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NOTI CE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That a Meeti * of the Inhabitants of the Township of Lee& -
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LEEDS :—Printed lat the Proptiefco* FEABflS ©•CONNOR, Es* of Hammersmith, <&*[
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chargeablft to the Rates or Assessments for fe ^ Repairs of the Highways thereof , will be held a j . the Vestry of the Parish Church , in Leeds aforesaid , ** on Thursday , the Sixth day of April instant , it *' , Twelve o'clock at Noon , to audit the Accounts i " the Board of Surveyors of the said Highways fe the Year ending the Twenty fifth day of Maiti >' last , pursuant to an Act made and passed in & r Sixth Year of tho Reign of his late Majesty Ke ? 1 William the Fourth , intituled "An Act to Con * . j Iid 3 kte and Amend the Laws relating to Highwtrs J in that part of Great Britain called England . " Dated at Leeds aforesaid , this First Day of April , ~ J 1843 . *; Joshua Hobson , "j " j Thos . Clarkson , Nicholas Ddnn , x Geo . Robson , I I Francis Prince Kidson , y Surveyors . -1 '' William Greig , ; * John Sellers . ^ ' Wm . Brook , * - , , Edward Blcndell , J . ' ssLSasa ™ . * *«*•«*« I P . L . Atkinson , ? Overseers of tt ? g- < William Reinhabdt , N Poor . 5 c f
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READ AND JUDGE ! fj AC 1 IIITED UNDER F 1 PTY TEARS OF AGE THE riH ^^ NINE MONTHS ! „ " „ «?** A MOST favourable opportuuity to the Inda' 4-Is trious Classes to ensure themselves Proprietor 4 ' * of Land and Property—to provide against Sickns , fc . Want , and a Poor Law Union—is offered » g" i Healthy Men , in Town or'Country , by joining it 'C * UNITED PATRIOTS' BENEFIT AND CO- 1 I OPERATIVE SOCIETY . § f 7 Established at tbe Commercial , Devon , and Exeiff % t Chop-House , 59 , Tottenham Conrt Road . Fr « t » | * a portion of Benefits immediately . Enrolled &g » | I ably to Act of Parliament . I ' The . peculiar advantages of this Society above « 3 fe others are—that it will possess influence over « i f 1 inherit Landed Property—it ensures an Asylmaa g ^ Old Age , for its Superannuated Members , f& | protection from the cruel operations of the InhniW | Poor Laws—and the combined efforts of its Mi * p ^ bers gives union and Benefit untii Death . if * * First Class—Entrance 33 . 6 d ., ( including a Of ! f of the Rules ); Monthly Subscriptions 2 % (' , £ * , Earnings 243 . per Week . >* - *" £ s . i 5 , Ixi Sickness per Week 0 18 0 t . tj Member's Funeral 20 0 I j * Member's Wife's ditto , or Nominee 10 0 » J . ' Wife's Lying-in 2 0 f t Loss by Fire 15 0 ' I * Substitute for Militia 5 0 " h \ t Superannuated ( with right ef entrance \ J " in the Society's Asylum , ) per Week 0 6 J t ^ Imprisoned for Debt ... •¦• 0 5 " 1 J , Second Class—Entrance 3 s . ( including a Copr 5 the Rules ) ; Monthly . Subscriptions 2 s . ; EaniP s 20 s . per week . ; i In Sickness ... .., ( per week ) 0 15 I Member's Funeral I 6 0 . '' »" Member ' s Wife's ditto or ixomineee ... 8 0 Wife ' s Lying-in - - Loss by Fire 15 ° * " Substitute for Militia ... . — ... « 0 » ^ v Superannuated ( with right of entrance . 1 " ^ in the Society ' s Asylum ) ( per week ) 0 0 , Imprisoned for Debt " ° - Thir » Class—Entrance 2 s . 6 d . ( in eluding aW s -j of the Rule * ) ; Monthly Subscrip . -ion 8 !«> , /« Earnings 15 j . per week . yf ~ In Sickness ( per week ) "'' , ( '"" Member's Funeral ** 0 Member ' s Wife's ditto or nominee ... " , „ 1 Wife ' s Lying-in 1 1 O . \ Loss by Fire U Substitute for Militia 5 t Superannuated ( with right of entranoe , in the Society ' s Asylum ) k ( per week ) 0 4-Imprisonment for Debt ... t 0 5 ' ^ ~ Fourth Class—Entrance 2 s . ( including a ^ J y of the Kules ) ; Monthly Subscriptions Is . * J _ ** f Earnings 10 s . per week . \ In Sickness ... ... ( per week ) 0 9 '; < - „ , Member ' s Funeral ] ? ° ? £ Member ' s Wife ' s ditto or nominee ... * 0 J [~ * ,, Wife ' s Lying-in 1 0 » 3 Loss by Fire 10 0 * CS Substitute for Militia 3 0 » ^? * £ Superannuated ( with right of entrance * &M in the Society's Asylum ) ( per week ) 0 •* , f ^ , Weekly meetings ( for the admission of n ^ mt ^ jfl ^ l e \ ery Tuesday Evening at Eight o'Clock . MeID ^ | li can enroll their Names at tbe Society House >» fgp day , and at any time . M 0 The Rules , and every information , also B ! Forms for the Admis&ion of Country Member 8 , t »||| be obtained on application by enclosing * Pos £ T * f | u stamp in letter ( post paid ) to the Secretary , * j | f Society's House , o 9 , Tottenham Court-road . . Jag ¦ Persons residing in the Country are el * «» become members , on transmitting a Medical . ; jf §| tificate of good health , and R ecommendation , ^ by two Housekeepers , to the Secretary . s | Ho Fines for Stewards . , Wm Ma . RUFFY RIDLEY , Secket ^ I |
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STAFFORDSHIRE ASSIZES . j ( Continued from our Seventh page . ) 1 am a Whig , and am for a modification of the Own lavs . KeYer had anything to do with either Messrs , Sidgirav or Mr . MaEon . Was irot 8 bocked to trear the Com Law Repealers called despetie tyrant * , a ttu -sent into the Potteries to watch the progress of the crowd -which came from 5 * ee £ _ The Cheshire c » - gistrates had sworn in 429 special constables , and La-r ing the yeomanry they -were determined that 'the nob who had stopped the mills at MaceleifleH should not come to Saiidb&ch * o 3 top the toDIb ¦ withrot-a-confiiet It was intimated to magistrates that the Mae--deBfield aad Gougletan people , -who had gone toXeek , ¦ wonld come from the Potteries , with fee colliers
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-from I&dsgTcrYe , and proceed "to Sandbacfe aad -Btop t > iH miOs . X did not *¦ - ¦ " » -cj- * T tbe authorities in tfrr Potteiies « f Bie as- ij ^ cted from Leek-George <} oldsni ^ — exsmiEed by 3 ir . " £ err » ant 1 &-lourd—I am -a dni }** , living at -Shelton . a Teeettect seeing the defeniiaiit , HJohardB , in Stafford-street , Shelton , betweea nine and ten o ' clock on tbe morning of the l « th of August . There were foor or £ ve working men with him . Richards said to them " Now . ^ siy lads , -we "have got the parsons * houses down , azd we must bsTe thechnrches . If-we lose "this day , we lose tbe day far ever . ' * 1 had heard that the bouBea-af-Dr . Tale and the Re ? . B . 3 L Aitken * had been burned .
