .-t % iiway without paying my rent . I don't know that Cippur was employed in the col-It ction of the t-ix-9 . I o ^ ed him money , and he sued me ct the Cour ; of Requests . I dou't know whether I paid ail or not . I went away for safety from the ruffians of Chartists . There were no curtains in the window . I spoke to Pepper about the language , end said it -s ? as a pit ? he should allow it . I was asked abont this in S-.-pt-iiiber by a police gentleman from Locficn . [ The dfpOT-. iiioDS of ihe witness were then pot in and rtad . They referred to fires at Moscow and Hs-. mburc ; ir ^ tead of Nottingham and Bristol . ] I told Uie magistrates I could not b 8 positive about the towns .
Tcjci- ; 8 Firth—I nm a tailor at Newstall . I recollectrjicetincs i > "in ;; fri-qu . ntiy h ^ ld at themarket-placo . They -were chufly ¦ workirn men who attended . On tho 24 th Jure 1 saw Cinpnr xn <\ Eilis at the meeting ; the pris . nrr Cippnr . rot upon a stool to address tho nieetir . g , ar .. i s . ii . i tit-y wj-re met upon the old score . He supv-osfcii the rt . i coa ' . s ^ rould bo sent among tbem , but i : trt w-rf noi . Ti . iny in Er . » lar . d then , as they had been 3-xt t « ii . jr . tr I ' ua innvunt Chinese . That there were opiy 3 ve to each town . They had only to arm themsjives as tho noble Chartists of Lancashire asA Yorkshire bad none . They had , he said , sufficient strength to pnt them downind their base tyrants too . He said tie state church had its origin in that b—y tyrant's reign . Hvnry Vill ., who had his wife beheaded one day ana married a w—9 the next . He said those who had no eun 3 could li « iit a toich . Ellis then followed in a cusisc strain , and &pi ke about the Queen . There was a Isrge mt-etijij ; . It was put a stop to by one of the lessees of the market . Tnis closed the case for th ? prosecution .
Jir . A llen then ad'irisse . i the jury for the prisonor . Afcer a powerful appeal on behiiif of his cliett , the learned gentleman concaified by t / usting that they would ouly find him guilty of seme momentary rashness anu h&stinsis of espiession , rather than cny deeprootad and maiiijn ^ nt purpose of inciting the people to riot , tumult , ana sedition . The f . ' . lowing > . it :: sses were then examined : — Josepli Harrison—I am a hat manufacturer of Newstall , and lisiiw the prisnuer . He is an excellent neighbour and t : ariegman . Another witness was ciiltd , but did not answer . The So- ? citor-Gentral then addressed the jury in reply .
Tho Chief Justice summed up the evidence . They must first bo sititS ' -d that the prisoner uttered these weru ? , and thtc they were to say whether he used them -R'Uh the iatc-ut and object laid in the inciictrtient , namely , U r the purDose of inciting the people to acts of ¦ vioisnea and outrage , and to arm themselves and resist tha l . iw and the authorities by force . The Learned Judge having carefully read over the evidence . Cappur said—My Lord , I never nsed such languaga I h ; ivt ) five ritn « £ es to prove I never recommended them to arm U . cmselfes . I never uttered such words , so help nit Qcu ! The Chief Justice—You may call any -witness you like . The i . / iEoner then called and examined
Jvha Nixon—I wf . s chairman of tho meeting on the 2 ith o : J'jue . I know y < ,-u iCappur ) these twenty Fears . I oftsa hoard you speak . You aro a very untoanecLL : ! speaker . Your phraseology is not the most polite , but I never heard you use any violent laneuij .-c . I hfc .-rd the people say you were an old fool , and that yuur conduct was harmless —( Great laughter . ) Tli ^ -y u = cd to say , " It ' s only old Cappur . "—( renew ud lauchttr . ) By tLe Soliciior-GenebaL—I am a speaker at these mebungs laybclf . I was Chairman of the meeting on the 24 th of J sue . William Ellis was not there , Mary Hooicj—1 have often heard you preach . I never he : td jcu uss any violent language . You ueveT riC ^ mnwiidtd the people in my heating to get iorches . George ilorrs—I know you ( Cappur ) these twelve yea ; . s . H . ifs o : t-n uea . rd you preach and lecture . Never heard jou rtcommend the people to get guna , and pikes , au-i swor . ' E .
Two or t ' urae other witnesses were examined to the saioe tnvct . The Jury iniaiediafccly returned a rerdict of guilty . The Lfcarne . ' . Judge said hs was parfcctly Siitisfied with the Vrr-iict of the Jury . He never heard words more calculated to incite and inflame the minus of ILo pv-ply ; and the outrages and riots and destruction of property which had taken place , might be fairly attributed to the speeches he and others like him h ^ d made . Tho sentence of the Court was , that he be imprisoned in the gaol of Stafford for two j ei . rs . The Chief JtsiiCE , addressing the grand jury , said they were discharged from their labours , and the country was much indebted to them fur the patience and attention with which they had performed their important duties . The Court then broke up , and the Chief Justice imiatdi&tely afterwards iefi Stafford in hia travelling carriage .
( Before Mr . Baron Ro ' fe ) The trial of the prisoners for the attack npon the Stoke police station was resumed thiB morning snd terminated at three o ' clock , when the jury retnrne 4 a verdict of Gnilty agiinat Ralph Bo ™ , William Hulme , and Job-i Joc&s , ana acquitted Thomas Starkey and Samuel Robinson , The Learned Judge then sentenced the prisoner Hnlme to two years imprisonment , and hard labour ; Jone 3 oue year ' s imprisonment and hard labour ; and Boon six months imprisonment and hard labour . The following prisoners who bad been preTionaly tried and found guilty , were then brought up and sentenced by bis lordship : —
El ' zi Bettany . eix months imprisonment and hard labour ; William Hatton eight months imprisonment and hard labour ; Thomas Kelsall , 15 months imprisonment and hard labour ; Fearn and Isaac Colclough to seven years transportation ; James Wakefleld discharged on his own recognizances of £ 15 , to keep the peace for three years . John Plant , James Child , and Thomas Adams , pleaded Guilty to a riot , to enter into recognizances to keep the peace . John Hall and Samuel Sorbett to be imprisoned six months . € teorga Jones and William Harding to be imprisoned fifteen months .
