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TO FEABGU 3 O'CONNOR , ESQ . F earless , firm , and faithful , too , B YfcT -watchful , ever trne , A ccepl this meed of praise from me , R ich in its pure sincerity ; G reat . grand , and good , let one and all IT nite to stand , or by him fall ! g od 3 of toil , and Trait , and tree , 0 inrard -with year champion go ; C eass not Mil Truth and Justice roams O "« " ctit land and in our homes 5 2 s cb ' . y on yonr chieftain smile , IS obly share his glorions toil ; O n -with him ycur righis to claim , B tjcicing in his honoured name . F . Ot ., Stoubbsidge
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TO MY INFAST DAUGHTER . They say that tbou art , like me—if ' t be eo , Perchance so much the worse for tb . ee , my child ! TJiiIt * s thy fate be different ; for defiled 3 Iy mind has been by sins that rise from woe : Bat tnesd thoa knew ' st not—may ' st ihuu never knovr Wiitiul thy loots are , " artless , bright , yet , mild ; And soaetiiEeSj like a little irave , thy glee Makes thee all noise and motion—now they gd I Ams . Irgs , and tye » all dancing merrily , la tun ^ to tliy g ? ad he art—Bud ! come to me , Anu I mil cradle thee \ ei : hin my -drma ; Or would st thou rather ride ? woy , then , my knee Shall hi iLy horse . —Bshold thy mother , there , GiZ-s with joy on thee , e ' en mia'ai her household care
My classic babe , cordless as yet art thou , Bat words are -wanted not ' twist thee and me ; For , in thy every look and act , I s ^ e A meaning more than language e ' er could show . Thou try si to-tptsak my name , as on thy brow , I print the kiss of niy paternity , Now in thy grasp I feel my fingers press'd . Ah , little reei ' fit thou , my young Alice . ' how Thy sire is txil'd , outlaWd , and proicrib'd , Brea-ose he loves the truth and lives uabrife'd ; But , spire of pain , one comfort still has biess'd . That thy small needings are not circaimscrib'd ! Thy mother comes to husn tt ; ee to thy sleep , — One kiss!—now ge— -while I—no , tyrants ! I'll not , TTfcep . Battersea . J . W .
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ONE AND ALL . " Cne ard all , " is Corn-wall ' s cry—Oss and all , let us rtpiy ; Hard to hai-d , and heart to heart , Isii us act a nation ' s part ; L-t ai free our native isle Prt-ia the rule of- despots viie ; Anil s-ind apostles o ' er tha world T . "i " -h the Chariisl fb > s unfuiro . One s . nd all , let us proclaim Be -who bears a bondman ' s came , And seeketh not to cleanse its shame Drsvrves to live in scorn , and die IViih the vilest things thii lie G-oTe ' ding on their mother earth , ' . Mid ' st tbe spa-sra -which rsve them birth . Ear'Ji will curse the dast jd grave Oi the mean and crmgicg slave .
Oce asd all ! let tyrants quail 2 »\ . -sr that ficund is on the cale . TTio dare meet a nstioD ' s fro- ^ n ? "Who can keep a nation down ? 3 Jiiiions claim their rights as men Sdiilii-Bs brave corruption ";; dm ; Hiiioiis shout , from S-u to ssa , " Oi = and ail , " « " « irii ! be fret !
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- ^ f- rtfEXBT E ^ GLA >* D . ' Occe thou -wert " -Jerry England ; " and , -when Providence did feless , As a bride decked for her marriage , then hadrt on a tpl = ndid dress ; lion -wfcrt then thy people ' s glory , and the poet ' s highest roast , And the shouts of " ilerry England" did resound from coast to coast . Ozts thon wert " jtlerry England , " but thy dress Vis la ;* aside , And the bard who once sang cf thee sought another scares of pride ; And the millions * -who delighted thy illustrious fame to spread , Have left their much-lov'd father-land , or repose amid the dead .
Once t ' Eon wert "ilerry England , " and thy fruitful soil ¦ was t > ir £ t ; Tiy daughters then knew happiness , and thy sons had fuod and rest ; Ths blighting gusts of poverty and want were then untnotrn , And tbe peasant seemed as happy as the monarch on his throne . Once thou wert " Merry EEjland , " tut that time is p 2 ^ s"d a" * sy ; A-nd wcr- it not that history rtTeals a happifer dny , - "R " e TFC-uId not for once imagiiie thiu wert aajtfcins l « r ] 0 i 7 , Sat an itl-i cf mortal nrretcIieuneHs—an emporium of
Thcs ' rt no longer " Slerry England "—tavrest island ei tt = earth , Sat 3 iv-word to the children to whom thou gavest birth ; The sr-crt of wily statesmen , and a prey to inward foes , While thy Dfcighboars look with pleasure on thy heavirg bosom's throes . Thou ' rt co longer " Merry England , " but a spectresmitten form , TTith t ! = y bossm left UEcoviJ'd to endure the piercing EU . 'rm ; "While cbills of want and misery are breathed in every gale—The ¦ wiviuWd . and the fatherless their hapless lot feewail .
