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ABSBPBEN.—On Monday laat, the National District Charter Union, held their monthly, ox business meeting in their Hall, 38, Geor««-«treet; Mr. Archi-
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Many highly respectable persons in this neighbourhood , who previous to the introduction of Parr ' s Life Pills had a decided dislike to Patent Medicines , are now thankful that they are able to add their testimonials to the beneficial effests of these pills . By forwarding me , without delay , the quantity of pills as ordered above , you will oblige , Gentlemen , yours , respectfully , J . VVRANGHaM . Gentlemen , —When I consider the very great relief I have experienced from the use of Parr ' s Life Pills , I think it not only to be my duty to you but to every one who may be suffering from similar complaints with which I have been afflicted , to make my astonishing case as public as possible . For a long time past I have been greatly troubled with a most severe nervous complaint , giddiness , and swimming in the head , which increased to such a degree that at times I wag compelled ta leare off from my work , being unable to bear the least fatigue or excitement . At tbe suggestion of many of my friends , I was induced to try various medicines , but found that my complaint instead of diminishing , was daily growing wor ? e . Having fortunately heard of the beneficial effects of Parr ' a Life Pills , I resolved to give them a fair trial , though 1 must confess with but little hopes of deriving benefit from them , after having tried so many other medicines without success ; 1 iramedidiately purchased a small sized box of Mr . Wrangham , chemist , the only agent for the sale of them in Maltou , and fortunate indeed has it bean for me that I did so , for though I have just finished taking this one box , I find myself so far relieved that instead of daily , nay hourly , suffering from that dreadful complaint , nervousness , with its attendant miseries , I am restored to my former good health ; my nerves are strong—the giddiness and swimming in my head are totally removed , and I am now able to attend regularly to my trade . Allowing you to make whatever use yoa may think proper of ishis statement , and feeling truly grateful for the benefit I have obtained from taking Parr's Life Pills . \ 1 am , Gentlemen , your obedient Servant , THOMAS PATTISON , Painter . N . B . I shall be glad to answer any enquiries respecting the good the pills have done mj . To Mr . T . Roberts and Co ., Crane Court , Fleetstreet , London . A most extraordinary Case of Cure communicated by Mrs . Moxon of York . Mrs . Mathers , of that City , bad for many years been affected with a most inveterate disease , which her medical attendants pronounced to be Cancer . It originated in her breast , and continued to spread nearly all over her body , defying every effort of surgical skill . Parr ' s Life Pills being recommended to her , she resolved to give them a trial ; and , speaking of the result , she says phe cannot express the inconceivable advantage which she haa already derived from them . She further states that she is now almost well , and ascribes her convalescence solely to the persevering use of that sovereign medioine , Parr ' s Life Pills . From F . Mattheisz , Jaffra , Ceylon . Jaffra , October 17 th , 1842 . Sir , —I beg to inform you that ; having undertaken the small supply of the celebrated Parr ' s Life Pills , lately received Here from you by ; the Rev . P . Percival , tbey have met with a very rapid sale , and the constantly increasing demand from every part of the province ensures to a very large extent success to the dealer , and good to the people at large . May I theiefore take the liberty of requesting you will be good enough to send me 1000 boxes by tbe very first opportunity , making , if you please , the usual discount to purchasers of » uch large quantities . 1 beg to remark that the value of the above will be given by me into the hands of the Rev . Mr . Percival , who has kindly offered to be responsible to you for the same . I remain , your obedient s ervant . f . Mattheisz . Please address me F . Mattheisz , Jaffra , Ceylon . To Messrs . T . Roberts and Co ., Proprietors of Parr's Life Pills , Crane-Court , Fleet-street . Communicated by Mr . H . Foster , Chemist , Winchester . East Stratton , near Winchester , Deo . 13 th , 1842 . Sirt —You will remember I sent to your shop for a bottle of medicine round which was a paper containing testimonials of cures effected by the use of Parr ' s Life Pills . Amongst many others I observed one ; a case of Rheumatism , which appeared to me similar to my own ca 6 e , and seeing it so successfully treated , simply by the use of ParT ' s Life Pills . I resolved upon giving that invaluable medicine a fair trial . I bad been afflicted with / Rheumatism many years , and at the time to which I refer waa suffering acutely . I determined , as I have said , on giving Old Parr ' s remedy a fair trial ; and accordingly sent for a box of the Life Pills . By the use of these pills I am enabled to say that I am now as well as ever I have been during the whole of my life . Thank God , I can now walk as well aa ever I did . At the time when I first tried Parr ' s Life Pills , I could scarcely walk daring the day-time ; and at night I COtlld get no sleep . I am now ' enjoying excellent health , and sleep soundly , and I am free from pain of every kind . I am , Sir , yours , See . JAMES DANIELLS . ( aged 50 years . ) Mr . H . Foster , Chemist , Winchester . caotiok-bewi . be of imitations . In order to protect the public from imitations , the Hon . Commissioners of Stamps ] have ordered the words Pabb ' s Life Pills to be engraved on the Government Stamp , which is pasted round the sides of each box , in white letters on a red ground . Without this mark of authenticity they are spurious and an imposition ! Prepared by the Proprietors , T . 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-trr a nature , that he felt he should only be wasting jvftjme of the jnry and that of the pnblic , by longer / Saining ihe grand jury from their duties . Tfce grand jury then retired to their room , and the -Ajnjnon jurors were called . Several claimed exemp-S on -oiie because he was not qualified by rental or Broperij ; another , because above age ; and a third , Ceaase & member of ihe town council of a municipal £ g njttgh . in all these cases the parties were exempted . { The firsi case toed was a man named Edward