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William Ganett and George Nixon , two years' imprisonment and hard labour . James Ball , J . hn Jsnes , and Samuel Wilcox , tiftern months' imprisonment and hard labour . Charles Davidson and Joseph Wilcox , one yearis imprisonraentand hard labour . Samuel Rabinson , David Hughes , Thomaa Taylor , John Bellington , William Powell , Henry Simpson , Jeremiah Damsoa , Lewis Hackworth , Thomas Lester , and Jarnea Ashley , were indicted for a riot and attack upon Fanton Police-office . The case was stated by Mr . Serjeant Talfoukd , -who
stated that the present tjis the last case th - Ju : y would have to try at the presDnt Special Commission . It would be sbown that on the 15 tii of August , tho prisoners formed part of a laige mob , many of them strangers , who had invaded tba Potteries from other parts of tii 9 country ; tbufc in the course of their procress frera one town to another they committed various acts of riot and outrage . They attacked the policeoffice , broken open tna doors , and threw out all the furniture , and , afcer breaking it up , burned it on the suot .
The case did not terminate until nine o'clock , and the evidence not being sufficient So establish tha charge satisfactorily against the prisoners , they were all acquitted , ¦ with ttie exception of John Billington and William Powell , whom tho Learned Judge sentenced respectively , the former to ten days and tho lattar to one mouths' imprisonment and hard labour . Mr . Baron Parke left town at four o'elcck immediately after the trials had concluded in his Court ; and Mr . Baron Rolfe took his < ie-3 arturo yesterday morning for the seat of Lord Hatherton . Upwards of 300 prisoners have been convicted during the sitting of the commission , and thu number acquitted was extremely small in proportion . Of those convicted , nt-arly seventy have been sentenced to transportation for different terras , and 245 to various periods of imprison ' ment , from two years to two months .
( Before Mr . Baron Parke . ) Joseph Liuaey , previously convicted , of an unlawful assembly , was again arraigned for sedition . Mr . Sergeant Ludlow and -Mr . Godson prosecuted ; Mr . Neale defended the prisoner . Mr . Sergeant Ltidiow siat . d the case , and called the following witnesses ; — Richard Price—Heard the prisoner address the mob of c jllitrs at Brockmore on the 27 th of July . He said on that occasion , " Lads , you have got a great burden upon your backs , but if you will join the Chartists , you will soon get some of H off . Thousands have joined us in the Potteries , and in Yorkshire and Shropshire ; and if you will be stout and join , I can let them all know in twenty-four , hours , and we can all rise together . Never mind the soldiers ; they cannot be everywhere . There is one man in particular who is a great oppressor of Iho poor—that is Sir Robert Peel . If you
will be stout thia time , we will soon make him lose his lwad . Tne Q'leen and the little Princesses wear little flowers about their heads , but if you will be stout , we will soon have them off . " Mr . Reuben Plant , coal merchant , heard the prisoner address a mob , on the 3 rd of August . He then said , " The masters in my country are calling out for protection , but I bid you stick out and be ruled by me , and you shall have your wages and all you want . Why are the , masters calling out for protection ? Because they know that the poor are starving , and that a starving people are a rebellious people . " He told the men that had 29 . 6 d . a day not to go to work till they bad 4 s . a day . He said they would put the masters and their protectors in a ship , give them a good shove , and three cheers , and never have them here again . He said , " We will have the land , cultivate it , and live upon it ourselves .
James Griffith and Edward Guest gave similar evidence . Mr . Neale made a moat able and eloquent address in favour of the prisoner . Mr . Striieant Ludlow replied . After which , his Lordship summed up , and the jury immediately found the prisoner Guiity . Sentence—Fifteen months' imprisonment for the sedition , and six months for the unlawful assembly . Mr . Price was proceeding to address the court relative to the conduct of John Mayor , tne attorney , who obtained £ 2 5 s . from the poor man Taylor , for defending his daughter , ' which he neglected to do , when His Lordship said that he would be most happy in punishing Mayer , but at that moment could not see that he could do so , as he had not represented himself as an attorney . His Lordshjp expressed his willingness ta aid Mr . Price in bo doing at any future time , if he could be rendered amenable to justice .
His LORDain p then retired , and thus closed bis court .
( From our own Correspondent . } STAFFORD , Fiuday Night . The Special Commission terminates to-morrow . The Judges aro so resolved upon breaking up the affair , that they have ordered their carriages to be in readiness for to-morrow evening . God knows , it is tiraa for them so to do , especially as the characters of the witnesses for the proarcution are so fuliy developing themselves-Trial after trial they aro proving themselves truly worthy of the j > b . One of those wortby characters has been this day transferred from the witness-box to Stafford goal , to answer for the very crime for which he was swearing against n , n unfortunate prisoner in the
dock . It appeared that the ruffian was actually a ringleader in tho attack upon the house for which he was endeavouring to prosecute a fellow-being , and to have him transported from his homo and family . But Providence interfered and rescued the innocent victim from the wretch ' s fangs . His victim -was saved , and the wretch , whe , it appeared , smashed , in the house that was attacked , a costly chandelier , has been thia day sent ts take his place in Suffard gaol . Simpson , the innocent man , whom thw fellow marked out as the medium for putting £ 50 blood money in his pocket , is now br ? athip . 2 tlw free air of heaven , while the wretch is inhaling ths ncxious vapours of a dungeon .
In the Crown Court this day a feilow named Rnshten was placed in the witness box . He swore straightforward , and most satisfactorily , to every question that was put to him . Hi 3 airect evidence was most triumphant for the prosecution . But , alas ! aud fortunately for the prisoner against whom he was swearing , it was admitted by him in hiV cross-examination , that he had been convicted upwards of seven times , for o ! iff = rent offences . Mr . Serjeant Ludlbw , upon this disgracful c # - pose , immediately applied to havo the prisoner , Hall , against whom Rushton the informer appeared , discharged from the tiocfc , an application with which the Learned Judge cheerfully complied , and forthwith ordered the prisoner to bo liberated . Auother witness , named Johnson , contradicted himself over and over again . His evidence went for nothing A third fellow , also namtd Johnston , who appeared twenty times btfore the Jury , is now completely yalutleos in the eye of the Court .