In the -coarse of the -cross-examination by Richards , the deposition of the -witness taken before the ceagis- ' bate -was read , at the request of the defendant , Irons * hich it appeared , that on a snbsegaent part cf the dsy he heard several men in conversatSen in -fiiacfs- lane , Hanley , lone of whom he had « een in company , "Witt Kicbaxds , in SiafiortJ-row , in tbe mornisg , ) in < xrhieh they spoke ol attacking -several gentleman ' s iocxes in the town , xnd also the bank , . and terming I them do-srn , if their demands for money were cot com- i plied with . The men seeing that the witness was near j to them , one of them said that if he-ventured to tell !
What he had heard be Trpnld ~ hsrre his brains blown ODt . fVnCT . PTTiTwinnHnTi resumed , i gBTe no information to the bank ; -1 did so to one of the parties whose liaise 1 had heard ; 2 should have tfeought the destruction of the bank a great public calamity . -Have never doubted that yon were the man ; have never said that as yon were a bloody Chartist , 1 would transport you 3 f 1 could . 1 did not say so either in the presence of Haddocks or John Cope ; never said that a wonld swear as many oaths as days in the year foz as many Mffings . The Court rose this evening at eight o ' clock .
FSE 2 A 7 , MjlBCH S 3 . Sir . £ dwin Bollard Abington , examined by -Sergeant Talfonrd—2 am an operative chemist , and Ttside at Eacley -, 1 recollect the I 5 ih of August ; the premises of Mr . Forrister , at Shelton , were on fire on the evening of thai day ; 1 Tecollect being with Mr , Pierce on that occasion , near the premises ; when we were -going away "We met the defendant-Cooper near the Black Horse ; he was going in a direction to the fire . When a first saw kim he was abdut 200 yards from Mr . Forristtr ' s ; the defendant took a short tarn to the left , which would take him to the back -of Mr . Forrister's premises ; defendant turned round and stopped , when 2 lost sight of him ; this was about eleven o ' clock at nigbt ; the defendant Cooper had a for cap on . 1 had seen him oi . ee before : 1 made a remark to Mr . Pierce before 1 left him ; 1 afterwards went to my brother ' s borase .
-Cross-examined by--Cooper—a am a Coen isw repealer ; it "k \ as nearer eleven o ' clock timn t en when . 1 ffl * s yon ; 1 had seen yon ones before ; it » as on the same evening , betwetii half-past six and seven , when yen were going to the -Crown-bank ; 2 observed your features distinctly tbe first time 1 saw you , which enabled me to positively apeak to seeing yom near Mr . Torrister ' s ; 1 obserred to Mr . Pierce , whe Teas with me , "there is Cooper , the Chartist lectuftt ; " upon which you turned your feead away . Mr . Pierce used some expression , and said he would have a look at you , « nd peeped under your cap ; you then went away . J secollect a eonversatioz : which 1 had wjtb Mr . Pierce
prior to your being taken in a car to I * ewe 33 tle , m which he told me l was mistaken as to Cooper ' s identity , as the person a had shewn him was Mr .. Turner , of the North Staffordshire Infirmary , l told j Mi . Pierce he was mistaken , for the man 1 had shewn him -was the man 1 had heard singing in the marketplace . In the next conrersaiion 1 bad -with Mr . Pierce he said , 1 was perfectly conset in ssjinr it w * j Cooper they had seen in the evening a ! the loth of An ^ aat , xnd not Mr- Tnmer . Tfeere was a good deal of txritement in the town , and masy threats were ased towards persons coming' forward to 4 Jive evidence on the part cf the crown . This was the reason wby 1 did not give evidence befere , as 1 thought there w * a * uffic : ent evidence without me . 1 told what 1 had set-n , shortly
after it took place in confidence to several persons , amongst whom was a Chartist named Horton . 1 am a "¦ Sidgway man . " Horton told me he had been to Xeicester to see jon , and enquired if 3 was going to give evidence against y .-n . 1 hare seen Mr Stevenson , and he asked me if 1 had seen yoa near Mr . Forr star ' s on the night of the Sie , and 1 toJdhim it was correct . 2 then related to him what 1 h £ d seen . 1 had once agreed not to mention the circumstance of bating seen yon sear Ms . yorristcr ' s ob acconat ! of fe * r . 1 vraa some part of tiie night ntar to Mr . Parker ' s honse when it was on fire , traX did not see thB fignre in the fur cap Ihwe . 1 knew seTera ! of the parfiw who were takin ? an acdve part in burning . 1 went to Mr . Aivk = ns ' s bouseihe same nieht . 3 > id not see Cappnr or Richards there . 1 saw Wilbam Ellis at Mr . Aitktns ' s house , when it was qb fire . Eslis was ax the back ol the house in the garden , and threw a brick
at zee when he eaw isw me In- the field , upon wkich 1 ran * way . Ellis was not doing ' anything when 1 saw him . He was Tery dirty . It was vtry light ; the house bfiis all in names at the time ; did aot observe any arms u > the hands of those &t-tbe back of the house . Those armed were stationed at the front of the house . When B Ha had thrown at me , 1 said , "it is of no use Ellis , 1 know thee . " This is the same William Ellis that 1 understood was transported bj Ait mm witnesses at the Special Con-BB&sion . 2 recollect being one of the Cars Ia-v Bepe&l -dtlegstes to london . That meeting was held at Herberfa HoteL 2 made a speech there . 1 recollect tb-s "time 1 wis deputed to go to London , was the time of the colliers turning out ; 1 was there asked if the colliers were poachers at if they were armed . 1 stated that some of them were poachers , and some of them carried arms . 5 said 1 feared tlixt if such men came in collision ¦ with
the military , the result would fee fearful , or something to that effect . The military 1 alluded to were the yeomanry . There were no regular soldiers quartered in Hanley about the time of the riots , befoie you came into the neighbourhood . On Cooper pressing some further questions as to what resolutions might have been proposed at the Anti-Corn Law conference , an objection was made to jJipm aa jiot being legal . His Lordship toid the defendant that the qiestions had nothing at all to do with the matter before tha Comt ; all tbat he could cro » -exai » ine upon in reference to the witness ' s attendance at the conference was any declaration which he might hare made , which would tend to shake the credibility ol his testimony .