narTtngton * * ge& 60 years , for stealing a quantity of hay at Skerton , near Lancaster . The jury fonnd « te prisoner guilty , and he was sentenced to two poa&s imprisonment to hard labour . j ^ m iPKmm O' NeHj 40 , and John BnuihaaMe , jg were indicted for having stolen , at Hornby , fifty dx ewes and one ram , the property of Hanry Motxiet . 51 b jury found both prisoners guilty , and the Learned Jndgfr sentenced O ^ eB to fifteen years trsuspoTtatioD j and Braiihwaite to three months ' iBjprBonmait . 26 and Witiiam Almond
Jffin « Xoy , , , 18 , were fedicted for stealing from James Axdray , on the vjghway near Blackburn , a quantity of bread and ^ gese , and a book . The Jury found Kay , _ 2 ij of an . assault only , and acquitted Almond . fhe Learned Judge said , as Kay had been conjned some fens ineariy six montba ) , he would take jus own jreeognizwice in £ 50 to keep the peace for jjsree years . George TunbuU , 38 , pleaded guilty to an indiet-TOSttfor bigamy , and trat in a statement , apparently ijpftUiitionjiBatiisfcrt-Trffelad been mualtafuL 55 ^ L » rned J ddgb said it yas no palliation for » n iDJU 7 ^ one * ° ' - t ^ ie s 60011 ^ wife , ihat the first had jjl-ire&ted the prisoner ; and sentenced him to eight mouths' imprisonment to hard labour .
John Ingham , 29 , was indicted for a burglary in ga house of Mr . William Collinson , farmer , at Gavton-le-Dale , near Blackburn , on the night of & 9 ' 7 th October . It appeared that three men entered fts house and the bedroom of the prosecutor , all of jheo axmedj the prisoner with a pistol in each hand , jud the other two with swords , and demanded his jaouey . They stole £ o 153 . and « ome other articles . It appeared that they had forced the front door open triih a crow-bar . Tie prisoner threatened to blow ^ ai the brains of Catharine Collinson ( ihe proseenjofg daughter ) , if she did not get out of bed . The tirisoner afterwards nsed the same threat to the
prosecu tor , and said they Trere come for money , and jjoney they would hare . The prosaeuior identified $ he prisoner as the man who ha"i the pistols ; he lad a candle in his hand and witness had known ym as residing in the neighbourhood , for a period of Wentr years . The prisoner called witnesses to jtrore an aTibi ; but they failed to do so , till just at the dose of the trial a woman , who had lived with the prisoner as hi 3 wife , swore positively to Mb having been * ith her during the ¦ whole of the night in n « estion . The Jury , to the great surpnse of almost erery one present , acquitted the prisoner . The Court £ he& rose .
TUESDAY , Txsb . vx 2 . -t 28 th . The Court was occupied till after twelve o ' clock with a ease , the details of which are unfit for publication . Toe nex ; was a mint case of no interest . Another mint ease followed . James jlinsworth , 30 , and WSliam Thompson , 21 , were indicted for a burglarious entering of the house of Thomas Lund , grocer , at Prettyfoot Bridge , in WBlshire , near Blackburn , on the night of the 35 th of August last ; and also with assaulting Lund , with intent to murder him . The prosecutor , hearing a TtoliD is his house , got op and struck alight , and fonadboth prisoners in the room ; Ainsworth wearing a light , and Thompson a dark or black mask , and armed with pistols , -which they snapped repeatedly at him , but which fortunately on every occasion missed fire . The prosecutor , with great
courage and gallantry , seized both men ; and one Btroek him with such force on the mouth as to loosen two teeth ; and they dragged him towards the window of anothar room , got loose , and escaped throngb it . 35 je alarm Was given ; several neighbours joined in the pursuit ; the burglars were tracked to a neighbouring nursery-ground or plantation ; and when a ssBeient force had assembled to surronnd theplant a&Hi , the prisoners were apprebendedin it . The pro-Beater , in the struggle , not only wrested the pistols from both men , but had torn the black mask off Thompson ' s ace ; asd when the prisoners were taken , Arcsworth was seen to restore some black cotton , which corresponded with that on the mask from the face of Thompson . One of the men had left a cap behind &nm the house , and Thompson was without cap wbei apprehended .
The prisoners , in defence , said they were oat peaching in the nursery » 13 » Jury found them both Guilty , and the Learned Judge said that this was still a capital offence . Rtd there been anything like serious injury to the prosecutor , be should have left them far execution Fortunate ! j they had fallen in with one who had resolution and nerve enough to resist them . Sentence off death would be recorded against them , and the remainder of their days would be parsed in working as staves in a foreign land . He should re--commend commutation of their punishment into transportation for life . Joseph AUot ^ alias Joseph Yorke , 33 , was indicted ior the wilful murder of Thomas iBherwood , at Blackburn , on the 20 ih of December , 1839 , by shooimg him with a gun .