In the trial of the persona charged with the not in Burslem , in which Hcaton was Bhot , Captain Powis , a stipendiary magistrate , who ordered the military ta fire , £ aid that he did not regret . that order , and that he would ( io so again if a similar cause presented itself . Upon his cross-examination , he admitted that the firing did not compel the mob to retire , but that they immediately gave way uii- ^ n the military charging them wUh dra « n sabres . Upon Mr . Neal askine tae stipendiary how ks could reconcile it to himself , as a man cf feeling , to fire upon the mob without first charging them with sabres , this question was ansv . ered by the assertion that hn did not regret the act ! And this , although human life was lost by his fatal order . This is a gallant fellow to be entrusted with the lives of her Majesty ' s liege subjects . But it ivas only a Cliartist that vras shot . The loas of life is not , therefore , woith talking about .
MR . WILLIAM ELLIS . Mr . Wiliiam Edis is sentenced to twenty-one years transportation . This mornicg he was brought up with the other prisoners convicted at the same time . Hs made no address . There had been a strong anticipation that he would speak ; but in our opinion he acted wisely . His counsel took an objection to tha indictment , and if funds could be raised there might yet be hopes for him . His wife was outside the Court ; her state , when she heard tne sentence , we must pass by . For a moment she stood still , grasping th « hn . nd of Mr . Roberts ; so she walked on for a few moments , and thus , at the corner of Vine-street , she met Sir William Follett He paused for an inBtant ; they recognised each other . But we cannot continue . The pen that writes these lines is feeble with the work .
An application to the High Sheriff has been mad « by Mr . Allen , requesting tliat Mrs . Eilis and h « r children may be poruiittcd an interview with her husband . STAFFOKD , Sunday Night . The work is d ^ ne * " Othello ' s occupation ' s gone . " All the bustle—all the excitement—all the anxiety—all the uncertainty—and a ! l the tumult of the Queen's Royal Commission for trying and sentencing her starving , naked , housi . lcs 3 , subjects , has sunk down into a sullen calm ; ? nu hundred and thirty bi : ls have bean found by our class legislates against their serfs , upon the evidence of men , many of whom have been proved to be characterless , and to be such as not to be believed npon their oaths ; fifty fellow beings have been thusconsigned totxilefrom their native land , their hoaiC 3 . their families , and their altars , and upwards of oue hundred and eighty others are doomed to inhale tho pestiferous vapours of a dungeon for terms of three ,
eight and fifteen months , and two years , with the horro ' ra of hard labour added to the dreadful infliction of Imprisonment . Yes , the jndges , the jurors , the informers , and the hungry , harpy crew of attornies , -who condnc ! 6 , i the prosecutions , have all left Stafford ; two hundred and'thirty wretched beings , -whom starvation drove to acts of madness , are consigned by them to eat within the cold gaol walla the bread of sorrow , moistened by the salt tears which the reflection of wives deserted , and children reduced to a worse orpaanage than that cf the grave , force down their attenuated , sorrowed , marked , and furrowed cheeks . Good God ! what must be the reflections of the men , if their hearts be not colder than the original elay , who encouraged thsae poor fellows to acts which have consigned them to tears and the dungeon , and ; their ¦ wives und children to misery indescribable ? There is no mincing of the matter . The holiday !!! the cessation from work !! . ' the closing of the mills ' ' ' that was the origin of the outbreak
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—that was the cause of the shedding of human blondthat it was that gave birth to the Special Commissionth : it it is that has handed over to the merciful fangs of the gaoler , nearly 300 fathers of families , and which has consigned fifty , of them to exile . Ou ! if the authors o ( those calamities are the heads of families—if they have wives and children—if they are Christians , what must be their feelings when their thoughts turn upon Stafford gaol , and in imagination carry before their view the multitude that they have by their cunniDg and their advice consigned' to it ? How they must shudder at
the curses , loud ami deep , which those men and their bereaved families heap upon their heads ? Ttiey may seek a narcetic , an oblivion in their wealth and iuxury , but conscience will evsn break through euc ' q an artificial opDosition , raised against its approaches Notwithstanding all their wealth , and all tueir luxury , the blood Hpilled smokes before high heaven , calling . for vengeance ; and Stafford gaol echoes and reechoes in their ears , the Bighu and groans of its hapless victims . I will leave those heartless wretches to their reflections , and proceed to iny melancholy narrative of Saturday ' s proceedings .
Oa Saturday ,- Mr . Thomas Cappur , an old respectable man , whose appearaaco in the dock bespoko him to be aught but a man desirous to disturb , either society or the constitution , was charged as ono of those horrid men who excited the working classes to outrage and sedition . Throe illiterate men swore to metaphorical language spoken by Mr . Cappur on the 28 th of last February and on the 24 th of June . On their evidence , although is ¦ was most satisfactorily proved by respectable - ^ -it nesses , that he wa 3 so much the man of peace , that he was totally incapable of uttering such words , ho was convicted and sentenced to two years' imprisonmentin other -words , to Uis grave . In v < iin the old man protested before his God that he was totally innocent Of the language imputed to him . He is now in his cold dungeon .
Mr . Joseph Linney is the next victim . The readers of the Star are aware that he had been convicted of sedition at an early part of the Commission . U would have been supposed that one conviction ought to be sufficient for the vindication of ths law , or for the indulgence of vengeance . But , no ! vengeance must be glutted , and poor Linney is again put upon his trial for a charge , the nature of which ho was completely ignorant of until within a few hours of his being confronted with his accusers and his Judge . Three ignorant men , incapable of writing their names — who could not read who could not repeat one moment a sentence read the previous one by Mr . Neale , who defended Linney , swore to metaphorical , allegorical language spoken by Mr . 'Linney- in the montha of last July and August . Mr . Reuben Plant , an excellent specimen of those iron masters , who , to say tho least of them , « iid
nothing to keep these men in pence , entered the witness box—thia specimen of iron mastership also awora to language spoken by Mr , Lincey in August , althougli his big mutton head and thick brains did not allow him to remember a sentence reid by Mr . Neale the previous moment . And on such evidence he was a second time eonvicted . In vain did Mr . Linney , like Mr . Cappur , protest that h > 3 never used such language . In vain did he plead that he had been confined six weeks in gaol , although he had offered unexceptionable bail , and thus prevented him preparing nis defence . He was found guilty , and his sentence was passed It would be a gross injustica net to acknowledge * the powerful and brilliant display made in his favour , by his Counsel . Mr . Neale , but the exertions of the Counsel were but dust before the wind ; a victim was wanted—the aha . was raised , the high priest was in readiness , and thu immolation had to be perfected . So it was .