Cooper stated that his object in putting the questions was to shew that a conspiracy of the members ef the Anti-Com-Law League had been the cause of the riots and disturbances . His Lordskip toid him that if he proposed to prove that other parties caused the disturbances , it must be jshewn in another way . Cross-examination resumed . —I swear that I nerer publicly or privately heard of a rcsolntion proposed at the meeting of Anti-Corn-Law Delegates , to tbe effect that the obtaining cf justice was hopeless : that a revolntion was at hand : that the wheels of Government would t » stopped ; and that the Anti-Corn-Law League had drawn the BWoril ont of the scabbard ; and that it never should be sheathed until justice waa obtained . * Was several times at Herbert ' s Hotel for some honrs
eack day ; I was four days at the Conference , which was held in July , 18 * 2 . —{ Cooper here read a nnmber of propositions , which he alleged had been passed by the anti-corn law deputation , during the sitting of the conference in London , which the witness denied having j any knowledge of , or hearing them proposed at any time-T—I knew James Livesley , a Charti&t , in the Potteries ; 1 haTe aToid ^ d him as I would a plague since he gave evidence at the Special Commission- against a Witness named Good-win , who vs-as called f cr the pro-BecntlDn in Ellis ' s case ; Livesley asserted that he saw this witness drunk at the fires ; never told Livesley that yon ought to be transported for your opposition to tht
Anti-Com-iaw League . On the mornin ? of the l » ih i . f -Angnst , 2 meVy Sale , a Chartist , and >>* - ** some conversation with him respecting the outbreaks ; it was btfore eleven in the momtsg when 1 saw him ; Sale described some acts of-violence , and said " this is yobt Anti-Corn Xaw League for you . " 1 hate been a collector of church iaua tor Stoke , and once there was a slight deficiency In ihe accounts , which wa « immediately paid ; 1 have been , connected with amateur concerts in tha district , ^ ^ tS ** 61 cilar 8 with pocketing the receipts ; ^^ W Bidgway never saia to me before 1 came here l T ?»!? dBle " " ° ^ y ™ 1 can ' **»* feUow must be uUiel- The witness Wilding told me he epprehended violence by coming to giTe evidence . examined
Cross- byXkhards—Several houses had been thrown down and property injured by Lord GranviUa ' s mining operations . Had bo recollection' of » aying be hM _ da « aged the property of others-how does he like it himself ? 1 made ™ such remark u » it was a gio . ^« but as awful sight , " and l did not dap my B © -aamiDea Ij Mi , Ser ^ eaal Talfomd . —1 » > « jofl 4 eatiH *« rTB » . t of Mi . Ridgway * . Tbe deficiency a the aeeointa was immediately made ap ; it waa ewiag to there being so maay small rates to eolleci . 1 m reply *> queetiona put bj Cooper , "hit LoidibJp told him that ho cocld not call evidence as to any £ e-• iaratiaa made hyhira on the leth or 17 th of Augnet , or any time afteriEards , relative to what had taken-place ia Ore lotteries , on the 14 th or lith of August Cooper intiaaied that the person he intended to have * alled wariJfc Feargns O'Connor .
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1 Abiagton , & person coming towards os , about whom Mi . [ Abington made boejb remarks ; tJiat person is the de' fendant Cooper ; he was coming down MarBh-street , : a « I going In a direction to Lord Granville ' B offices ; ; when he was pointed ont to me , 1 turned round to get 1 a ^ rall view of his countenance , Jupon which defendant I' tcrned his bead on one side ; 1 -saw him again when in jrtle car going to Newcastle , and distinctly recognised ( him as the same person 1 had -s&en . ¦ Cross-examined by Cooper . —Ton have a peculiar ' -countenance , and 1 should -feixjw you amongst a tbou-« and ; when 1 b&w you it was near eleven o ' clock ; od the remark being made by the witness—•• Here is ' Cooper , tbe Chartist lecturer , * yon turned round to the left ; 1 have made the remark that 1 thought the person pointed oat was Mr . Turner ; 1 saw yoa in tbe to Newcastletd felt convinced
car going , » you were the same pesson 2 iiad seen near to Air . ForziBter ' s , 00 the night of the 1-Stli of of Augnst . Samuel Fradley , examined by Mr . Godson—1 am a policeman , at H&nley 4 1 recollect tbe night of tke 15 th Augurt . 1 saw people going backwards and forwards to Mr . Forrister ' a . 1 was st < uiding near Mr . Forrister ' s back gates , and in consequence of some threats held out to me 1 moved away , in going away 1 saw the defendant Cooper , somewhere about 48 yards from Mr . Forrister ' s gates . I particularly noticed him as be wm passing . 1 had Been him at public meetings , and also going to Jerry Y * tes . 1 istinctiy saw his face , and from his general appearance 1 believe him to be the same man . The defendant Cooper was goingtowards Mr . Furrister ' s house . 1 saw the defendant at Hanley watch-house in custody . He Baid " he should not have seen the fires if he had not had to wait for some money which Jeremiah Tatt-B had to pay to him . "
Cross-examined by -Cooper . —I swear that 1 had the conversation with you when you were in custody ; it was when Mr Yatea bronght you your dinner ; 1 cannot say the precise time . You had a hain on both your legs part of tha time you were in the lock- up . 1 do not recollect when they were taken off This witness -was fnrtber examined at grest length , bat nothing favourable to the ea * oof tbe defendants was elicited . Cross-examined by Capper—I dont remember seeing you at Hanley from the 15 th te the 17 th of Augnst Thomas BreombaU—1 live at Sbelton , and am a labourer ; I know ¦ C ooper by sight ; I was at Shelton on Monday , the 15 th « l August ; I waa in Marsh-street in the evening when Mr Forrister's premises were on fire ; 1 aaw Mr- Cooper just b « low the Black Horse , opposite the New Hall Gates . He waa going towards Mr . Forrister ' s , and was alone , and had en a cap ; I had Been him lecturing on ths Crown Bink on Sunday ; I never saw him before Sunday .
Cross-examined by « Cooper—1 gave the same evidence against you at the Special Asai&es which 1 have now given ; I am aware that Mrs . Blake , of Snelton , came as a witness and swore certain things against me , but she did not knew me and does not know me now : I went to Aitken"s house when on fire , but did not go inside the gates . 1 did not steal two bottles of win ? from there ; 1 never had a strait waistcoat on ; 1 did fire two shots accidentally through a window , in diBcbarg ing a pistol on an open « pace of ground ; 1 loaded the pistol for my own protection , on tbe road from Stafford to Hanley . 1 carried the pistol to defend myself from the Chartists , who it waa rumoured would attack and murder the witnesses . Numerous other questions were put , when Cooper proposed to put witnesses into the box to prove that the witness was nen compos mentis , when his Lordship said it would be for the Jury to give that weight to the evidence -which they thought it deserved .
On Mr . Sergeant Talfoard calling the next witness , several of tbe Jury represented to bis Lordship that matters of importance required their attendance at home to-night , and as some of then had a long distance to 50 , they begged that tbe Court might be adjourned , as they had been in the box frim Monday . Mr . Sergeant Talfourd remarked that the evidence in-chief would ocenpy bnt a iew minutes . A Jnryman Bnt we dont know that the cross-examination may not last four hours , as it has done in ether instances . The Cuurt adjourned at eeron o ' clock , nntfl Saturday morning .
Saturda y , Mabch 34 . Tbe trial of Cooper , Richards , and Capper was resumed ( this , being ihe sixth day ) this morning . On tbe open-. ng of the conrt , Mr . Jnsuce Erekine said « wouid , perhaps , be for the convenience of the bar and the pubhc if he st&ttd , that in consequence of the course -which the present trial bad taken , it was not hi 3 intention , at iis conclusion , to take any other . Of course , it was now out of the question that he should attend tbe assizes at Shrewsbury ; bnt , if it were possible , he felt he ¦ o ufcbt , if tbe present business admitted , to be present at the opening of the commission at Hereford on Tuesday . He XMr . Justice Erskinc ) thought it proper to make this early announcement , in order to prevent the attendance of Mr . O'KseJJ and his witnesses , and also the unnecessary attendance of the special jurors and witnesses , summoned for that pereon ' e trial .