Dr . Beotts staled the case for the prosecution . On the nighs in question , the deceased and two other keepers , and an assistant , were watching game . They heard the firing of guns , and found lour persons , who attacked them , and dared them to follow . Three of the poachers had dark jackets ; sad the fourth—thB prisoner—wore light clothes Tne prisoner ' s hand did sot fire the gun ; bat , by the law . he was equally li&ble . The , prisoner ' s gun Trent off , as the keeper bettered , acociden tally ; and , Eborfly afterwards , another gun was fired , which nosed the deceased ' s death . One material witness w * s one of the poachers , who was at first charged with fee murder , whose eTidenee was to be taken Mi great caution .
BieLjuned Gentleman called Robert Sutton , too at ihe time was game keeper to Mi . Hargreaves of Broad-Oak , near Blackburn , and was out on the Egut in question , wiih Thomas and Henry Isher-Jw , keepers to Wm . Henry Hornby , Esq ., of JBaeksiirn , and a third named Henry Eddleston . j 3 kj were on the land of Henry Peters , Esq- of i j ^ kenhilgh ; and about one o ' clock on the mornings rathe 21 st December , 1839 , they heard four reports k * pm , or guns , and set off in the direction of the «]» ra . Tiro of the keepers , Thomas Isherwood * M mis witness , had guns ; and they met four men a * sip , and one of them knocked witness down , £ ™^ l » tperoerredthem . Three of the poachers Pf 858 ^ the guns at die other keepers and swore J jtej-ffwild sheot them , if they did not stand back . iaree
aad dark elothes , and the fourth had a light *** & on . After presenting their guns , they made " * J together . The keepers and witness agreed to ™» w aea ; and the poachers , ob finding themselTes jasaed , torned ronnd and swore if the keepers did ^| oiack , they would shoot them . The man in —JV&t coloured coat stood at witness ' s Bide , and ™» e he would shoot him . The poachers went on " « iMd Henry Eddleston ( who is since dead ) voSLS ** 3 in ^" re assistance . TJie keepers still ^ siw the poachers across som e meadows and a TrJi ' as tbe poachers were getting 07 er agate , ^ f ^ R-ood eUelced ( snatched ) at one of their gnns . wS ^ ? got oTer the gate , and the keepers folf'wihem into a stubble field , ongoing np which fl > S- » * Poachers threw a Btone , and again " ^ feaed to shoot the keeTK-rs If thnv did not so
2 ** - Afier going a fewroods farther , the poachers r ™ o _ Ksrnd , and all four came close up to the r ^ ra : * ne csmeto witness tostrikehim with hia ««; aotiier to Henry Isherwood , and two to ^ f ^ f ^ erwood . The man struck at witness Htm - v ? ^ d of his gnn , bat witness broke the " ^ * ith hb gun . Witness noticed that it was the **»« nne fight-coloured coat ; in the struggle bis i ! tv m \ cff > M appeared to witness accidentally ^ we shot lodged inxhe xround . Shortly
after"s ^ a gun went cf , and Thomas Isherwood cried fteii vl ^ f 53 at this time had hold of the man in Wri « m ? n * dco » t i Md » on learing the cry , be nid 7 r ^ JJl 0 XDas Isherwood , who was about fifteen ' & « . i ? " ^ CTOt " ! r&a OD fo ' Tw <> men were ^» iam ^ ti ] zte > Witness left loose of the 6 sW went B P * ° Thomas Isherwood , and a ^ vL ? ° achers aU ran off . Isherwood said , in JhT « A " Oh » dear ' y ° n ^ e Bhot my oSJ " a »> S - kee Pers took Isherwood home , and he * S * " ^^ » ionr aDd » halt The place HorS . v 8 £ hoswas on « ne J * 315 of which Mr . rr iaA the shoodng OTer
. ^^ Hercer , one of the poachers , identified the ejaHte f' * VH } 6 of the party , and corroborated the 5 bgB ^ ^ ^ wituess . The poachers Bhot Oj- Paeasants , whieh one of the party , named & ! to 2 f ^^^ 'fl him . This witness stated , that ynsaip AkWn being knocked down , he < sried rj ^ ff ^ ^ will you Bee me killed T * on which ^ Jnred Ms gun , and shot the deceased . ejS ^ Isherwooa , brotiier of flie deceased , also It B 0 « ated the testimony already adduced . « i » hS ***^ bom ae fitatements of Mercer , that
1 &&ij ?*?> ^ raston , and other places , to keep out ol * Pfcr&i " ^ ? ° 'iic * - Mercer , howerei , gave himself **« fef "" 8 f thfi following week . A second was a **» fi 7 a castody soms time after , tried at the last t ^ rf ^ amtted . Crosslej was traced to America , iao , ^? deid - The prisoner Abbott to taken Mr Tp 2 ^ - S&dtbum on ^ y a fe w weets ago . ftt *^ & . V ? 1 ** ^ dreswd the Jury for the defence , * * Xet& ?* aA there * evidence to ahowthat the * ° ^ oflfiTS !^ ^ ^ rnmon purpose withCros&ley <* * & £ «« ^ to Ae deceaaed . Ttok it was the act £ otbSj ^ H ? » ana ° De for iroicb the prisoner could ' ' £ j 5 ? : ? p ^^ s ^ al up , * i&si&rtTr *** miantetf consultation , returned ^^ w ^ ot anilty .