Thcu ' rt ro Ion per "Merry England ; " for thy merry osjs are fled ; That cry is weak and pow ' rlcss while thy children call for " bread j " And 'J ( a gh employed , as God directs , six days out of the seven , Th-y ciEut-t gtt that G-d ' s retr-ard—the food allow'd by heaven . Thoii'H -bo lorrer " Merry Englani ;™ who would dare to call thee so , Would but mock thy painful EufTrings , add thereto arsorher three ; Yet thy et-es , thongh toHicg fruitless , would conceal the gloomy trcth , Whilst thy daugtter 3 in the faet ' ries sp ^ Ed for nought the hours of vonth .
Chiea thou wcrt " ilerry Eagland "— would that thou wxiz so cow ; Thit the dzmpmg storms were past away , and the cl-jads from off thy brow ; Then woaid ^ t occe more robe thy gay dress^—be again the p-nrfs boast , Aul iLe ih-juts of " Merry England" wou : d be heard from Co-ast to coast .
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JUSTICE TO THE PP . ODL'CER THE ONL ^ MEaNS OF REbTOIUNG THE PKOS-1 ER 1 IY OF THE COUNTRY . A lUile tract of eight pages , printed by Wrigley . H , i ' ii-ale , m -which all the volumes of elaborated £ & ) . Li ?; ry tpoiit £ d laid vomited lartb by the free trace ' Ecu are t&ctahily answered ia a few lines .
DESCRIPTION OF THE 2 f AVAL AUTOMATON , invented bv J . A . Etzllb , and lately P-t-i . ted in Endand , France , Hoilaud , Br-: v um , &nd the United States of rivrin A-itrica . This isT ^ tia is a system -vrhich—X O .-e nian is t 2 zh ~ ied to Eaaagi ; the sails in an easy . qu ^ Jt , aiju ceitaic mii-i , on any vessel , by tLe rower of the wind itieJf . 2 . Tic wu ? ts propel thevcs ^ l , pump out the water , u :. d do tfcs o : hei heavy works ( a Ecw motive psTVcr , much superior t j any of steam ) , requiniig bu - . a cheap and simp ' , j machinery , and no fuel , i .. r further attsritaiice of man beyond that cf
the man at the helm , —applicable to the smallest as stll as the grfait ^ t vessel . _ 3 . Tie sime power m ^ y be joined to those of wind and &r steam , ana vesi = l 3 may be propelled at lU lowest average rats of twenty miles per tour . ¦ i . Tee same power is an infallible msans to prevent - j-Up-a-rtcks , by driving the vessel irom dangerous places under asy circamstanics . 5 . Is afforded a new motive powtr < which costs Eathing but a simple contrivance ) , of any amount dtfiired , even ot thoasanUa of horses , within the C 0 EP&S 3 of fifty feet , to drive all fiorta of stationary machinsa { niiiis , factorits , &c ) near the cc&stl
XcEdos : Wilsen and Ojilvy , 57 , Skonner-street , SBowhiiL Tee : Me cf this pamphlet 13 so full that we need & £ a LotLicg to it as an indication of its purpose and conten's . Kot bcin ^ practically rersed in scientific aatitra we iiazird no opiiJon on lie weighty mattiTinpoa which it treats ; bat the subject is one of eo much importance to the public generally that we think : t tbe inipeTatire dmy of all who are capable of forming an opinion , of Us merits to esamiiie and ia «* c ; sir , Etzler ' s r-lan .
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Aristocracy . — It is related of Geaeral Foy , a dL c tiiisui = ii « d French orator , that oa one occasion as he was enteriug with much fervour into a political discussion in tba chamber , and had just pronounced the word " arietucracy , " a voice from the mini =: erial side asked him ior a definition of it . "Ar . 's : ocracy , " answered he , al onca and calmly , " aristocracy in the nineteeuih century is the league , the coalition , of those who wish to consume without producing , live without working , occupy all public places without being cempsteut to fill them , st-izs upon all honours wuhout meritiBg them— Vbat io aristocracy . "
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CEMRAL CRIMINAL COURT , Friday , June 17 . The trial of John Frauds camo on this day . The court was full , but ui . fc over-crowded . . ' Caief Justice Tindal , Mr . Baron Gurney , and Jnstico Pa-ti 5 on , took their seats at ten o'clock . The Attorney-General , the Solicitor-General , Mr . Adolphus , and Mr . Waddmgton , wtre counsel fur the Crown ; Mr . Ciark > on for the prisoner . Colonel Arl-uthnot , Colonel Wyldf , and some other officers of tho Household , had sea-s on the Bench . Francis was
respectably dressed in a dark irock coat and troupers . He was dtjected , and much altered since his examination at the Home Office . The indictment charged him wi-. h shooting at the Queen with a pistol loaded with gunpowder aud a buhti ; and other counts put the cr . arte in various ways , —such as , t sat tho pibtol was loaded with gunpowder and certain other destructive materials unknown , and . Mmply that the pistol wag di ^ cnarged ill an attempt on the life of the Queen . He pleaded "Wot Guiliy , " in a very iei'bie voice .