Much more has to be said about those convictionsmuch more hag to be said about the witneises raked up by the Crown—and much more has to be said of the Juries who convicted . But this much more must be reserved fnr . another time . For tha present 1 must beg of the readers of tho Star to allow me to conclude by presenting them with the full and faithful report of that master-piece of eloquence and argument delivered by Mr . Cooper , upon opening bis defence , and without further preface shall introduce it to them . Mr . COOPER , as the public are aware , defended himself ; and after two days'heavy examination of welldrilled witnesses for the prosecution , he thus addressed the jnry : —
My Lord , and Gentlemen of the Jury—I have never , unless for a very brief p&riod of my existence , lost my confidence in Providence , and although I now stand in very perilous circumstances , I shall not luse my confidence in the merciful intervention of Providence , and the ruler of all hearts . I am conscious , in my own mind , that I have not been sear the scene of the destruction of property , aud I also feel conscious that I have never said anything to icflime men ' s minds . Feeling conscious of this , I do not lose any confidence in the protectien of that Eternal Providence which I humbly trust will secure me an acquittal at your hands . Gentlemen , I am proud of my country—t am proud that I am an Englishman , not because the liberty I Jove so weil has been left for some time without its natural restraints in the land of my birth—not because the
advocates of freedom are lefc unprotected and oppressed , but I am proud of my country because it has produced men of the highest intellect who have suffered deeply , and with dignity , in the sacred cause of human freedom . I belong to the ltmd that produced the adventurous , the polite , and bravo Raleigh , who , after a life of the most persevering exertion , was immured in a dungeon by the ingratitude of a faction , and I have visited that dungeon , and beheld it with the deepest emotion , when I called to mind that that brave man , when brought to the scaffold , felt the edge of the axe unmoved , and observed that it was a smart medicine but a sure remedy , aud laid his head upon the block . I belong to England , that produced that heroic and sanctified champion of truth—Latimer ; who , when bound to the stake , had strength of mind
enough to increase the contience of his brother sufferer , the Martyr Ridley , with the words , " Courage my brother ! we shall this day light up a candle that will never be extinguished in England . " I belong to a land which gave birth to Algernon Sidney , a man who did not shrink from the glory of dying in the good old cause . Since I am an Englishman , 1 belong to a land which has produced nieu whose independence no tyraniiy could crash , whose fortitude no tyranny could subiiue . If then I am in the post of danger , it is not for me to shrink , but rather to remember ths spirit of our forefathers , the martrys of our fatherland , and attempt at an humble distance to imitate them . And yet , gent enien , let it not be supposed that I am wishing to irritate or exasperate the minds of the jury , or of the learned personage wbo sits there as my judge . I would
not stand here to irritate or defy the honoured Judge who presides cr the honest jury whose duty it is to weigh and determine upon the evidence that will be laid bafore them . It is cot for me to irritate that honoured Judge , who is admitted to be sneof the most profound lawyers who sits upon the bench . It is not for me in their presence , and that of some of the chivalry and beauty of England to tremble . I cannot unsay . iny profession—I cannot deny what I have said in the public p aces of the land . I t * il you , my Lord , ami gentlemen of the ju < y , truly and unhesitatingly , that I became a democrat from reading the glorious history of Greece . I b ? c-inie attached to ihe legal enactments of my country , because I believe that in the legal enactments of our glorious Alfred , and our other Saxon inonarebs—in
the Magna Charta , and the Biil of Rights , and in ai ! our judicial institutions , there ¦ vrere luminous tracts of the broad and enlightened principles of frett'ioi-. i . With such convictions , w ;; at wonder then was it , thai about twenty months since , when I tivst ; heard tbo principles of the People ' s Chatter explained , wuat wonder was it that I began to profess and adopt those principles , the more especially when I learned that thu principles of the Charter were no other than the embodiment of the [ srinciples contained in the theory of tba British Constitution . I claim the right to state my opinions ; your Lordship knows that I huve a ri ^ h' ; to do so . I have heard , although I have not seen the charge which your Lordship addressed to the Hrat jury empannelled here—I understand you said that the people bad a right to assemble , —that they had a right
to discuss politics , and that due allowance and breadth and room should be afforded to persons acldresbiog public meetings . I claim then a right to state my opinions , but I do not ciaim any right to press those opinions to the injury of my follow creatures . I never taught that docuiue in my life . I was always opposed to it . and with your Lordship ' s leave I will detail the circumstances of my humhla life . I freely admit bc-iiie at Ha a ; ey on tue 15 i . h of August I was invited into the Potteries , having been Mure before ; and on that occasion I f > und the people with whom } I was associavd , Mr . Yatcs and t ; : a r . st of them , z-. alous for */ hat is cuilei ! the temperance movement . I was mjself a tei totsiier , and it was Jibely that I should feel sympathy with spirits like my own . I was anxious to proiiiuTe ihe spread of information among the work
iv « classes , and as I was then editing a small publication I began to deal with Mr . Yates , and that was th « origin of my being a commercial traveller . I was dealins in stationery , and it wau likely that I should feel some sympathy for persons like those , whom I could not Eusp ^ of entertaining any violent designs . On the contrary , whenever I heard these outbreaks spoken of , they we » e condemned . I nevtr heard violence recommended by any Chaitist in the Potteries . Previously to entering them on the 15 th August , I adriressid crowds of men at Wednesbury , at Bilston , and Wolverhampton . I saw no aste of violence there . I havt < not seen the public press since I was committed to prison ; I knew not what has since occurred , but instead of addressing 15 . 000 I addressed 30 , 000 men who were not expecting me and knew nothing of my coming . I
met 30 , 000 colliers and miners , and I saw so tendency to violence , every one recommending peace and orderevery man having sworn himself to keep the peace . How then could I apprehend when addressing crowds elsewhere , that any violence was intended . On Friday before the 15 ch of August , I was here in the Marketplace , and addressed the crowd . An attempt was made to disturb the meeting , and I eaid at once I would have no violence ; that I would never be a party to it : and I called upon them to go with me to the common , and they followed me . Such has always been my practice . I have always endeavoured to ke « p the people within the limits of , and always revered , the law . On Saturday I arrived at Han ' ey , and next day I addressed three assemblies at the Potteries ; my text on one of these occasions was , —for we Chartists can preach as well ss leoture . — - " Thou ahalt do no murder . " Was that an
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Inducement to commit outrage and violence 1 I showed that not only " were the -wars of the rich and powerful a violation of that text , but that all violence among the lower orders and working classes was a violation of that precept . I Bhowed that the whole tenour of Christ ' s gospel was to pray for those who persecnted us—that pity , mercy , and love , were the attributes of that gospel , and that the entertaining the spirit of revenge was contrary to the whole tenour and spirit of the go 3 ptl and of revelation . I was told on Sunday that tbo coliiers wished me to address them the
following < iay at the George and Dragon . It was neces-Baty to defray the expenses of my coming , for Chartist lecturers cannbt travel for nothing , and it was arranged that the admittance should be one penny . I was told the colliers on strike wished me to address them at eiffht o ' clock , ana as I had met large crowds elsewhere , and had seen 30 000 Btout men bold up their hands when they were avked to keep the peace , how could I anticipate ' that . Ihe colliers and potters would resort to violence ? I addressi d the meeting that morning , and one of the witnesses has stated that I alluded to the
meetings at Woolveihampton , Bilaton , and Wednesbury , aud that I said they had suspended labour until tliu Charter was the law of the laud . Now that was not the fact . What they had struck for was to raise the price of labour . On Saturday I was informed that nowa had arrived at the Potteries from Manchester th 3 t thsy had struck from Jabonr . It was likeiy that a person with my democratic impressions should-approve of such an object as to endeavour to gain the Charter by ceasing from labour ; these we- e , therefore , imperative reasons why I should address the colliers . I had learned that the strike in Lancashire had commerced through the interference of the anti-Corn L * w League . That was the impression' I had formed from reading the public papers , and from the opinion uf a person of Parliamentary eminence in ! . on .