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THE TEIAL .
GOVERNMENT PROSEOUTION OFFEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ . AND OTHERS , FOR AN ALLEGED CONSPIRACY .
LANCASTER . —NISI PRIUS COURT . "Wedkesiuy , Masch 1 . « ^ ' ^ ton S * ^ the Judge of the Assiza , haTing nxed this jnorning -for the commencement of the bials of Mr . Feargus O'Connor and others , charged oy her Majesty ' s Go > ernment , under the monster indictmenV' ( a copy of which we published a few weeks ago in the Star , ') for a conspiracy , by violence , to bnng about a change in the Constitution , the Court , at an early hour , was besieged bv nersons
anxions to hear the proceedings . The body of the Gourt was crowded to exees 8 , * nd included a large proportion of the defendants , who mixed promiscuously among the general body of spectators . On the bench were a number of fashionably-attired ladies , the daughters of the gentry resident in the neighbourhood of Lxncaster , who probably graced the Court with their presence , for two reasons , first , to hear the evidence , and Beoondly , to h&Ye an opportunity of seeing what shocking people these Chartists are .
The Learned Jtjdgi took his seat on the bench precisely at nine o ' clock ; soon after which Mr . O'Connor s accompanied by Mi . Seholefield , TUV . W . Bill , and W . Roberts , Esq ., solicitor , of Bath , came into Court , and took their seats immediately behind those reserved for the members of the bar . The Court having been opened with the usual formalities , the Clerk of Arraigns called over the names of the Jurors summoned to serve . Four of the Special Jurors , upon whom notice had been regnlarlyjserredjdid not appear when called , and no sufficient excuse being tendered for their absence , they were fined £ 25 each . The following gentlemen were then sworn on the Jury : —
special . James Roth well Barnes , Somer-field , Great-Lever , Esq . John Bentley , of Farnworth , Esq . James Anderson , of Burgh Hall , Duxbury , Esq . Edward Brook , of Melbourne-place , Rusholaie , merchant . Isaiah Ashlin , of Great Mersey-street , Kirkdale , merchant . T-homas Edgeley , of Park View , Rusbolme , merchant . Forsyth William Smith , of WeMeld-plaee , Toxteth Park , merchant . Charles Armstrong , of St . George's-road , Everion , merchant . James Bly ' . he , of Plymouth-grove , Chorlton upon-Medlock , merchant . Thomas Haigh , Elm Hall , Aintree , merchant .
TAiESKKN . Richard Harrison , of Barmby , tallow chandler . Charles Storrs Kennedy , of Ulverstone , gentleman . William Scott , of TJlverstone , gentleman . The JtrDcs , addressing the Attorney-General , said that an objection to serve on the jury had been made by Mr . Bentley , of Farn worth , on the ground that being a magistrate , and having taken an active part in the proceedings against the parties with whom the transactions about to be investigated , were said to have originated , he did not think he should be an impartial per&on for the discharge of the duty . He ( the Judge ) did not think the reason a sufficient one , but as the objection had been m ^ de , he wished to state it . The Attobssy-Gexe&al said that if his Learned Friends on the other side h&d no objection , he had none to the withdrawal of Mr . Bentiey's name .
Mr . Dusius said , that as appearing for two of the defendants , he had no objection to be tried by any magistrate . A desultory conversation followed , which ended in Mr . Bentiey ' s name being retained on the list . Sir Fbkdk . Pollock , Attorney-General ; the Hon Jas . S . Wobxlet , M . P . and < i . C ; Sir Gregory Lewis , Knight ; Mr . Bildyabd ; and Mr . F . Pollocb . 3 appeared to conduct the prosecution on the part of the Crown . Mr . Bax-ves , QrC , appeared for James Sch . olefi . eld and William Scfcolefield . With reference to the last mentioned defendant , the Attobszy-Genkbai . said he would at once relieve his Learned Friend from all trouble by consenting to a verdict of acquittal being taken . Mr . DtrsDAS , Q _ C , appeared for Thos . AiMn and William Brook .
Mr . Sergeant Mubpht appeared for Thomas Railton , William Johnson , and John Derham . Mr . Athsbtos appeared for James Fenton and William Stephenson . Mi . M'Obeay appeared for one or more of the defendants , but we did not distinctly understand which . Mr . F . Pollock opened the pleadings . The indictment charged the defendants with-having illegally conspired together , and with divers other persons to the jurors unknown , unlawfully assembled together , and by violence , threats ,. and intimidation , to compel persons to desist from their lawful occupations , all tending to bring about a change in the law and the constitution as established in these realms . To this indictment the defendants had
severally pleaced not guilty , on which issue was joined which issue it was for the jurors to try , and say whether the defendents were guilty or not guilty . Mr ., O'CosKoa applied to have the witnesses for examination ordered oat of court , which was immediately complied with .