Tho Attornfy-General opened the case , laying down the ia' -v on the subject , and bri .. fly stating the facts to be provtd in evidence . Ho uvmerBtood that no plea of insanity wouid be set up ; but that the prisoner would be adrniued to havo boon in the full y > os * e < -. iofi ot" his facuitu s a ; the time . The purcha-e of the pistoi , aud a previous iiittutiya of employing it , would be proved : bat uie A't ^ rnuy Genera : acknowl ' : ( i ^ cd ihnt he c >> ulil not prove tbo purchase ot a bullet ; u « r , as it had been fired towards ail open Bp ^ . ce , ci > u "; d it be loaud . But there were
thousands of eub ^ anc . rs . hat w . niid strve the purpose 0 a buliet , —as a pebble , a clula ' s loarblo , or any irregular piece of lead . If it were argued that that gave tnc prison-r tiie benefit of a doubt , neither thtf Iii ' e of the Sovereign nor that o : any one else would be safe . It "as , he uncter .-tood , to be aiit-gea in defence , rh ; . t the act was a mere froiic : bur , tJw prisoner W 4 S adm ; t :-td to be f-ane ; vnd no ^ aua person could be auiity of s » ch heanitss wiukeduc .-s J « -r the sake ot a j' » ke ; while to admit the plea would destroy ali saf-.-iy f >> r people ' s livpf > .
The first " witness c illfd wa 1 ? Colonel Charle 5 James Arburlinot , one of the Qieen ' s KqutTries . He aavc tlie most dirtnict accyum that lias yet appeared of of th » -event of May SOch—" My general poaition is about five ysrdri iu thd n-ar of her Majesty . Before we left the Palace on Monday , I haa received an inum-dtiun wlii « h iuduced me to nJe as close to her . Maj- > ry ^ s I could ; and Colonel Wylde , Prince Aiuer ^ V Equerry , rode tu the Situe po ^ iuon on the other Md ' -. Hetwcn six uud sevt-n o ' clock , we WcTo coming down ' ons > i > uri « .-n Hill ¦; when , abotU halfway dowji t . je hiil , I oD erved ihe prisoner ; and on the carriay- rcachinir him , he took a pistol from bis side and find it in ilia direction of the Qiecn . As quick"y as I could , I pu ' -led up my hcr ^ e and # ave the pri .-otier into custody . The prisomr h ; id before thi * ea ' . ijjM my auenti-jn , as app . arirui anxious to to
ft-e h > -r Muj -sty . ' The Colonsl ^ nn on say , that the u .-raost distance from the carrij *;© when Fra : ; c s fired was seven feet . Tne pistol wa' fired just as tho carriage was passing . Ths corie ' . ; e had betn t'oing at tne rate of eleven m ie- au f > our ; but the Colour ! had s ; : ven inxrucious at this ? pot to ko taster , and the po ^ ilions wrre driving as fast as the horsrs cculd go , ami he 6 hould tay at the rate of twelve vi thirteen miles au hour . Tho Q'lecn was ? uiin ^ < , u the back-seat of tho carriage , on the side nearest to the pnstuier . Tor pihtol snuck the witness as being pointed in the dimst ln » of htr Maj- ^ tr ; be he ; ird tho report , and saw tho smoke and tire , emit'ed from tho dwuI . A policeman stood wi ; h : n three y : ) rJs of FraDd > - ; the Colo ;; ~ l cxclaiiaed , " Secure him ! " wi-icli was done ; and he Kalk > p . d on and resumed his post at the Q it en ' s side .
H . nry Allen , a private in the S-.-ots Fusileer Guar- 's , ? asd tha : he was twelv . ; or fi'tetn paces bfhiijd thft carri .-igp . He had seen the prison'r Iran's ^ on the pump jus : b fore ; and as the carriage Cjme up he saw him s : * p forward add preheat a pistol at tJie carris » hi ; he h-arJ the n-port and saw the ila = h . He ha'i been is vhe Array einiueun njonih-, and > iad experience in firing v / ith ball and blank cartridge ; and ho phcu-d say that the putol was 1 aticd with ball—it makes a . sharper sound than a blankeartrid ^ o . Cro . < s examined by Mr . C ! arki-o : i , Alien said that ho was a tailor before he was in the Army .
Here Colonel Arbuthnot was rf-caMed and examined by the Boach as : o the sound of U 10 report—'' Tne report \ ra .-sharp and loud , but I did nofhear-the wh z of a ball , in cnn < i qaetifij of the noise of \ ht cairia ^ e ann eijjlit hordes . . My opinion is that the pis'oJ was liMced wiih something more than the p . 'Wdvr aud wadding , from the sharpness and loudn-ss of ihe rfpvit . That is a mure matter of opinion . I do not think tnat powder oniy would made such a sound ; a blank-rartrid ^ e is a mere evaporation of powder . This was ihe report of a pistol well rammed down and cnargtd . " Mr . Patriclc Fiiz ^ erald , who had served in the Sp 4 Dish and Portu ^ ut se armies' stated that ho si ( Z-d Francis on the leH as the Policeman si ^ z ! d him on the right . Just as the carriage came up , he taw the pri-oaer raise his ri ^ ht arm , puim a pistol a ' , the open part 0 ' ihe eania ^ e , and fire : ho saw the fia-h and heard the report .