Mr . Serjeant Talfourd . —My Lord , we are to understand , then , that ibe other indictment in which Cooper is included is postponed until tiie next Mr . Justice Erekine . —Certainly . This is the only case < how Jong it will lest 1 cannot tell ) which 1 can take . Cooper .- — ily Lord , an I to understaud your Lordship only means to take tbe case of conspiracy ? Mr . Justice Erski&e . —Yes ; bni allow me to take this opportunity of explaining a fallacy "whieh has gone abroad . It haa been reported , 1 am told , that this com mission of assize is limited as to its duration . That is a mistake . Isitheie under Her Majesty ' s commission , and that commission remains in force until it is superseded by anotier . Let it be understood , then , that J shall sit and try this case , let Ihe tims which it occupies be whatever it may .
Cooper . —My Lord , 1 am obliged by the expression of your Lordship ' s determination . Mr . Justice Er&kine . —Yon owe ine no obligation . Let tbe case go on . Ifasc Hackney , examined by Mr . Serjeant Talfourd . —1 was on tbe night of the 15 th of August last a watchman at Shelton . About half-past 11 o ' clock that night I was standing in the entry which leads to my house , when a number of persons coming from Forrister ' s fire , halted opposite the house of a person named Salt . There was at tbat tine a blaze of light from Forrister's fire , which enabled mo to observe persons . Cooper was at the head of the crowd . I had seen him before the same morning , between 10 and 11 o ' clock , when the Police-office was broken
open . Cross-examined bv Cooper . —I did not say at the last assises that I saw you in the morning , when you were brongbt to the watch-house . I had you in charge from 10 o ' clock at nigbt until 5 o ' clock Ihe next morning . You said the bolts made your legs swell . Major Power Trench , examined by Mr . R . V . Richards . —1 am a Major of the 2 nd Dragoon Guards . I was quartered at Burslem on the 16 th of August with my troop . I saw Captain Powjs , the magistrate , on the morning ; he reqnesled me to turn out the troop . I did so about about half-past 10 in tbe morning . 1 found a crowd assembled in the Marketsquare . Captain Powys read the Riot Act . The
crowd was at that time eanBiderable in number . After tbe Riot Act had been read I was ordered to clear tbe square , which I did . The mob came in from the Moorland-road near the town . I can ' t say whether tbe crowd from Leek came in that direction . There was music ; a number of them bad clubs . A great number of stones were thrown at us by the mob . Captain Powys told them to disperse . The Riot Act bad been read , but the mob still advanced . We had orders to fire , which in my judgment , under those circumstances , was absolutely necessary . We were obliged to charge . Stones were still thrown at us , and had we not done bo my men wonld have been in very great danger ; it was an act of necessity . One of the « oob fell , and after we bad charged the mob dispersed .
Cross-examined by Cooper . —I am net an Englishman , lam aHilrishman . lam a relative of the Le Poer-Trencbes , who have some share in the church property of Ireland , ily family are largely connected with tbe Irish church property . 1 am not of tbe Beresford family . I am a cousin of the pr « sent representative peer of the Le Poer family . He is one of the lri = h nabflity . I have held a commission since the year 1824 . I have been abroad as a soldier , but have been in no engagement or in a skirmish against a foreign enemy . We are Protestatits . I have some relatives in the church ; none of them are dignitaries . One of them is not an lris > h bishop . One of them was some years . 1 never saw human blood BDilt before .
Msjor Trench , upon further cross-examination , gave it as his deliberate opinion , that under existing cirenmstances they could do no other for the protection of tbe town and neighbourhood than fire upon the mob . The witness expressed his deep regret thai human life had been lost ; but seeing the mobs of people who came from the Moorland and the Hanley roads , whether it regarded himself or his troop , or the public generally , he had no alternative left but to fire upon the threatening multitude . He believed that the course he then adopted saved a great loss of life and property in the Potteries .
Major Trench added , that he had no icause to regret the extreme means adopted to suppress tbe riots in tbe Potteries , and , that , though he had had a considerable miiltwj Berries in Ireland , he h&d sever seen so large a multitud * as he saw in the Potteries on the 18 th of August . Mr . Serjeant Tajfourd said that wai the case for the proseentios . Cooper complained ihat many of the witnesses examined at tbe special commission in Ootober , and others on the back of the indictment , had not been Called . He wished te ask the Learned Judge Tfhethsr or not he hbnBel / might call tho * witnesses !
Mr . Justice Irskine . — You may do just as you please . You are at liberty to call those witnesses , as yon state , for the defence , but I cannot , unless they are io court , compel them to give evidence . Upon the application of Cooper , the court then adjourned for haif an hour .
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Cooper , upon tbe Court resuming , hoped that the suddenness of the manner in whioh the inquiry had , on the pan of the Crown , been concluded , would not operate to his prejudice . He ( Cooper ) did expect that the case for the Crown would not conclude before that night , and that he should have the enjoyment of a quiet Sunday , to analyse and bo arrange the evidence as to save a considerable portion of the time of the jury . The prisoner proceeded to detail the circumstances connected with the tiota in the Potteries on the night of the 15 th of August , and said he should show most distinctly that he was not , as the witness Hackney had stated , habited in the cloak he had described . The first witness , Andrew Rowley , swore , that ha ( the defendant ) , Richards , Ellis , and others , were present at the Geoige and Dragon , Hanley , on the 10 th of April . He admitted tbat he ( Cooper ) was present on that occasiou , but he should establish b y evidence beyond doubt that neither Richards nor Ellis were
present . That was the chief evidence as regarded the conspiracy , and if he ( Cooper ) showed that they ( the defendants ) were not present together on that occasion , he thought the Judge and Jury would agree with him that he had satisfactorily disposed of the charge of conspiracy ; and if the evidence of Andrew Bowley were so decidedly contradicted upon this point , what would be . said as to his ovidenoe as regarded other statements given in his depositions f He ( Cooper ) pledged himself that before he had concluded he would convict the members of the Anti-Corn Law League as the originators of the riots in the PotterioB . He ( Cooper ) affirmed , as he had done before Lord Chief Justice Tindal at the Special Commission , that he had advised the people to strike for the purpose obtaining the Charter ; he again repeated tbat he bad no desire to blink the question . The defendant proceeded at great leugth 10 comment upon the evidence for the prosecution , and at 6 o'olock the Court adjourned until Monday morning .