The ATTORNEY ^ GENERAL then rose , and addressing the Jury , said he could assure them most unfeignedly that he never rose to discharge a more painful duty than the one whieh fell to his lot to-day or one in which he considered that the responsibility cast upon those who advised the Crown , was greater than on the present occasion . While for a moment he adverted to circumstances which , more or less , must be within the knowledge of every gentleman comprising the Jury , as probably of almost every person in court , —while he alluded to that for one moment , in order to caution them against any impressions which they might have received with irespect to any individual charged , before they came into that box , it was scarcely
possible not to entertain the strongest impression of the danger and the mischief that might ensue from offences such as those mentioned in tbe indictment , if indeed they had been committed by the defendants . He would call their attention exclusively on this occasion to the facts that would be brought before them , and he would state in the outset , without th « slightest difficulty , that if they were not satisfied of the guilty participation of every defendant , let all those who had by their own evidence or not implicated themselves , if the evidence given on the part of the prosecution should leave any fair or reasonable doubt in the minds of the Jury , have the benefit of that doubt , and by their verdict be acquitted . The offence imputed to the
defendants was that of endeavouring , by large assemblages of persons , to accomplish by force , violence , menaces , and intimidation , soch ft degree of alarm and terror throughout the country as to produce a change in some of the fundamental parts of the Constitution of the country . He should not stop there to inquire , hot should he , moreover , attempt to discuss for one moment , the merit or the demerit of the change , or the beauty of the constitution , or the happiness which it might or might sot Bhed upon those who had the blessing to livejjnder it . He was there—not to discuss aay polinial subject whatever . He was there merely for the purpose of vindicating the law , and he doubted not but that his Lordship would tell the
Jury that the course of proceeding which he ( the Attorney-General ) had adverted to was illegal—that it was not by such proceedings that any change , of whatever sort , was to be brought about in the constitution of the country ; and if they wer * satisfied by the evidence that the respective defendants had taken any part in a proceeding which had this for its object , and those means to which he had adverted were the means to be resorted to by the defendants , then it would be the duty of the Jury , however painful , to find them guilty . As little had he-to do with the political origin of the meetings to which he must first call their attention . He proposed not to enter into the secret history of the motives of any individual anterior to the time when first the law enter into in
was violated . He proposed not to any - quiry as to what were the circumstances that led to the commission of these offences , beyond what iwas absolutely necessary to render the facts connected with them intelligible to she Jury . Having then stated to them the duty he had to perform , and entreated them to dismiss from their recollections any circumstances tending to create prejudice , or to weigh against any of the defendants individually , or as a body , be should proceed , as Ehortly ss he could , to narrate the facts which he proposed to lay before them as matter of evidence . Somewhere about the 26 th of July last , a meeting was held at Ashton-under-Lyne , the situation of whicb ,, as they were probably aware , with reference to Manchester , was about six miles to tbe east of the town . At tbe meeting , one of
the defendants , William Woodrafli was the chairman , and another of the defendants , Rd . Pilling , was also present , and the Jury would find that the language used on that occasion could leave no doubt whatever as to what were the objects and intention of the parties who were then assembled . He proposed to read a very few sentences of what fell from the Chairman and from Pilling , when he addressed the meeting , because he believed there was no doubt that evidence would be given to confirm the statements he should make . Woodruff opened the meeting in a speech in which he exhorted the people B to give over work until they could get a fair day ' s wage for a fair day ' s work . " He then called upon Pilling to address the meeting . The lansuage he used was very strong , and was peravsally directed to owners of mills in t e neigh-
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bourhood . He Baid he should " advise the cotton lords to keep wishia the precinots of their own palaces , for dark nights were coming on : and some bold hand , mere daring than the rest , would reckon with-them ,. for the reckoning day was near , and a bloody reckoning it was likB to be . " It appeared that shortly before this there had been some , redaction made by the master manufacturers in the wages of the various workmen whom they employed . He believed / that two or three of these reductions occurred in the month of April last year , and some of the observations made by the defendants were with reference to a still farther redaction that was suspected . The meeting on the 26 ih of July was adjourned to the following day , but either no meeting took placeor eke it was so thinly
at-, tended , that it excited np public attention whatever . On the 1 st of August , Moorhouse , the bellman of Hyde , gave notice ot another meeting , and at that meeting , George Candelet , another of the defendants , acted S 3 the Chairman , and notice was then given of a further meeting for Sunday , the 7 ih of August , to take place at Mottram Moor , or Wednesoff-green , four miles front Ashton , where the Chartists were in the habit of holding their camp meetings . The Jury would find that on Sunday the 7 th of August , two meetings were held , one m the morning and the other in the afternoon , to which he must call their attention , because in the meantime , the manufacturers who bad given notice of aa intention to reduce
their wages , at least all , be believed , with the exception of one , withdrew the notice of reduction . On Friday , the 5 th of August , one house having persisted in their intention , a sort of meeting of the masters and workmen of that factory © ccu J red l at Yfhich something was said that gave offence to the men . He could hardly suppose that such offence was intended ; but undoubtedlv some offence was created , and ihe men immediately abandoned their work , and that he believed was the first commencement of what was called the turnout . Oa Saturday , the 6 th of August , there was a procession of not Jess than 1 , 500 or 1 , 600 persons , who went through Newtou , headed by John Durham and John Crossley . At the meeting
held on Sunday , the fth of August , Moorbouse addressed the people , and then , perhaps , for the first time , tbe objact of the meeting was distinctly avowed . He told the meeting that it was neither a wage question nor a religious question—it was a national question—and that their object was to make what was commonly called the People ' s Charter" the law of the land . At that meeting Candelet , one of the defendants , spoke , and a man named Wild , who was now sufferiDg nnder sentence , at Chester , also addressed the people . At two o'clock in tbe afternoon , there was
a larger meeting , and on that occasion , the defendants John Leech , Thomas Storah , James Stephenson , and Thomas Mahpn , spoke , and it was then stated that on the following day , there would be a great turn-out , and that no one should return to work until every principle of the People's Charter should become the law of the land . On that occasion , Moorhouse used language , of which he believed this was a correct statement . Ho said , " Yoa have been told of the evils under which we labour , and I am requested "Mr . Dcndas—There is no such person in the indictment .