Colonel vVjliie , Fqiif-rry to Prinze Alb ^ rl :, corroborated Colonel Arbutl'uoiV statement . He stated that the Q icen always « its on the same , the ritjh " sii ' . e of lie carriage , lie . s : onped his horse wnen Frai ) ci' * firi . J , ' . ind ali ^ hled ; saw him in ciiF . ody , and ordered him to be taken to the Palace Lnd ^ e . Thtre the p : atol was showu to the witness— "it was taki . ij in > m the prisoner in my presence , and I am abie to reco ^ oise it . I am of opinion , from my kwwlidnu of fire-arms , that it weu'tl carry fi'iy or six'y pace ? . So good an aim couid not be taken with ii as with a iar ^ er pistol , but at a short distane .-it -would be tquaViy ilessrii' -Live . " " Allowing t !; e d ; -t 4 mc- at . wh eh n was discharged to bo seven iee ?
would the wadding of that pisti > l be competent to do any pers . n a nns . ln .-- ?"— " Certaiulv , It would ceri-uoly wound the skm or faee , or the eye , and it wou'd be very likely to ret Sre to the clothe 3 of the per .-on a : whom it was discharged . From tho report th ^ re mu .-t have been in it some very t-tront ; wadding to com rt-s-J the puwder or a ouik't . Th ? tt of cours is omy a m 3 t't-r of opini n . ' " If it had not been a bullet , but merely an irregular pieco of lead or a stoue , wouid that be calculated to do equal miseM'if I "— ' * Certainly ; mor . % perhaps , than a bu let . " Francis app . ared firm ; there was only a slijih ; ag'taiion about his nose and lip . When asked hin name , he Wjs silent .
William Trounce , a Police constable of tho A division , had seen Francis loitering about for half an ho-ir before the occurrence . He t * b > ervtd that as he looked at him , Fraucis went btbiu . j a tree . Trounuu was uot more than ene yard froui the prisoner when he heard the report of a piMoi ; ho looked rountl and .-aw Fiancid in the aci of presenting it . He j -e z d him at once . Mi—; Lavinia Blauchard , uf Uiiion Place , Lambeth , Haw Francis abuuc a quarter ¦ ¦>{ ' an hour before in earneec < -onversatien with a y « . urig man . Wnliatu Richards , a shoemaker , a ^ o saw the prisoner in co ^ ytr ^ auou ; but was not sur « that he said any t :. i . * . Jy-oj ^ s R ^ ussel ) , tho iziSpector of police , searched the pri > oner : on lim Wtr ( iound a « uld niemoiandiim-booK , a pej . ny , and a litt . e guupowdtr . The pistol was still warm .
Other evidence relared to the previous movements of t . 'ie pmoner . George Pear . «« ' » , a wood-engraver , saw Jinn presn . t a pistol a' the Q , u' en on thebuiMJiiy , js i-he Was r < nur < : i !; , s ; ir m ihn Ch 3 pel Koyai ; Pv eselame ; , ' i'ii-. y may txke me if ( hoy like—1 don ' t , carv— 1 was a fool 1 om nut t-hoot her ! " Joseph Robert S r » et , shopman to Mr . Havener , a pawnbroker in T' > U : ill Street , sold to the prisoner » hv pistoi tna' had be > n produced in court , on the 27 ; h ilay , inr 3 s . He paid for ii with fhr <; e
fourpennyp-e' -es , a hixpence , and the re . ~ t in copper . Richard t ' ritcMard , an oiininn in Lower Eaton S-reet , Fimiio-j , sclfl him a fi me . on the swine day . Thomas Graid , of York btr < e :, WeMniinsur , s-ld him a haltpem . y-woiih of Kunjjowuer ov ihe 27 th ; ana Aniio Br ' -ntio sold him an ounce on fho 30 th , in Bre'V . r S . rt-et : he p ^ 'd twopence fur it withoua ^ k ! lJ ^ ihe price . Cecilia Fors » r , . ^ lifi rhat Fraf : € i ^ h-j . i had half a btd in h ^ r hcu ^ e , 106 , G . eat Ticiifit'ld Stjct , lor 3-. a wet ! - ; : he icft iier loc ^ ng on the 27 h May ; haYiii ^ been out uf Work for tomo tioic b .-t' * TP .