Monday , March 27 . The defendant Cooper resumed his defpnee this morning by commentiug upon that portion of evidence left untouched on Saturday , ihe principal parts of which , as it affected himself , be said he should ba able entirely to contradict . He then prooeeed to read from tbe Quarterly Review passages from speeehes by Mi . Cobdea and other members of the anti-Corn Law Leagne , and also resolutions of that body agreed to at their conferences , of a violent tendency . He dilated upon these extracts with great eoeruf and fluency , asking the Jury if they could be guilty of tbe injustice of convicting the three humble individuals before them , whilst tho members of Parliament and aldermen still retained
their seats and their honours after inciting the people to acts of violence and outrage . Those men with whom he combined never burned houses , or committed any acts of violence ; but he and his friends contended that they had a perfect right , while they denounced all violence , to advise tbe suspension of labour until the Charter was established as the law of the land . That was a strictly constitutional mode of proceeding . But there were vipers iu the form of mpn—they were the real incendiaries . He ( Cooper ) meant the gents of the anti-Corn Law League . He would establish this by the moat incontestible evidence . Was Ridgway to escape—was Mason to escape—was Cobden to escape—was the Editor of the anlx-Corn Law Circular to escape—and
innocent Chartists like himself , who were the sincere advocates of peace , law , and order , to be coavioied t Having denounced vioknee , the defendant said , ho would next state to the Jury what really wore the doctrines which he entertained , and what in his addresses he had always taught the people at publio meetings . The learned Serjeant m his opening address had stated that the present prosecution was not directed against Chartist principles ; ho admitted that the people of this couutry had a constitutional right to meet and discuss the expediency of adopting the Charter ; but the Learned Counsel nad said , tbat a cessation of labour yould lead only'to theft . If so , then let the rea . ' offenders—the rich strainers after wealth , tho really guilty parties , be punished , and not the innocenc Chartists . \ V ho were they who caused a cessation of labour in tho Potteries ! Why , those who reduced the poor man ' s
wat . es—those who when a partial turnout occurred advised the people to make a general holiday—those who , wilh the object of advancing the views of the League , were desirous of p . ' unging tho country into revolution . He would now tell them what he really had taught in the Potteries or elsewhere . He would admit that on the 15 th of August there was a conspiracy , but that conspiracy was not for seditious purposes , but for the maintenance of " peace , law , and order . " The defendant went on to show tbat his sermon delivered on th » 10 th of April was a mere exposition of facts as detailed in English history , and from these he argued the ri « ht ol the people to Annual Parliaments and the other points contained in the Peop'e ' s Charter . This he did not consider sedition , for it was clearly deducible from the stream of history and the best historical authorities that Annual Parliaments and Universal
Suffrage ( the right of every man of twenty-one years of age to vote ) were the birthrights of Englishmen . The defendant next argued in favour of tho other points of the People ' s < harter . This was tho way in which Chartist lecturers advocated their principles , and snreiy by so doing they were not committing sedition or violating the principles of the British constitution . Then , in the sermon which ho had preached from the text " Thou shalt do no murder , " he had dwelt upon the evils and murderous character of War . What Baid Bishop Porteous ?— " One murder makes a villain , Millions a hero . "
He ( Cooper ) still maintained the same opinions . Ho denounced the profession of that man who wore a peculiarly cut and coloured coat , and carried a sword for tbe purpose of professionally taking away the life of his | ellow-creature 9 . This , he hoped too , was not preaching sedition . Before concluding , be begged of them to dismiss from their memory any impressions to his disadvantage which might have been produced upon their minds by a perusal of the public newspapers . He particularly cautioned them against the attempts made by tbe Morning Chronicle to injure him in the eyes of the publio . it was well known that Sir John Easthope was the proprietor of that journal . Now , it so happened , that at the last general election he ( Cooper ) stood with Sir J . Easthope and Mr . W . Ellis as the Anti-Corn Law League candidates . Of course he ( the defendant ) stood beside Sir John on the hustings , and took occasion to make some reference to the lion . Candidate ' s
practices at former elections . He ( Cooper ) told the meeting what he knew to be the fact , that a former election at Leicester cost Sir John Eabthope not less than £ 16 , 000 . There was the proprietor of the Morning Chronicle , with punty upon his lips , bribing and corrupting the burgesses of Leicester . Ho ( Cooper ) said such a person had no ri ft h ; to appear as a candidate in Leicester , and that according to the show of bands he ( Cooper ) ought to go to Parliament as their representative . This offended Sir John Easthope , or iiir John Softsoap , as ho was called in Leicester , and the consequence was , in the Morning Chronicle he ( Cooper ) was Btigmatized as " tho great Leicester incendiary , in the pay of the Tories . " " Me paid by the Tories ! " exclaimed Cooper ; " so help me God , l was never feed , was never bought , was never paid by any party ; much less by the Tories . " He admitted that at the first election for Nottingham he did to into Mr . Walter ' s committee-room .
The Judge . — I do not see hew a reference to what occurred at Nottingham can have anything to do with this inquiry . Cooper said his object was to dismiss the minds of the jury -of any impressions they might have formed from the statements in tho pubiio newspapers ; and when he went , intw Mr , Walter ' s committe room he told that gentleman , that although he and his friends came to give their support , yet they did not approve of hiB ( Mr . Walter ' s ) political principles . His expression was , * ' Wo come to assist you , Mr . Walter , iu cutting the throats of the Whi « s , in order that afterwards we may have the opportunity of cutting tbe tkroats of yourselves and thoso of your political friends . " That was what he told Mr .
Walter ; aud now he ( Cooper ) was prosecuted by a Tory Government . "At the time , " said ihe defen- ( dant , " 1 went to Nottingham 1 thought I was doing , right , I now tbiuk 1 did wrong , and 60 help me God , I would sooner have this hand cut off than 1 would do again what 1 did on that occasion . " For the course which he had pursued he had been persecuted by the Morning Chromilef \ in which paper it was lyingly staied , on tbe Seventeenth of August , that there ] were no burnin ^ a in the Potteries until 1 he went into tbat district . Since then , the same paper had expressed its regret that Ellis aud others should be sent over the seas , " whi ' e the rt al rogues hired by the Tories ( tneamac himself and others )
were allowed to remain in the country . " Had he ( Cooper ) no right to complain of these vile statements and observations , and was he not justified in entreating the jury to be careful , lest they should be influenced by them . The defendant hoped before he concluded he should be allowed briefly to allude to his personal history , in order that the jury might judge from the details of that history whether he was a person likely to commit the crimes with which he was charged . [ The defendant proceeded to state his " birth , parentage , and education , " as reported in the Times when the prisoner was upon
his trial for arson at the Special Commission in October last . ] At one period , when in London , he was favoured with the notice , and as be imagined the patronage , cf a literary baronet , the personal friend of the learned Serjeat ( Talfourd ) who conducted the present prosecution . He tC » oper ) had assisted the baronet in certain elections for Lincoln , and he tooK the liberty of placing in his hands the manuscript of a romance with & view to its publication . The Hon . Baronet promised to present it to his own publisher , but he ( Cooper ) had reason to believe tbat the Hon . Baronet told a falsehood .