The Attobnby-Gbnkrai , was not aware that he had mentioned Moorhouse as a defendant . He was alluding to language used by the chairman of a meeting , and he believed he should be perfectly correct in Btating to tbe Jury , that that which a chairman , uninterrupted , and without opposition , was permitted to state , was , at least evidence of the intention of those who were assembled at that meeting , and he believed several of the defendants were actually present . Moorhouse said , *• You have been told of the evils we labour under , and I am requested to tell you ^ that to-morrow a meeting will take place at Stalybridge , at five o ' clock in the morning , wheu we shall proeeed from factory to factory , and the hands that will not willingly come out we will turn
them out , and when we are out , we will remain out , till the Charter , which is the only guarantee for your wages , becomes the law of the land . I hope to meet you all to-morrow morning , when we will join hand in hand in this great national turn-out . " On the following morning , a meeting wa 3 held at a place called Hai « h , near Stalybridge , at which from 2 , 000 to 3 , 000 persons were present . There were two placards exhibited , on one of which were these words : — The men of Stalybridgo will follow wherever danger points the way ; " and upon the other : — "They that perish by the sword are better than they that perish by tmnger . " After the meeting was over , the people proceeded first to the mill of Messrs . Harrisonwhere they
, turned out all the hands , and stopped the mill They then went to the mill of Messieurs . Lees , where they did not find the Bame willingness to receive their proposal to stop labour . They burst open tho door , and by force they did that which at the Messrs . Harrison ' s they were enabled to do merely by their presence and appearance . It was arranged that they Bhould meet the following morning , and something was said about going to Manchester . At a very early hour on the morning of Tuesday the 9 th of August , the people were meeting at Hyde , at Stalybridge , and at Ashton ; and from the place where they ail assembled , they determined to march to Manchester . Accordingly some thousands of persons ,
with certain descriptions of arms , with bludgeons , and banners , having something the appearance of military array and order , marched into the town of Manchester , and finding the military very near the entrance , they halted , and there was a sort of parley between them and the Magistrates . To the remonstrance of the latter , they answered that their object was " peace , law and order , " and they promised faith / ally to keep the peace , and to commit no dlB * order of any kind . On these assuranoea , the Magistrates withdrew the military , and placed themselves , not exactly at the head of the people , as leaders , but for the purpose of pointing out where they might go , and to watoh that they did so mischief . The people then marched into
the town together , the military having withdrawn to prevent any hostile conflict . They Had scarcely got into the town when those who were rather in the rear , separated themselves into different bodies , going from street to street , and from house to house , and took possession of the town . For three days the shops were shut up , —all labour was suspended , and portions of the mob went from place to place , not merely to the mills , but to every place where the labour of man was nsed , and they obliged a cessation from labour , In some instances they demanded bread , in others they accepted money , and for three days Manchester was in a state of the most lawless riot and confusion . The following week , proceedings manifested
themselves of a still more threatening aspect than perhaps was indicated by the assembling of the people in the manner he had described . It appeared that at that time there had been a meeting , at Manchester , of delegates , or persons from the Trades ' Union ; and he begged | to call the attention of the jury to a resolution which was pat forth on Friday , the 12 th of August . It was this— " That we , the delegates representing the trades of Manchester and its vicinity , with delegates from various parts of Yorkshire and Lancashire , do most emphatically declare that it is our solemn and conscientious conviction that all the evils which afflict society , and which have prostrated the industry and energy of the great body of the producing classes , arises solely from class
legislation , and that the only remedy for the present alarming distress and wide spread destitution , is the immediate and unmntilated adoption , and carrying into law , the document known as the ' People ' s Charter / That this meeting recommends the people of all trades and callings , forthwith to cease to work until the above document becomes the law of title laud . " He might here incidentally remark to the Jury , that if a number of persons had formed the design of going into the country , from place to place for the purpose of causing a cessation of labour , and compelling the public authorities in different parts of the country to adopt particular changes in the constitution , all those who , in any way , offered encouragement of any sort to the persons so acting .