¦ Wilnam Gore , one of the Qipen ' n Groom ' , who ha-J been summoned but untexdmuied by the compel for tte Crown , wu . scro .-s exam ntvi by Mr . Clavk ^ on ; he said ihm he was riding- ' six or seTen yards behimi Colonel arbujhiior . Tne pistol was cischarjitd be ' iWcen them ; and it seemed to him to be pointed at the hma-whet-1 of the cairia ^ e . For the fleft-nce , Mr . CJarkaun coEQmented on the evia-xce with a view to prove n incoijclusive of i \ w c-: ari ; e . He txpres .-ed some iii < J- # natiou that he should have bbcii suppo .-ed < apab : e of su ^ te . ^ tiii ^ that ihe p- ^ tc-1 had Ktn fired as a un-r < sfeu ~ de-joie : was not the eist-. cir-gusung and abbor . eiil tiioiij-n without that ! Francis ' s previous ilistress , and his
courting detection afit-r the attempt , " -would prove his in ent . Had the pittol been joaded with any destruc . ive mi .-sle , it wa-s lnjpoti-ible that it could have been di-charged wuhoui . iujaring the Qiiccu , Colonel Arbucnnot , or his hor < -e . Two years 2 & 0 the moroid teelin ^ c and vauiiy ot another person had induced him to c . miuil the desperate act of firing two loaded pistols : he had been taken care of and provided for : and was it impostible that the prisoner , in the di .-tressea siaie m which he was proved to be , unable to j . av Ins iodKinji , with only a p-uny in his pocket , should have committed the act in the hope of being proviuid for in a similar manner 1 Ho reikd ou the eifcintncy aad mercy of the Jury .
The Solicitor-General replied ; contending that though there was no direct proof of the pistol's being loaded , and the Jury could como 10 no other conclusion ; whatever Fraucis ' s motive , he must have had a cnm ^ n-il desigD . Chief Justice Tindal summed up . He told the Jury that , i £ they were satisfied that the pistol was
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loaded with a bullet , that would be proof of the criminal design ; or even if it was loaded only with wadding , but fired so close to the 0 , 'ieen as to do her sfvero bodily harm , an overt ace ot high treason would be trade oat-The Jury retired at twenty minutes to foar o'clock . They returned into court at five minutes past five ; and the foreman stated that they found the prisoner ^ Guilty" on the Becond and third counts ; not that tha pi 3 tolwas loaded with a bullet , but that it was loadfd with 60 tne destructive substance besides tho wadamg and powder . When he heard that statement , Francis turned very pale . Being asked what he had to eay why sentence should not be pronounced upon him , he made no reply .
Chief Justice Tindal , after a brief address to the prisoner , pronounced the following sentence—¦ " That you , John Francis , . be taken from hence to the place Jrom whence you camef that you be draw ; h from thence on a hurdle to the plaoe of execution , and that you be hanged'by-the neck until you be dead ; that your head be afterwards severed from ¦ - . your body , and that your body be divided into four quarters , to be disposed of in such nianner as to her Majesty shall seem fit . And the Lord have mercy oh your soul ! " At tho conclu 3 ion of the sentence the pri .-oner fell fainting into the arms of the gaolers ; and he was led away sobbing piteously .
Saturday , June 18 . TRIAL OF THOMAS COOPER , FOR THE MUR
DER OF DALEY , THE POLICEMAN . This being the day appointed for the trial of Thomas Cooper , who stands chstrged with tht > wilful murder ef Timothy D < . ley , a policeman of tne N Division , the Court was crowded long before the usual hour of commencing -. proceedings .. Precisely at ten o ' clock the Learned Judges , Mr . Justice Patteson and Mr . Baron Gitixey took their seats on the bench , and the prisoner was -immediately placed at the bar . ( . : He appeared to be still very weak from the envois of the poison which he Bad taken . His countenance was very p ; Ue , and on hie first entering the Dock , he looked rather anxiously rounil tfie Court He sat Sown , for n short time , between two of the tunikeya , but . stood up when the Clerk of tho Arraigns proceeded to read the in . iictmenta . :
The flret Indictment on which the priaoner was arraigned was the one which charged him with having , on the 5 ta of May last , in the paridh of Sc ' Mary . ^ Islington , feloniously discharged a loaded pistol at Charles Moss , a policeman , with intent to till nrrt murder hini . Tbere was' a second count , which charged the prisoner ' s intent to bo to prevent : his lawful apprv ; - } , tm-iua . To this indictment the prisoner pleaded not guilty- He wa 3 next arraigned on a similar indictment , which
charged him with having feloniously discharged a loaded pistol at Charles aiott ( the . baker ) , to wh ; ch he also pleaded Not Guilty . He was then arraigned on an indictment , which charged him with the wilful murder of Timothy" D . ' iley , a policeman , by firin : ? a pistol at him loaded with ball , and thereby inflicting-a mortal wuind , of which he afttrwatds died . The prisoner again pleaded Nol-Guil ' tly ; and lastly , he was arraigned « n the Coroner ' s Ii quiaitkm , -whicii charged him with the wilful murder ot Daley . To this he also pleaded Not Guilty .