The Judge again interfered . Cocper bagged pardon , but he mentioned it only as one incident of his life . When he proved to them that he waa not in the Potteries on the 12 th of
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August , when he showed tbat although on the 15 th he did conspire , but not to effect violence , but to preserve pbace ^—when they bore in mind the practices of other parties , protected , if not aided and abetted , by the members of the late Governmentwhen they remembered that if the Chartists were guilty of agitating in support of their principles , they were only following in a humble way the example of others occupying high places in the counry—When they recollected all these things he could not bring his mind to believe that the Jury would find himself or his aged friends guilty of the offence imputed to them . No , they would nevei i-eturn a verdict of guilty against such humble men , when magistrates , members of Parliament and members of the anti-Cora Law League were allowed to go at large unprosecuted and unpunished—when
Government quietly allowed the growth of a gigantic conspiracy , daily bearding Parliament itself , and such as before was ne ? er allowed to exist in this country . No , whatever their respect might be for Sir Robert Peel and his Government , he did hope , while such lofty criminals were allowed to go at liberty , the Jury would not feel justified in punishing the humble but honest individuals then upon their trial . Let , however , their verdict be what it might , he should bow with due respect . This , however , he might be allowed to say , —a verdict of guilty would not subdue the spirit of a Charust conscious that in all be had done he had only sought to benefit his follow-men . It was impossible to put out the light of democratic truth in this country . The defendant concluded an energetic speech ot' upwards of ten hours' duration by expressing his confidence in a verdict of acquittal .
Richards and Capper then addressed the jury in short speeches , principally resting their hopes of a successful defence upon alibis , which they proposed to prove , and character . The following witnesses were then called : — Thomas Brandred , iron-founder , of Shelton , gave the defendant Capper a high character as a kindhearted , honest , peaceable , and , as far as he knew , loyal man . William Thorneycroft , iron-fonder , of the Potteries , had known Capper for 25 years , and always thought him a peaceable , quiet , honest , industrious , and loyal man . Edward Jennens , examined by the defendant Cooper . The Judge—Is this witness as to character ' . Cooper—No , my Lord , it is to prove Richard ' s alibi on the 10 th of April . at
Witness ^—I keep the Temperaneo Hotel Birmingham , and am a teetotaller of niue years standing . On tho 10 th or April last he dined at my house between one and two o ' clock . Ho had slept at my house on the previous night . 1 saw him in the morning soon after he got up . This was from eight to nine o ' olock . He came to my house late in the evening on the Monday previous . I did not see him after dinner on the 10 th until eleven o'clock at night . He went away on the Monday morning about nine o ' clock . I understood that he was going to Walsall .
Cross-examined by Mr . Sergeant Talfourd—I j have known Richards for about four years . 1 recol- j lect it was the 10 th of April , as a Conference was hold there at the time . He always comes as a customer , but I do not keep any book . I have no me- ¦ morandum which will assist me a . s to the time when ! Richards was at my house . 1 remember that it waa j the 10 th of April when Richards was at my house , I because he was short of money and went away with- j out paying . , Anno Jennens , examined by Cooper—Is the wife j of the last witness . I know the defendant Richards . ] Ho was at our bouse on the 10 th of April . He dined 1
with us at one o ' clock . He came on Monday , the 4 th of April . I know Richards was at tho Temperance Coffee-house on the 10 th of April , because there was a Sturge Conference held at the time . Richards went away without paying , but returned afterwards from Walsall and settled with mo . Cross-examined by Mr . Richarda—When Richards returned from Walsall he paid me is . fid . He slept at the house seven times , and breakfasted once . Tbe only time he dinod was on the 10 th of April . The Sturge Conference finished , I believe , on the Saturday night .
Edward Preston Mead , examined by Cooper—I am an artist and a Chartist h-ader , resident in Birmingham for fourteen years . I know John Richards , and saw him on the night of the lOch of April , between seven and nine o ' clock , at the Aston-street locture . I had delivered a sermon previous to Mr . Richards speaking that evening . I had not seen him before that day ; but several times during the week . I met him at the Chartist Conference , held at the Red Lion , in Smallbrook-street , to watch the proceedings of the Sturge Conference . I know it was the lOih of April , because the sermon I delivered that evening was a funeral sermon for young Frost j who died three days previously . Cooper—You mean Henry Frost , the son of the exile ! Witness—YeB .
Cross-examlKed by Serjeant Talfourd—The congregation at Aston-street , consisted of about 900 persons . 1 waa a member of the Chartist Conference . Richards attended as a delegate . I have always remembered that it was Sunday , the J Oth of April . I cannot tell whether I lectured in Anton-street on Sunday , the 3 rd , or on Sunday , the 17 th . The only day 1 can recollect with certainfy is the 10 th . Mr . John Drewry , examined by Cooper—lama printer residing in Stafford , aud printed the bill now produced for the defendant Cooper on Friday , the 12 th of August . It ( the bill , which wa 3 read ) announced that Cooper would deliver a lecture in the Market-place in Stafford on the night of the 12 th of August last year .
Cross-examined by Mr . Serjeant Talfourd—Did not see Cooper present at the mealing in the Marketplace in the evening . ( This evidence was given with a view to show that Cooper was not present in the Potteries on tho night of the 12 th of August , three ekiya before the business commenced . ) The Court adjourned at eight o ' clock until nine the following morning .
TcESDAr , March 28 . The Court opened this morning at nine o ' clock . Ann Smith , called by Cooper . Mr . Serjeant Talfourd rose and said , this witness he presumed was called to prove that the defendant Cooper was in Stafford on the evening of the 12 th of August , and thus show that the witness Rowley was mistaken . Now , this was perfectly consistent with his ( Mr . Sergeant Talfourd ' s ) instructions and opening . He stated that Cooper did not arrive in the Potteries until Saturday , the 13 th ; and as he ( Mr . Serjeant Talfourd ) believed Cooper was in Stafford on the Friday night in question , « he was willing , 00 the part of the Crown , to make that
au-KMSSIOII . The Judge—But in a criminal case I cannot take afi admission . The fact must be pioved . The witness Anne Smith then deposed , that she saw Cooper in Stafford , in August last , but eould not recollect the precise day . He slept at her house and was brought there by Mrs . Peplow . William Peplow , examined by Cooper—I am secretary to the Stafford Chartist Association , and remember Beeing the defendant Cooper at Stafford on the 12 th of August . He attended at meetings in the Market-place , and by adjournment on the flat the sarao evening . I saw him at the meeting on the flat ( or common ) about nine o ' clock . The adjournment took place to the common in consequence of some yeomanry officers giving a number of Italian musicians money to disturb the proceedings in the Market-place .
Mr . bergeant Talfourd—We don't dispute that the defendant could not be at Hanley at the time the meeting was held at Stafford . I have no questions to ask Mr . Peplow . Cooper thought he had reason to complain of the conduct of the Learned Counsel , as the fact of his being in Stafford on the 12 th was notorious . He outfit not to be put to the trouble of calling witnesses upon that point . Thomas Lavvton , examined by Cooper—I am a shoemaker , residing in Stafford . The Judge—It cannot be necessary to call further witnesses to prove a fact already sufficiently proved and admitted by tho prosecution . It is unnecessary to ko further on this point .