become what in tbe law was called accessoriesbefore or after the fact , made very little difference , for in a case ef misdemeanour , which this was , all accessories were principals—all who used encouragement to parties committing this description of offence , were themselves guilty of that which they encouraged in others . And it would be for the Jury to say whether ' this resolution , and other resolutions of a similar kind , being brought home to certain parties who were before them as defendants , could leave any doubt on their minds as to the object for which resolutions of this character were put forth . It would be for them to say whether those who adopted this method of encouraging and producing a system , and . giving effect to the designs
of others , must not be held , in point of fact , by them , as adopting such ~ a coarse with a view to assist and promote the designs of others . If that were bo , he believed his Lordship would tell them that suph persons , altogether and entirely , participated in the full guilt which they thus encouraged . Now , by this time , the state of Manchester had attracted the attention of the authorities there , and the authorities in London . Oa the Uth of August there was a proclamation issued by the Magistrates on their own authority , and , on the 15 th , another proclamation was issued in the name of the Queen by the Executive Government ; and after that
proclamation , calling upon every one to preserve the peace , and to abstain from giving any encouragement to the violence of others , it became still more and more the bounden duty of all persons who were determined to obey tbe law , and who were determined not to disobey it , to abstain from any proceedings that could give encouragement , directly or indirectly , to persons going about the country endeavouring to turn out those who were anxious to continue to work for their masters . On the Monday following this , a meeting was held at a public-house in Tib-street , Manchester , which was afterwards adjourned to the Carpenter ' s Hall . The Jury would find that at the meeting
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vanoas resolutions wore carried , and at length it ! ELh £ V ™^ i 8 Sue a Placard , to which he U ^ fi tf ? " £ U ° cal 1 their attention . It was 3 » 12 l i- Llberty *«> the trades of Manchester wsdnmmmdmK districts ! FellowVworkmen . we 13 j f 7 he ! ore vou tne Paramount importance miSlflSfl S ? H * ' TJw delegates from the " 5 PW districts have been more numerous of d 7 t « S t— etlDgthan yesterday , and the spirit ill tlmm& } loa manifested for the people ' s rights Sfn ^""?* 6 Very honr' In ^ sequence of the KEL ? * constitutional interference of the J ^™ , ourw , ce «( liDgs were abruptly brought to a close by thapersing the mesting , but not ftSSLn ? ° T - very teeth » we J * * the following resolution : 'Tfal we , as delegates in public meeting assembled , do recommend to me various constituencies we reDresent . to , adont
% t t ^ , me ^ f ' ** carry into effect the People ' s k = 1 fVu and [ Brther we reoommend that delegates be sent through the whole of the country , to endeavour to obtain the co-operation of the middle and workingglasses , in carrying oat the resolution of ceasing labour until the Charter be made the law of the land . Englishmen J rigidly determine to maintain the paace and well being of society , and show by your strict adherence to this resolution that we are your true representatives . Do your duty and we will do ours . We meet again to-morrow , and the result of our deliberations will be fully laid before you . " Now , he had read to the Jnry the words of this placard . There were expressions with respeot to » legal means , " and •» keepine the Deace . " tie
was atraid that those who directed the framing of that paragraph differ in the view which his Lordship would iay down as to what were the " legal means by which such aa object could be carried into effeot . It w . ould be for the Jury to judge whether those upon whose lips hung the language of "' peace , law , and order , " were not actuated by very different motives . It would be for them to judge how far the expressions which were used in a plaoard , put forth to the publio , really conveyed the intention of those who used them ; or whether they were used with an intention to depart from those professions whenever a convenient opportunity might occur . On Tuesday , the 16 th of August , a meeting , not of
trades ,-fmt of delegates , was held , for the purpose of assembling a sort of Convention of persons from different parts of the country ; and in accordance with the recommendation , he believed that not fewer than from sixty to seventy delegates arrived in Manchester . At one of the meetings , undoubtedly about forty attended . At the meeting , an address was considered and approved of , to be printed and published to the people of England . It was an address from five persons Btyling themselves , — 41 The Exeoutive Committee of the National Association , for carrying tbe . Charter ; " and he begged to call the attention of the Jury to the contents of that document . The proof sheet , corrected in the hand-Writing of one of th . e defendants ( Peter Murray
M'Douall ) would be produced in evidence . The Learned Gentleman then proceeded to read extracts from this address ; the first of which called upon the people never to resume work until full justice had been done ta the working classes , their wires and families , by the enactment of the People ' s Charter . He ( the Attorney-General ) regretted deeply to say that at Preston and Blackburn , there had been a conflict with the military which unfortunately did terminate in bloodshed . The language used in this address with reference to the event was thi 9 : — " Fellow-Chartists , the blood of your brothers redden the streets of Preston and Blackburn , and the murderers thirst for more . But be firm , be courageous , be men . Peace , law , and
order , have prevailed on our side . Let them be revered until our brothers in Scotland , Wales , and Ireland , are informed of our resolution , and when a . universal holiday prevails , which will be the case in eight days , then of what use will bayonets be against public opinion V Then again , in allusion to the stoppage of the mills , the address said " every hand is at rest , save the peaceful sickle of the reaper in the fruitful fields . " That was perfectly true . Within fifty miles of Manchester , all was still , bat in what way that stillness had been produced , whether by the spontaneous wish of all the persons who were compelled to observe that stillness , the jury would that day judge by the evidence ; and thty would further judge whether those who prepared