Tho Jury were therefore charged , and trio first indictment proceeded with was that which chargrd the prisoner with the wilful murder of Timothy Daley , the poiiceman . Tho prisoner , ftftur having been given in chargo to the Jury , was allowed to resume his seat . Mr . Bodkin then rpaa , and stated the case on the part of the prosecution . He commenced by imploring taeJary to dismiss from their minds any statements which they might have previously heard or read respecting the cise on which it would that dny be their duty to decide , and to be -guided- only by tKe evidence whic ' a it would be his duty to lay btfote them . Tiie Learned Counsel then stated the f ; tcts of dio case at Rfeat length , and said he had reason to bel ? eve that there was no intention on the part of : the prisorjer ' s
Counsel to dispute any one of tboso facts , but that the defence , which was intended to bo Bet up fui him was , that ho was nut in a sound staid of mind at tha time wl en he committed the several offences imputed to him . Should such be his defence , it must not rest on mere assertion , but must , in order to have any weight with th-. Jury , bo clearly and satisfactorily proved ' . " by witnvsst-s . In conclusion , tho Learned Gintlemnn said ha had heard thit the pavt of the defence intended to be ? et up on the part of the prir-oner was , that th « dec&ased constable was not authorised to take tho prisoner into custody at the time he atttrn ^ ted to do so , on a iti ^ ra rumour that the prisoner had fired at . 1 policeman ' . ; He ( Mr . Boi . '&ini waa confident that tho Learned Judges would be of opinion that there was no ground for eueh un objtct ' . oD . After some further observations the Learned Counsel cvlled the following witnesses : —
Charles Mos > s , 162 of the N iVVvision of police , stilted that ou the 5 th of May , in the aftyrnoon . he was on duty near Hornsey Wood , whan he saw a -gi .-ntl « iiuan waiking in a lnno there , who wore a massive bunch of p () M se . ils , chain &c . Ha was foUowed by the prisrinvr , of whom witm s ^ took particular , notice , siispecting that it was his i tention to rob the pbnti 6 Uian , aud ho was the mere induced to do this ; (> t cause he bad received inforinatio !! that some gt-nllcinen had very recently been ' stopped in that . neighbourhood , end robted by a person axiawetin ^ th . a dtactiotwu o £ Ike pilsoner . 'i'hu j * risiiner made no attempt t > rob the gentleman , but went into ; m adjoinih « i field , and witness followed him , and seeing that he had a pistol ; asked what lie was doing * , here ? to which be n-plied , nothing Darticular .
Witiitsa told him that uiillss he could give a more sathfactory account of biins >! ii he should , ftel it to bo iiis duty to t&Re hiin int ) ius : ody . Upon which the prisoner presented a pistol at him and which , on wituess oiog towiinJa him for the l urpose of apprehending him , he discharged , and theivoy wuundtd * itnt » s severely in t . V arm . He laid hold of the prisocer , but soon found himself so weak that he was coinptlled to Jet him go again . Tho pri 8 f ) ner then walked , a way ,: fcu't witness followed him , calling loudly for assistance , on ¦ w " hioh the prisoner immediately presented another pistol , and sai-i he woulil shoot witness dead if he followed him any further . Notwithstanding , this thveat witneHS followed him acruba tho titlils as fust as ho was able , and tha prisoner- thereupon drew a larsje carving knife apparently from his ' trovraprs ; and said he wcuid do for witness if he followed him any further . Witness continued to call for assistance ,: and followed
the pr : soner until his txct'ssive ivrakntas prevented him from going any further . S . une peitoiis . however , lieard his cries , and went in ' pursuit of tiie J < r ; son ( .-r , Sbveral witDts » i s wtft then called , who proved that , on-beating tho alarm giv .. n by Mobs ,, and kteipg the prisoiifcr runi . ing aTfay without & hat , they -went in . pursuit of him across the fluids , a distance of ntarly two mik > a . ; ind that whi <; 8 <> -f , illowing him , they saw the prisoner stop and re-load one of hi a pistpia , after which ho C"Utiuut ( i h : s flight , ami tht-y nt lenuth c : mie uu with bun at a place called Highbury Park South . ( Tais-. portion ( . f the evidence it , is unnccesfary to « tve atiengti . ) The next-importa-ic testimony was ihui relativo to what occurred at Highbury Park S . mth ; on arrival at which place , and whm nearly <> pi > oaite tlio house of a gentU > ma « i n ~ . med Warren , tho prisoner placed hvniself with his back against s « me paiUDgs , and pulling out u brace 01 ° ' pistols ' , and holding ouo in each baud , dared any of bis pursuers to -approach him . \