don . Having learned that the case was put in that forcible way , tha ^ such degrading wastes were offered , : is caused the operatives to desist in sullen tiespsir , and ' give up the struggle : bavin ? learned this , and thnt , they ware determined to oppose the anti-Corn Law League , and to resist the demand for a repeal of the Corn Laws , unless it was accompanied by other measures , and that the operatives ot Lancashire had resolved , since their cruel masterB had determined to suspend labour to carry tho repeal of the Corn Law , that they were determined the anti-Corn Law League should not perpetrate their design , and were resolved to have the Charter by tho strike , it was likely that I who entered into the view of the Chartists , and waa opposed to the anti-Corn Law League , should desire to join with tho working men in their endeavour
to carry out the strike , in order that the Charter should become the law of the law of the land . Gentlemen , I did attend the meeting . I said I was selfelected chairman of the meeting ;' but I knew tuafc every person becoming chairman of a meeting makes himself responsible for any violence of language or action at the meeting . Was it likely then that I should stund up without being asked to do so if I thought . therawiiaaujchin ? illegal to take place at that meeting . I recommended them to strike for the Charter . I said they had a richt to suspend their labour if not properly remunerated , and if not proDerly represented—that" no person could compel them to labour so long as they kept the peace—that there should be no violence , no destruction of property ; and so long as they did not trouble the parish for relief f . > r themselves
or their families , that they had a right to suspend labour . So far as I know anything of the law , and it is but little I do know , I believe I was legally entitled to make those remarks . It was likely also that 1 should put the resolution moved by Hemmings . a working iiian , stating that there shold be no work until the ChaiUr was the law of the land ; it was likely I should do so . But I positively deny that I recommended any breach of tha peace , or any violence . Several witnesses have been examined—Mills , Lawis , and others—who have referred to something I said respecting the suhliera . I said there were but ten to each town , and that was true ; but they were not right as to the place or period hi which I made these observations . In reference to the Whig Government , it is well known that 1 did not like them . Humble as I am , I took part in the last Nottingham ,
election , " tae result of which ssvered the liisc thread by which the . Whigs held office . I went intd their conduct . I said it was they who had caused the withdrawal of the troops , and that they had committed fearful blunders—that they had misused the public funds , and diverted them to the purposes of wars , and , as I thought , highly improper wars . I don't know whether I said anything of pouring opium down the throats of the Chinese , but I misjlit l ; avu said so , and spoke , i of the opium war . I mentioned the nnmbor of soldiers that were l « ft in the saviral towns ; but I did uot do so with the object of misleading the people in the idea that tboy might overcome the soldiers . Such a thing could not be inferred by any one from what I had said ; and . Gentlemen , you will please to remember that the witnesses pretty generally heard but isolated
parts of my speech , as , during the s ^ uter part of the time , they were talking to the people neir them . Several witnesses have stated that I said if but tbe tenth part of the population came out on a given day the Charter would be the law of the land ; but I did not couple that with any reference to the sohlir . rs . I hnvt > again and again said that the Charter would be the law of the land . I reminded my fellow-countrymen « f the glorious Reformation which had been carried , not by a large majority of the people being iu favour of it , for the Rreat majority of the country was in favour of Popery ; but because it had been advocated by a few brave and independent minds ;—and I have said in reference to the Charter , give me but one million of human wills in favour of it , and it will become the law of the land . But , gentlemen , I have always deprecated force . Two
witnesses said that I observed there was pianty on tbe ground , b ' nt they were not the persons to gather itthat it would be gathered by some one . True , when advising . the people to cease labour , one said , " What , in the midst of tha harvest ? " and I said there are plenty to gather it—let the yeomanry go over aud gather it ; and I said that in referenca to their being agriculturists . One of tha witnesses says there was a creat noise , and that we gave three cheers for the Chatter and three for O'Connor ; but i 6 ia customary for u « to do so at our meetings . Surely gentlemen , Englishmen aro not precluded from doing so—what else becomes of the mode in which we mark our loyalty to our Queen , and what becomes of our cheers at elections There was one peculiar testimony of one witness whicb I felt Ht the time was likely to make a serious impress
on the minds of the jury , if it was not shown by the testimony of the witness who came afterwards what was the true way in which I used the expression " you have done your work well ; " but that was because - they bad struck work , and I wished it . to be as complete as possible . I am not aware that I was acting illegally in so doing , but I never used the words in the manner alleged by the witness , as in reference to the violence that has taken place . On the contrary , gentlemen , yon will observe that one of the witnesses heard mo eay you have done many things to-ilay which I disapprove of—you have destroyed p _ r perty which you should not have done . I flaw drunkenness around me ; nay , some drunken persons came up and wanted to shake hands with me , but I rejected it . It was not likely I should , do this ,