William Beddingtoii was then called . —Examined by Mr . Cooper—I am . a china painter at Shelton , in the Potteries . I remember the 10 th of April last year , when I saw you ( Cooper ) in the Potteries . 1 saw you also the Saturday night preceding , about ten o ' clock , at , Jeremiah Yatea ' s . He keeps a temperance coffee-house , aud sold the Northern Star and Commonwealthsman ( which you publish ) , and other publications . 1 saw you the next day ( Sunday ) in the afternoon , at the Crown Bank . You were ia the act of siuging , prayer succeeded , and
then you took a text . I recollect part of the text . It was taken from the fourth chapter of Isaiah , and the 14 th and 15 th verses . It was about the princes of the people eating up the vineyards and devouring widows' houses . I was very muoh delighted , because it was an historical subject . There was a reference made to the rulers of the earth , and some mention made of one Of our kings and bastards . Cooper—King or Queen ! Witness—King . 1 heard you say very little about the Queen . To the best of my recollection you referred to one of tha Charles ' s . Allusion was made
to King George IT . I recollect you mentioned the state of the poor , and what you had seen in you own neighbourhood . I saw you again at the Georg and Dragon room at Hanley , at half-past sir o ' clook the same evening . That was the Chartist room at that time . You was just about taking your text . The eermon related to the death of young Frost . The text waa out of James , and the sermon treated of pure and undefil ^ d religion . I can feel the subject now . I saw you again at Jeremiah Yatos ' s at half-past ten o ' clock t he same evening . Cooper—Have you any doubt thivt this was on the 10 th of April ! Mr . Serjeant Talfourd—There is not the least doubt of it , for that is 80 6 tated in the case for the prosecution .
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Witness—I have good reason to know it was the 10 th of April ^ for I had a good deal to do with sending John'Richards , the prisoner , off to Birmingham . : Cooper . —Now , to cnt the matter short , did you see either Ellis or Riohards present at the Crown-bank at the meeting on the Sunday afternoon 1 i Witness—I did not . Riohards could not be there , for he was in Birmingham . I saw you again in Leeds in July ; but I cannot tell to the day . I saw you again in the Potteries on Saturday , the 13 th of August . I was at the George and Dragon Inn , Hanley , on the Friday night , the 12 th . It was our wake time and there was dancing . I did not see
Ellis or Richards there . There was no speaking . I am positive Richards was not there . I saw you ( Cooper ) again about one o ' clook on Sunday , the 14 th . Samuel Tomkinson and Joseph Smith were with you . They were professed Chartists . ' You told me yon were going to Fenton , and I went with you , where you delivered a short address to the people then assembled . Fenton is nearer two miles than one from my house . The discourse was j deb ' vered upon a waste piece of ground . : I recollect one of the yeomanry cavalry riding past , when two or three young men or lads began to hiss at him ; you turned round and reproved them for it . Your words were , " You are making a bad start , my lads , to get the
Charter . " You told them the course they should take , that they should be respectful and act kindly . After the discpurse , you went to Longton , a mile and a half distant , and commenced with singing and prayer . Thisjwas near the new church , and in your sermon you made reference to the church establishment . I recollect your contrasting the present condition of professing Christians with the primitive state of Christianity . You mentioned Wesley living upon £ 28 a-year , and giving the rest away . Reference Was then ; -made to the clergyman of the church opposite ( Dr . jVale ) , who , yon stated , was represented to you as being a good man . I recollect you
surprised me by saying that the Sabbath was not ordained by Jesus Christ , but that you approved of it , and that you would not care if there were two Sundays in tjie week . You next referred to the bishops riding in splendid gilt coaches , and said if Christ returned upon earth he would not know his own professed' followers . I saw you preaching at the Crowu-bank th < 3 same night . You repeated your text often ; it ; was , "Thou shah do no murder . " You dwelt atj great length upon the principles of Christianity , and thac they must forgive and forget , and de man an injury . Cooper—Diji you hear me recommend murder I
Witness—No , quite to the contrary . I remained nntil the close of the discourse , and went With you direct from the meeting to Jeremiah Yates ' s house I left you between ten and eleven o'clock . I saw you the next I morning , the l £ th of August , at the Ciown Bank . 1 It was near eight o'clock . You had commenced talking . I do not think I saw one person armed with a bludgeon . You had none . I never saw you use a etick in my life . I recollect you said you Had addressed about 30 , 000 people at Bilston and Wednesbury . You described them a 9 being peaceable and orderly , and that they had turned out for ; an advance of wages . I never heard you say that morning that the people of Wednesbury had Btrusk wotk to enforce the Charter . A
man named George Hemming also addressed the meeting at the Crown Bank , and advised the people to stand out for the Charter . You read a letter from the neighbourhood of Manchester , the purport of which was that " the anti-Corn Law League had turned out the people by reducing wages , and that the Chartists ! thought it a fitting opportunity of getting the Charter . " I heard you recommend all people to cease all labour until the Cnarter became the law of the lund . You said you believed there was 00 law to compel a man to work , and if he did not become troublesome to his parish , or 'njure property , they ! had a moral right to stand by each other whilst they got their rights . You said the Whig Government had drained the country of
soldiers , so that there were not more than ten soldiers to each large town in the kingdom . . You did not tell the people to fight the soldiers , but that if the people would come out , and be determined , without guna , ! or bayonets , or bludgeons , or physical weapons of ony kind , and only a tenth part- of them deolaro for the Charter , it would become the law of the laud . You then referred to what had taken place at the time of the Reformation in justification of what you asj-erted . Referring to the harvest , you 8 aiG " , "'lke yeomanry cavalry do that part of the business ; " but I did not hear you , directly or indirectly , advise the people to go and take the corn . I did not hear you that morning recommend any violence , nor , from what you said , did I expect that any violence would take place that day .
Cooper—As a man and a Chartist , upon your oath , did you expect any violence to take place that day ? ; ' Witness—I did not . Mr . Serjeant Taliourd— The witness has stated so before . Witness—I did not see any person leave the meeting armed with bludgeons , but shortly after its termination I saw a number of men break into Harris ' s shop for bread ; I seized hold of one or two of the principal rioters , asked them if that was the way in which they expected to carry the Charter , and turned them out of the shop . I returned home , and in consequence of what my wife told me I followed the mob in the direction of Stoke , and saw them do the damage near Mr . Ridgway ' s manufactory at Shelton-bridgQ . I followed the mob—Mr . Richards , Queen ' s Counsel—The meeting .
The Judge-r-Pray don ' t interrupt the witness . You are putting words into the mouth of the witness whioh he never used . Cooper—This is not the first time the learned oounsel haa done so . It is extremely unfair and unhandsome . Witness . —I afterwards saw the police-office at Stoke destroyed by fire . [ Witutss proceeded to detail the outrages committed on the night of the liih at Stoke , Fenton , &c . The particulars have already been given at length in th = Star . ] I reoollect , when at Bailie Rose ' s house at Peukule , I saw the witness Edward Abbington , and others , devising some way to avoid being seen by the soldiers . I did not hear Abbington , however , give any direct encouragement to the parties .
Cooper . —Did Abbington appear to applaud or approve of what was going on ? Witaess . —Yes , he appeared delighted ; and said that was the way to make an impression upon Government . The Judge—In common justice you ought to have questioned Abbington as to this point , as probably or possibly he would have explained it away . Cooper . —I was not aware that the witness would give such evidence , or I certainly should have examined him upon the subject .