John W . Yoiiug , a waiur at Hornrey Wood House , stated that on hearing the alarm givtn , he and others fj . 'lowed the prisoner ,-and at length csnieup with him at Highburj-park Smth . Among , the pursuers wy > e Howard , a hakur Blott , anotlitr bakerj TnrnbuSl aud Smith , two gardUft a , cuiptoytd ia the rveighbouvbood ; and ail of whom . were , substqueutiy examined as wit - iu-sses ,- ana thtir bvidmce , which did not vary in the slightest < lrgree , was to this . ' tflc ' ct that afttr the prisoner had put his back to the p ; iiings . aud pulhd nut the p ! jjti ) is , D-Jt-v , ihe dic-a » edi called uj > on him to i-untnder , but -which , however , he refused to iio . Ttiat Daley the . said trmt Uu did not tlitn think the pi , st ( . ls the prisoner tutl in his hahds were loaned , on which t ; : e prisone said th ; . t they were , and tbat if any yorRoa
touched > im tbey should havo the contents . Ttat ; Mott , the buker , stodpad down , .. ai d rusheu upon the prisoner . fi }> p ; irtntiy with . the intention of sizing-Lira by the legs arjdtiirowing him down ; but before' ^ JotC suocsedtM in lnying hold of him the . priscner fired ov . ti of tiie pist ^ la at liim and wcarwiw ! . liiih stvereiy in tbe arm . Thbt h > renpon the di c 3 ; ifiird n : s > : td on ih « prisoner , il > r the . purpose 01 tti ; ur !«!> liim , y ? lu-n thu p . 'is . uiurr d « -l ? bbriit ly utmtA anotAi » r pistol i-. t him , mia a . ' iot him through thu hovy . TUat the pniteeii-fi . il fell ' and died asmV ^ t JNiintdntely , and that as svon ns tho prisoner ' -had-nr ^ d tr . e st coud pistol the bjMjuv . ieM CiOted in upon h ' im ; -. nd sw-ured hiii ! .- Haviriu ' ' iloue so
they took from h ^ rn a lart'o carving knife . w-hirli 2 ; t > uad in hin troustrs . On being ¦ disari ' nwt-, tht prisojiL-r said " now you have taken all my weapons ' from 'in a ' , I wiil int-kenu fuither resistance . -I . burreiuU . r ni-vstlf , bus don ' t-, uisfa n \ e ill . " Afttr i ;» Ang s-ecured and tied in a manner that prevented nil possibility of escape , the prisoner Wjs cotiveytci to the > titton-b < 'ns ; vo !! Islington green , and on the K-ay'tkere-, being afik ( -, < i by ¦ Tmnbntt hovr hvcair . e lo tio such n tJiing , he Siz . i . "I -wf , u ; ti have strved you tho same . " The evidence cf Mrv- ] Qrury a surgeon , who > xandned tlid doused , arid who aiso attended the wounded pe ; sons , Mott and Moss , concluded the case on the part Of the . prosecution .
Mr . Horry then rose , and addressed tho Jury on the part of the prisoner , arid afttr s imc preliuiicary remarks , . said'tbat- ' tiie desffcince fee had to urge on his behalf was that t e was iuenne at tho time he com » mittod the offtuce with which he stood charged , indeed , he should contend that the very set itself was a proof of insanity , -yiesving ail the cirtiiiuBtances uiidur which it was . committed . In many cases a suicide where the orject was to protect the j ? oorB 0 ? the bM : murderer frxjui being forseited to the Crown , yery slight evidence indeed had been , admitted as proof of insanity ; and surely in a case ' where the life , aud not ' merely tne property of a fellow-crfcature was at stake , tho Jury ought to be satisfied with that evidence which had been ceemed tufficient in the cases to which he had
alluded . The Learned Counsel then alluded to the evidence in the cases of Lord Caatlereagh , Earl Manster , and other persons who committed * uiclde , and ask « d wbettiex any distinction as to proofs of insanity ought
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to be . dra--A-u . in th « caso of a man who murdered hirasjlf , and ha who raurdri . red any other per . « on , and said if the Juvy v ? 8 ift alloTed to come to a cliarit ^ blo conclusion iu the oue caa ^ , they c « p ; ht to bs-allowed t > do so in the other He then alluded to tiie slight proofs of insanity tbsfc ; had been a-mitted andact : d upon in several cases where Conimissiojis of Lunacy had been issued , and said that he v ? as prepared in the present case with mnl'h stronger '' evidence as "to the insanity of the prisoner . Tiie Learned G 'Utisol then went through the evidence adduced on the part of ' the-prosecution , and said that the conduct attributed t : > the prisoner by the several -witBessfts showed raore claariy that he -was not in a sound ' -state- of mind . After . soni 3 further general remarks upon the waole case , the Learned Counsel ca / led .
Mrs . Cuoper , ' the prisoner ' s mother , who deposed to various acti on the part of the prisoner , which indicated that the prisoner was insane , hut a 3 b r relation to the prisoner might be . -supposed to iriflusnee her evidence , we prefer giving rtiafc of other witnesses , by whom it v ? as confirmed ; Hannab . SouthiiU stated tbat she had lodged with . the prisoner ' s mother about eighteen months . He was of a strange behaviour at Hntes , and did not act at all life a sensible young mail . He had many childish ways with him . She ha't frequently heard him complain that he was weary if his Hie . She knew of his having tuken lsiuJanum f ^ r the purpose of destroying himself , and Haw his mother give him sums castor oil-and'wa'k him about the room , for the purpoue o : recovering him . H * was ill- ' f-jr a fortnight afttr . V / hert the prisoner h : id any money he sp 6 nt it foolishly in pastry and tarts , ntiO sUi'h things , and not as a sensible person * would do . He once bought a silver watch , and after takiog it to pieces , sold it to a Jew for Is .