having always disapproved of intemperance . G . ntlemen of t ) je Ju » y , you will observe tfcut tbe moat inte ) ti f > ent ot tbe witiiC'Sses distinctly connected these expressions with the strike , and that I never recommended any acts of violence . Other expressions fell from the witnesses to . show the peaceable intentiona I had . I said , " allow . the soldiers to pnss . yca—they will do you no harm ; " and I used tha words " pence law , and order , " frequently . Gentlemen , I shall proceed in thu broken way I havQ been addressing you , because I am inexperienced in these matters . I never stood in a situation liko this before , and I trust I shall be excused by the C'jurt in my efforts to collect the scattered evidence 2 ( . 'aiirst me . ' With regard to tho evidence of th <; latter witr . est's , who stated that thry saw mo ia the streets at a ' 'cer-7 . in . time of the night that is nttt-riy untrue . I do
not charge the witnesses with intuitional falsehood , but there was a good deal of difficulty ; n getting them to identify . my person ; , and one said it whs dark , while another said it was not my face but my personal appearance they swore to . Tbe truth of the case is this . After addressing the meeting iu the evening , I went to -the George and Dragon , and remained there until near twelve . I ¦ ur-ieii the necessity for my departure to several of my friends , Richards , Yat * s . and Bsdding . on , and I will call them before you to prove this . One or two of them went to seek a conveyance , but it could not be found . At last a person from Stoke ' agreed to go with me to Upper Hanley , until the conveyance could be procured . I proccct'e-i there , and after remaining a short time the person sent returned to say tbe convcymce eould not
go with me ; it was then arranged tLat I should go towards Macclesfield to take the coach to Manchester . I shnll prove that those persons went with me towards Burstenu At my examination before Mr . Parker , the rnfuiittvate , it is true I said I wa 3 a commercial traveller , but when Mr . Alcock said I was a Chirtist lecturer , I then said , I am Cooper tha Chartist lecturer , &nd any questions you ask me I shall readily answer them . ¦ Mr . Parker said there was no ground for detainin ? me , and we than went on to the Crewe station and proceeded to Manchester . That is a trus aceoant , gentlemen , of the way in which I passed that night It may be said why did I not leave tha Pottsries when I heard of violence ? but I did not be ; ir of any acts of violence during the day . It was very likely when referring to the strike that I said— " that's right , " but it had no reference to the acts of violence . It may be
said why did I not depart ? but tho simple fact ia this gentlemen , Chartist lecturers are cot always rich enough to pay tbeir travelling expep . ces . I am poor and was anxious to obtain the small Bum recurrring as the -proceeds of the lectures , and I was also anxious to obtain the small * nni of 17 » . 6 d ., due to me by Mr . Yates . I certainly felt uneasy during the day , when I beard of tke acts of violence that had been committed . Some of you , gentlemen , may have friends and relations among the unfortunate persons whose property was destroyed , and you could not feel greater pain than I did , for I wept when I keard that some persons bad been reduced to indigenes who had been in prosperity a few hours previously . Gentlemen , I beg , therefore , you will dismiss from your minds any indignation which yoa may feel againet these acts of violence which have been detailed to you by the witnesses again and 'again , because I had nothing to do with ( Continued in our Seventh page . )
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Clerk of Arraigns--No ; it is a mistake . L ' . nr . ey—I tinO m > s ^ -if in a curious predicament . 1 was tried on a ~ ii . tiictmefit coitaiiiiiiif fcur count 3 , one of them for aeaiticn , s . ta was acquitted upon three , and foand gniiry of at-ending an anlavrfai assembly . The Chief Justice—This is an iiiaictmsnt for uring sedr . K-us words . The prisoner having pieaded not guilty , and f-xpressed himself ieooy to lake his trial , he was ordered to be removed . The comt then adjourned till eight o ' clock on Saturday morning . ( Before Mr . Baron Ro ' . j ' e . ) At the tict'cg iyi the Cou : t this morning . Simpkins , one oi the- pirt' . ea concerned in the desperate 3 s > ati ' . t up-n vi : e puiije constable , was placed at the bar .
T e L ^ rr . ed Judge said— " You are one of the Ken who tnTt i / t ; rn convict- d of the brutal assault upon the police constau ' . r , and -whom I havs- thec ^ ht it my uaty io ttnteccs to transportation for Ji'e Since then I ha ^ e considered the evidence very attentively , with a 7 iew to ascertain 'f there wtre any circumstances which w > uld ieaii inn tu a m ; tit ^ tinn cf the EenteDce . I do not
iir . d aiiy icjQ circumstances in tee cases of the others , but it dots n > -t appear that you wi-ro guilry of any ^ ctUiii v :--i . -2 ee tl . i ; ouijh jou were amung tbe party . Your Cse tithongti oi : e of grtr . it atrocity , is not : i : nr . ;• : .: * y such ciic-D 7 i ! S " tinr ^ s ff ngcrav : ; t ! on as tee oth . Ts , r . r ,-i th-. ; tfoij t ' . e tr ^ U- nce c-f Uie Cnurt is that y-.-u b .-- iiipruoned ant ; kept to Laid labour for eight = en iH ' . r . tii 3 . H 10 T AND ATTACK . O > THE LOSGTON ToLICE