Witness . —I again saw you ( Cooper ) about halfpast four o ' clock that afternoon . You were walking quickly to and : fro before Jeremiah Yates ' s . You appeared * much excited . I went with you to the George and Dragon , and from there we- sang , ' Spread the Cnarter" to the Crown Bank , where a meeting was held the same night . I heard you reproach the people for their conduct , and refuse to shake hands with them for their drunken ,, riotous behaviour . You requested Whigs and Tories .
middle-class people , and all parties , to come and hear what you said . You particularly wished them to hear you , : Yoa did not applaud the violence which had taken place . I heard you say , "You have done perfectly right this morning in turning out the hands , " and reprobate their conduct in other respects ' . You frequently proclaimed the words , " Peace , law , and order . " You said in the morning you had recommended them to go for the Charter , and they had missed their way . I believe you laboured under great fear at the time .
Cooper—I tell you I did not . I do not know wha ; fear is . Witness—I was at the outskirts of the meeting until its close ; but I was rather restless myself . I followed you on your return to the George and Dragon . This would be about half-past eight o ' clock , as far as I can remember . 1 went into the front parlour with you . When you got into tbat room you seemed feverish with excitement . I went with Tomkinson to John Lloyd's to get a spring cart , as , in consequence of prejudice , it was feared you would be annoyed , and unable to get a conveyance . Cooper—Why , did you ever leave my side ihat night ?
Wituess—Never after nine o ' clock , but this was before . I was refused the accommodation of the spring cart . From nine o ' clock I remained in the room with you until as near as possible twelve o ' clock . I meant to be in the room . I sat by your side . Henry jFoster and wife , James Olifham and wife , John Bamford , J . Richards , Tomkinson , Silvester , several ; females , and many others were in the room . The prisoner , John Richards , left about ten o ' clook . I recollect ; an attorney named Pilcher , of Hanley , coming into the room very frequently . When he once came in the money which Yates had paid you was lying on the table . I will undertake to swear ten thousand times over that you (; Cooper )
was not out of the room at the George and Dragon frem nine o ' clock until twelve . I left the , room at twelve o ' clock ! . Yon had on a coat and hat whioh Miss Hale , the landlady lent you . You asked for them to disguise yourself . About fire or six o ' clook we went oat of the house together , I took you up Market-street , across the fields , past the Cock ; saw a policeman there , and went over te near Mr . Richarde's door . We then went to Thomas Matter ' s in Upper Hanley . It was a very dark night , and dark all the course we took , except up Marketstreet . ( Witness gave an account of Cooper ' s leaving the Potteries' 00 the night of the lien of August . ) He had never seen nor corresponded with Cooper from that time until the present Assizes .
Cross-examiued by Mr . Serjeant Talfourd—I was at Shelton during the special assizes . I am quite sure I was not at Stafford on that occasion . This is the first time [ I have been in the court during these assizes . Have spoken of being present during a sermon preached by Cooper from a text out of ' Isaiah . " Can ' t ! tell how loss it lasted ; it might
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be about an hour . Before that sermon was delivered there was considerable distress in our nei ghbour , hood . Don't recollect seeing a policeman named Swan present at the serrr on . Mr . Serjeant Talfourd—I will refresh yonj memory . Do you recollect Cooper gave out a h ymn commencing
" Men of England , yoa are slaves , " Beaten by policemen ' s staves !" Witness—I have heard that given out many times , bat I can't say that Cooper gav * it out that evening . Mr . Serjeant Talfourd—Yon have freqaeatly heard those lines sung at religious services on the Sunday , hare you not ? Witness—Yea , I have . Cooper—They are frequently sung at Chartist services . The Judge—You have no right to assist tb * witness . We must have no more such interrup . tions .
Cross-examination resumed . —The discourse at Fenton was delivered Sbout two hundred yardsfron the police office . At the meeting at the Crown-baok on the morning of the 15 th , did not hear Cooper say anything about the Court of Requests at Haa . ley or Leicester . From the time I left the meeting to the time I saw the mob breaking into Harris ^ shop was about an hoar . Saw them going in tae direction of Lord Granville ' s works , but did not see them go to turn out Ridgway ' s workmen . Heard Cooper say , that the Whig Government had drained the country of troops . It was after that the resolution was carried , to suspend labour until the Charter was established . Can't say that Cooper pat the resoln >
tioa , or you should soon have it . I was within sound of his voice , and bsard every word he said . Did not hear him say that the following day , the ISth of August , being the anniversary of Peterloo , then were to be meetings all over England . He saw bj his watch that it was nine o ' clock when he took hit seat with Cooper in the parlour of the George and Dragon , and left at twelve o ' clook . Mr . Forrister ' t offices were about half a mile from the George and Dragon . Heard they were on fire about half-pasS ten o ' clock . We could hear the shouting of th $ people in the streets through the window . Mr ,
Parker s house was about a quarter of a mile froQ the George and Dragon . After three o ' clock I sa * the houses of Mr . Aitken and Mr . Parker on fire . 1 do not know that any of tbe party at the Georgi aud Dragon left the room when we heard of Forrister ' s fire , not even to inquire . I am sure thsj neither Cooke nor I did . Thomas Maher ' s hoos , is on his way from Hanky to Macelesfield . Whet we got to his house he got up , part dressed . Tin wisness was further cross-examined , but nothing par . ticular , in addition to what was stated in his ex . animation in chief , was elicited .
Mary Haly , the landlady of the George ami Dragou , at Hanley , was next called to corroborate some portions of the testimony given by tit last wituess . She was left under cross-examinatioj at half-past one o ' clock , nhen our report wa despatched . ( Continued in our fifth page .
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NOTI CE IS HEREBY GIVEN , That a Meeti * of the Inhabitants of the Township of Lee& -
Leeds :—Printed Lat The Proptiefco* Feabfls ©•Connor, Es* Of Hammersmith, ≪&*[
LEEDS : —Printed lat the Proptiefco * FEABflS ©• CONNOR , Es * of Hammersmith , < & *[
Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBSON . at nw * jing Offices , Noa . 13 and 18 , Market-street , Brig *" aad Published by tha said Jojhta EO * J ® tfar the said Feamus O'Cokwob . ) at bis P * li « g-hotts « . No . 5 , Market-street , Briggata ; internal Cammunication existing betwean the & No . g , Market-street , aod the said Noa . 12 ** 13 , Market-street , Briggate , thus constituting * whole of tbe said Printing and Publishing 08 " one Premises . AH Communications must be addressed , Post-paf * Mr . Hobsow , Striker * Star Q&ce , Leeds . ( Saturday , April 1 , 1343 . )
Wakefield Ocrn Market.
WAKEFIELD OCRN MARKET .
Friday , Mar . SI . —To this day ' s market thereij I a moderate supply of Wheat ; rather higher prica were demanded , but the millers were not disposed % to purchase freely at more money than last weefc 1 The supply of Barley not being adequate tho deman ^ f ! the whole was taken off at a further improvements , 3 price ; but Gats , Shelling , and Beans were in limited j request without material alteration in value . -I
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8 THE NORTHERN STAR . '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 1, 1843, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct644/page/8/
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