this document could by possibility be ignorant , that although , undoubtedly , a large portion of the rest from labour was acceded to cheerfully by many , a very considerable portion of the people—he believed he should not be wrong if he said the greater part , yielded a reluctant assent , and were acted upon by the force and threats of those who went from place to place to produce a complete abandonment of labour . The address concluded by asking the people to leave the decision of their rigV . 3 to the " God of justice and of battle . " This placard was extensively dispersed over Manchester . It became a Bort of rallying point at various meetings that took place afterwards , and the question that the Jury would have to decide was , whether all those
who were connected with the framing and putting it forth , —whether in the entire scope and object of the production , they did not find a direot encouragement given to those persons , who were going about the country , from factory to factory , and almost from house to house , to Buspend labour of every kind , and to do it by force , in order to carry out that change in the constitution , which would be effected by carrying the People ' s Charter into law ! The Jury would have evidence given them of what occurred at the meeting of delegates ; and as against one of the defendants—he meant Mr . Feargus O'Connor— they would have tbe Btirongest evidence of bis participation in it , in a direct allusion to it in his own newspaper , the Northern Star , to which his name was
affixed as the proprietor , and for tbe contents of which he was responsible . He proposed to read from the Northern Star , a few expressions which would clearly connect Mr . O'Connor with the publication of the document . He thought it perfectly right , however , to say that before the date of the paper to which he was about to refer—the 20 th of August last , many paragraphs had appeared in the Northern Star , dissuading the people from taking the oourse which they seemed to be bent upon ; and whatever benefit , in any way , Mr . O'Connor could derive from a candid admission on his ( the Attorney-General ' s ) part , that prior to the 20 th of August , the Northern Star was apparently directed against the strike , tbe benefit of that
admission he should certainly not seek to withhold from him . But he had not the least doubt , from the paper he held in his hand , that , for some reason or other , —whether because the impulse seemed to be so strong—whether the current seemed to be so irresistible that it was no longer of any use opposing the stream—or whether Mr . O'Connor was carried along by that current—or whether , seeing that there was such a prospect of Chartism becoming the law of the land , he thought the time was come when use might be made of the crisis , he ( the Attorney-General ) knew not;—he dealt with the facts merely as they were before him ;—and he found in ihe Northern Star of the 20 th August a statement of a meeting of delegates in conference at Manchester ;
and he used this against Mr . O Connor to prove tie fact that was there stated—that there was a meeting of delegates . He should confirm it by notes that were found in the hand writing of one of the members , who took notes of what passed ; and , last of all , he should confirm it by the testimony of a person who was present , and who now thought proper—with whatever Bpirit it wo «\ d be for the jury to judge—to give evidence of what took place in that assemblage . But in order , aa he was aware that remarks might be made on testimony of this description , and as the Jury had a right that such testimony should be confirmed by every document that he could have recourse to for the purpose , he should prove , against several of the defendants
as it were , out of their own lips , that they were present , and what took place . He would now read the statement which appeared in tbe Northern Star of the date he had mentioned . [ The Attorney-General here read the report of the " Meeting of delegate * in conference at Manchester , " as it appeared in the Star of the 20 th of August last . ] He wanted to show that this was as good evidence against Mr . O'Connor as could possibly be given , because it was deliberately published by him , in a newspaper of which he was the sole proprietor . [ He also read another extract from the same paper . ] On a subsequent day , the 3 rd of September , Mr . O'Connor published another number of the Northern Star , in the leading columns of which he gave au
account of the meeting of the delegates . It was ia tbo form of a letter , but nserted as a leading article , and was addressed to the " Imperial Chartists . " [ Here be reatLMr . O'Connor ' s answer to the letter of the " Old Chartist , " in the British Statesman , which answer necessarily contained a succinct account of the Delegate Meeting at Manchester , and Mr . O'Connor ' s proceedings at it . J Sir Frederick then went oh to describe the part which Mr . Scholefield bad taken in promoting the object of the strike , by lending hia chapel for the use of tbe meetings , and having tea parties of Chartists at his own house . [ Our Reporter was obliged to send off his first packet before he had transcribed the whole of his notes of the AttorneV'Generai ' s speech .
Absbpben.—On Monday Laat, The National District Charter Union, Held Their Monthly, Ox Business Meeting In Their Hall, 38, Geor««-«Treet; Mr. Archi-
ABSBPBEN . —On Monday laat , the National District Charter Union , held their monthly , ox business meeting in their Hall , 38 , Geor «« - « treet ; Mr . Archi-
bald M'Donald in tbe chair . The statements or union funds having been read over by the secretary , appeared highly satisfactory . A new code of regulations which bad been drawn up under the Inspection of tbe Council was confirmed by the meeting , as likewise some few additions then proposed , This having been the night for electing half of tbe Council to supply the vacancy created by' twelve having completed their period o ! service , was allowed to lie over until next monthly meeting , as the house was considered toe thin , owing to the extraordinary state of the weather . Mr . James M'Pherson moved a vote of thanks t » T . S Dnnconabe , Esq ., M . P ., and those members Who supported bis motion , for an enquiry into the unjudge-like conduct of Lord Abinger . The motion was carried amidst tbotders of applause .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 4, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct640/page/5/
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