OFFICE . At tL-j si . 'in ^ - r > f : Lie court tbis morning , Wm . AshtoD , ThDH'i ^ y A : derail , John B .-. ilty . Lattice My&tt , E : iz * BM . ; DL-i , iL-. i , ^ , Joi . es , ami Daniel Stsde , were inc . Uii .-i : jr a : : ot and unlawful assembly at the parish of Asbtun , on the 15 th Au ^ asu Thorn : s J .-d- - drilled juiliy , and threw himself on the IE ? v : 'A o : ' i- ..= c urt . ilr . Scrg .-aiit Talfoed sttted the c . ise , and th 9 facts as they , ; f : er * , irus appeared in evidence , uny be ^¦ itnurcd frc :-u 5-. is obs = rvatior . s . The prisoners ;> t tbe nir -Tcr = iniicicri for a riot on tbe 15 th August , at Lonston . It appeared tha ; on tuat Cay there were farieus partits coimnittins ; depredations in the diff-ieu ; dL-trieis of the Potteries ; and to T . irds the niiddie of the cay , u . ey cwnis tawar-is liy .. eton , and coM'iiienceu stacking the Town Hall . They
c- 'mmetced casting stenes at the windows , and then hrcke open tbe door , and got into the Hall ar ; d di- ' r ^ ytd the fu rniture . A are was kindled , and p-. rt of : h- _ - furniture wa 3 bnrnt-. ; , and the books and yap- - is th 7-j--n ont of the wiruowa . Another part of be m . b . : ¦ £ vrh > m the pr ; 3 o ::-. r . T forced a portion , sv . ackc-j the r-Ciict-- ffics , threw itones , and afterwar . ' s br .-ia .--Dt . -.: r '' e- . ' -han ; niers . aiid buiet open the oute : •' . - or . ¦ tt"ii c :: v . is of considerable strength , and had l > c € : i ::: jie f ^ : undtr the apprehension that aa attack would b-i :. ^ ace . The-- rushed in a ; : d destroyed the furniture ^ id b r > ohs . atd c-v ^ ryihiiig in the poii ' -e-vflBee , an * j used S" muca f > rc « i that they did i .: jury to tbe fabiic of tee buiid-ns' itsslf . Waetherthev uitended to tu . 1 : it down
vraa immaterial to tbe prt ^ eat l qu . ry . HaTjng found the imnifuiiW chj . ct of tCcir s-arc-b , which was arais , they left tho p » l c =-GfEce , aud pass ; d on in the direction cf Dr . Tale ' s . On that occasion , thit a grievous riot had been committed there v . aa no doubt whatever . It wasto be legrett&d that women weie to be found concerned in acts of such violence , bul he womd show that they ca ! icd out to ths mob , encouraged them , anil pointed ont where tbe arms were to be . found [ one of the f = male prisoners had a child in her aims ouly a few months' old . ] If they « ers shown to have takon an active part in the riot , it would be the duty of tuc Jury to find them guiity . Sa > er 7 rtintn * e < as-sc £ ra _ t 2 i »» -e ^ l'ed ind examined to
prove the riot , and the part taken in the transaction by me sevtr ^ i prisoners . The ca ? sa aeaiost the several prisoners w . re tiken separately , and the prisoners w ^ re ail fuuml guilty , the feiLsies being stroDL-iy rpcemmended to mercy . Philip Hewson and Joseph Meilor were indicted for breaiiug into the dwtiiiag house oi Mr . Biilings , at Bursi-m . and stealing therefrom various anicles of weaiir .- ; apparel . It 3 t-peured from eviOecca that , on the 16 th Aucust , 2 nnraber of persons . Trim tLsir faces blackened , attached the awelling-hoaso if tb . 3 prosecutor , a ; : d threaten . ! . : to knock out Mr . B ; l ! ing 3 ' braisis if he did no-, give iheni Money , l'hey beliived in a riotous and brutal manner , nnd carried off a larse quantity of property . In consequence of the f : i ^ ht Mrs . Billings bter . ine seriously jil . ant ? died in a few > iays afterwards . The prisoner ;* made eo defence , and were found cniltT . \
In the course of the d ^ y lohowing prisoners were brought up , and sentenced as foiir . ws : —Justph Wandle , three momhs' imprisonm 1 -:: ! and hard labour ; Hannah Boons , two months' imprisonment and hard labour ; Henry HiliLml : nd Ar .-Jrew Ciewes . Mx months'iinprisons : w . t tach sea Ir-ird labour ; William Hodsor ., t-ro t > ic-:-c 9 ' imprisonment ? . Tid haul i-. ibuur ; J . ; bn H ? h " : < i . th l- ; j months and ha-d Uorur ; Edwin ATiikinson , e- ' x ccrithn 2 nd hard lab-:-u ~; Edward Brc-ck and Sus 5 . ni . so . J-. uv . ? , tv .- < i months uv .-. s hard : ; ibou-- ; James Stt . i-e . tt Thr ; - Tiv-T . ti-i and hird inhocr ; Ejwarri > J > -S 3 . to bo rrari .-poru-ri f-r rf ^ efei : yesrs ; i ^ uti Gbb .-on , to t-e traBsp i-. cd for t = n ytirs ; Ph ' . lVp Hew .-rxi aud Jo ^ -eph Mll-tr , to : " -e transported for fifteen ytars . Job ICeaJe was f-, uod t ; ni ' . tT of riot at the parish of TreritLitn . on tbe loth rf August , and sentenced 19 be iuiuiisonea for foar calemiar months to hard
nr > cur . E-ijab . B r-n . TU ' ph Boon , and John Fincey , three lads , wfjv- ; -h " .: " i-e ! i with a riot at Shelton , on the 16 th of A'jf . - . s . Tcr < ; ct—G "" " ' : y . To he imprisoned two months in the House cf Correction , ani kept to h-irf : labour . KiebTtl V . ' j . w : i ; -y and Thomas Sfcevalt -were
indicted : "' -r a riot , and asssultina Thema-s Mac-bin , a pc-Fce ofr ' - ; - . 'iri tre tSLcnlion of his duty , on the lo ' . h of Ju ^ y , a : TnuE ' ail . , Thomas Mjicliin , police cfEc-r of Tunstall . stated that fce w ^ ct to Pii-ur . x coiliery , Tan = t ^ J ' . on the evening of the 15 : L <" -f . Tu ' : y . A -. i . oh ot several thousands wus col' ¦ tct ^ d . On Lli niakinc ; his appr- n-ai'Ce , a cry was ¦ rais .-d , ' Hrif ' s a p ,: iccmaa ! Here ' s a polxtman !" ; The : r .. b iiinv-tm ' tu him . r . nd subsequently throw him into a vs / ' -l of ¦ w . ittr , tajin § , " him , he's ready , go it . " A r . H - * a 3 thrown out to him , and he suc'• ¦ teedtrfi in t ^ ttiii ^ cut . Jo -. a Forri saw the mob at ths Pinnox colliery , ! &t > 1 ot r-ved tbe prisoner SSerratt lay hold uf the fii .-f-r by liis coli-ur , and ha was stitiggikig with
S- . fj-j . sI M ,: cbin , brother to Machin tee constable , ds-: .. ~ -d to r ; o attack upon his brother , in which the two : pris ' - . nfr ^ t--i'k part . Tfiv Jury f .-u :-. u \ Jae prisoners i ? uiHy of a riot , and the Ccuit i-. . " .-nc ; d thtni to imprisonment for six iiiontns , 1 with ! i . ; r-. ! labour , ; fatal riot at bvb . si / em . : Wiilium Guiel ! , J . iiaes Ball . C . Davidson , John Jones , J- 'Stph Wilcos Fcame , h-iinuel Nixon , Gourde , X ; x- " .. i . h . ' . a It ^ ae C . 'iclouch wer = thea p : aci . -d at tbe , h j . char ^ id ¦ witu being cuncerned in the fa ' . al riot at BiTtiiin . on the lCi . u of August . i : ^ r-p" 3 ie < i in e ^ d ^ nc-a tbst the prisoners , all of whom ~ rrs iuiiy i 4 e ' . ; 1 ^ 3 ed , formed pa . it < . <; " u formid-¦ ibi- m ; - " :.-of seven or eight thousand persous , vbo \ Tere lhLiny •¦; t-cin arm « d " tii'h picks , swords , a '_( l bluuj ; e . .. ns , a .. M committed ScVtrai acts of ( . utrp . se at Bursit-ui . T ; . e military vcre uitimait-y crJI-rd > yf . i , atiu thu . ui .-b v-i-. y . T ' ' . tht . ni with great fury . Voilf-ys uf stunes TtTt &ii : g -t thfeiii , r . cd ^ ftorseTe a : ineffectual nttsmpts had t ? -n m ^ -Uc to .-iispt-rse thfci : ' ., ihe Kiot Act was roti-i , ui : d the Eruitnry then fired . G-anell , one of the prlioi . crs at ice bir , ~ as shot through the body , anr ; aro' . h . T rnr-n j-everely wouudtd . The mob was
uitilusfeiy a' -per . After a Tcry protracted irvefti ^ r . ticn , ¦ s'hich uid . not : trsi ' : n ..: e ti ! i pf-. > fc lee o ' clock :: i iisht . t ; -e jury found all the vri-cn ^ i' 3 i-uiitv . and the court a ; jourci-d .
( Before Mr . Baron Parke . ) BIDT AT BCUSLEM . Gcorro Jonts . Jjhn Harding . Jim-. s Hill , Jet ^ ro Plant Sriii : uel Tinsley , Thomas Sutton , S ? . ninel Nixon ( J ^ cr ^ e N : s ^ n , Phceba Nawtcn , Benton Vernon , and Simv . fi ! Oivl- - -u-.= h vrere this mo ' . nins ; indxtcd for a riit and ur .: a" = > .: u' nfsembly in the parish of Buraitm , on the 7 th rf A ;; . -nst . Mr . StTgtTint Ludlow said that the Crown took a DKre ia ; v :-w < . " P ^ ce ' oa Newton ' s case , and would net v ' - * btr . S _ . e "sss lih-tii-. ed acroidicrly . : ' : t . S-r ^ vari' Ludlow stated the case . It appeared t ! i :. t c : i tt . e cki ; i of tha 6 th a large mob entered the t _ -r ., - . ^ bo broke open the watch and lock-up tioasn Ln ::.:.-t tii-. uLs . Then they broke the "vriiiuo ^ s and .. ; . •;;; - . r ^ uf priyaU ; houses , amoegst o'hers th .-se of Mr . ii ; I .- ii ..: Mrs BciriloT ? , and then attacked the Tos ^ n Hi . l , br ; iSiua to pitCcS a beatifnlly-iilumina ' . ed clock . Mr . X :.: 1 d app-. ared for the two Xixons aLd Sntton ; Mr . "raiiy ;; r Hall and Plant .
Ts'iii . a ^ i Wagstiff , CJnstible and night watchman in BuTslem , Xi 3 ii 2 ed—At a quarier-past twi-We o'clock on the i : ; vuirg of the 7 th of August all was quiet , and he h : < d rrisoners in the lock-up hou ^ e for vagrancy . Sbortiy riTtt * teat hour the mob , consisring of about two bundled p .-rsocs , came up to the watcbhouse shonting . The wutchhdv . se vas fastened and ln ; ked up . They coniKcEctd knocking at the watchhouse door , and Ehontod aciin , having let oat the prisoners . George Joces was . here in the mob . His hand was raise-, sjyi ^ g , " Ntiw , lads , stick to me ; we'll kill every b—y policeman in the town ; -Well have the Market Hall ciown . " Witness said , " Why , George , do you speak so , theTe aie no police in the town that -would hurt you ; go home and keep yourself ont of trouble . " The police were injured , and in the morning two bushels of stcnea wera found in tbe Town HalL
Constable Johnston identified John Harding as one of the mob , crying ont , " Now at it , my lads ; " and said to witness , " You are here , d n y » nr eyes . " A pistol was fixed . The vint ' icvs of Mr . Ryall ' s house were broken , as were those cf tbe George HoteL This was tha first outbreak after ihe men turned out Rusiito : i identified the prisoner Hall as being engaged in the riot Jet&ro Piant was also seen by witness . In hia cross-Examination tbis witness admitted that he had been seven times convicted Jor seYeral offences .
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ilr . Serjeant Ludlow immediately rose , and said that , after sucn au aduii ^ ion , he could not think of rit-iinin < Rus . hton as a witness ; and as he wits the only wit e 3 s against Hall , he bvgged that he might be acquitted .
EELEASE OF ARTHUB O NEIL . After the last trial had terminated yesterday evening , Mr . Rowlinson , the solicitor for Arthur O'Neil , appeared in Cjurt , before Sir N . Tmdal , and tendered Mr . Page and Mr . Trueman . both uf Birmingham , aa sureties for his appearance at the next assizsa . No objection was offered on the part of the Crown , previous notice of the bail having been given t ¦• > Mr . Maule , the Crown solicitor , ami the parties having entered into rheir recoimizinc * s hi the sum of , £ 200 each , and O Noil himself in thetumof £ 400 . be was Ordered to be ' liberated . He left the Court accompanied by his wife anil several friends , and imuie liaUiy proceeded by the railway train to Birmingham .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 22, 1842, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct621/page/6/
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