Eiiza Llcyd sa'd she hid known the prisoner ' s mother for about eight years . Had lodged in the same house wit ' i her two years ; that was about four years a ^ o . Knew on one occasion the prisoner tried to hitiig hiiUMjlf . Witness afterwards saw -him lying on his inotliur ' s'bed , and quiti ) biack in the fa « e . He was insonsibie for a long tiir . 'j . When hy vix'ovurcd , er . d was a . ^ ked hvw he came to do it , he said that he wa 3 weary of his l , fj . aid wished to destroy hiiiwilt ' . . he prisoner was m \ irii aff < cted on the death of Lis father . Ou heaving of that evunthe faihte r i . and wasinsensible for sevtral inicutc . s
He afterwards said that lie had seen ' -tit ' s father come out of his grave . Witness recollected seeing tha prisoner burn two Dutch tloufcs . Be iuid that they ' wer « caBtles whish had been entruste . to him to defi . nd . aud that he wouUin ? . t allow any - one' to iippro '? . ch them . Witness-said that if aho wcrehia mothtr she w nid not -ptsrmiD hfm to be at large . . Ha-l-haard him say that be had been converted , and thst'ho M-as a child of God . Cros ^ -examined—Did not know of his ' goiJTof to acy chapel . He was an industrious young man , and would work when hocouM get it ti do . ¦¦ '"
Mrs . Sarah Bowdkr stattd that shohad lodged at the house of tbe prisoner's mother , and that , on ons occas ' lc ' tfia prisorjtr told her that ho wouid hang hiiiis-df . She replied , ? ' Wby , you mu . vt'ba-out of y < m- ' mind tj think of . such a thiiis ; . " He said , " Never you mint ) if 1 am . " He on auuihtv occasion asked hGr to itsrd him sixpence to purchase smne arsenic , in order fiat bo n : i ht make away with Liiiiself .- Witctad refused to lit him have the money , up-, > n -which he eaid that ho would get it fr : n > i somebo <' . y e se . She h ; id frequently heard him say that ho v ? us weury of his life . Oiice , when he was ill , ho iiuid lha % tha Davil was coming to fetch him .
Kobsrt Bowdler , a eon of tho last witness , stated thnfc thti pnaonor had requested hiiii t > purchase arsenic ' fur him , but he refused , to do so . Oa one occasion he protlnced a pistol , and . asked ; witness to , k ! i haa . aaooc a . c him . He was frightened , and ran away , on which ' tha prisoner said , " I thought you was not game euou h to let me do it . " ' CToss-examined—I never saw the play of William Tell performtd , where a father shoots at an appla ojj his soii ' a ' head . Had frequently soen the prisoner put out u candle with a pistol loaded with powder only . Edward Cooper , a brother of the prisoner , sged eleven jearu , proved that ; the prisoner had attempted to destroy Linitei by tuking arsenic about four mon ; tas before he vras anpruheaded on tha present charge .
James CoopcT , anotlitr brotlicr , etit < l that the prisoner hiid onci : itteinpt « d to cuimnit suiciiia by hanging hiin . sv .-lf '; ' thit wi 3 abvu 5- five ye ; iT 3 ago . About *; x months aiuca witness saw tnu prisucer suddenly driiik som . thing out of a bottle , and say on having dona s ;> that he had taken enough to destroy his life . H ' . s brother gave hi-ia-some caa' . or oil , which prevented th-. s poison from taking tfibct . Had frequently seen him-. vith pistols in his possession . He has tfcen threatened to shot ) t witntss without any provocation . Mr . Bodkin replied upon this uvKiecee , and- . conte ' r . dBii at great length , that there w ^ a notiiing in it
that w ( sald warrant the Jury in coming to th-j conc'usion that the prisoner w » s iusane 1 hut in . addition to thiis , he said ho had witiieeges to prove , not only tbt . t tho prisoner was perfectly sane at the time of the coriiliiissioncf the o £ Fenc « chiiigwl against him , but teat he had been so for some time previously , and had so continueil since he had been in custody . The Lenined Counsel then called two ladies , who had been stopped by the prisoner near Hornsty , shortly before his app-. ehensinn on the present charge , and who swore , that he presented a-pi ' sto . at them , and demanded their money . They did not consider that he exhibited any ' . symptom ' s of insanity .
Mr . Macmardo , the surceon of Newcate . stated that he bsi 2 attended the prisoner daily since his commitment to tbat prison for trial . He had watched his contfuct harro-wly , and had never observed any symptoms of insanity about him . He had no reason whatever for supposing tbat the prisoner was a person of unsound unud . Cross-examined—Had watched the prisoner more particularly since he knew that his defence was to be ibat he was ii sane . Mr ; - ( Cope , tht Governor cf Newgate , stated that be lu ' A \ isiced the pi-Lao .-.. ;! . daiiy sii . ce Le had been in iris cfcar ^ e . - Katl novel' observed th . Q slightest syaiptoniii ' of itsani ' ty I ' . h ' fii !; h : w .
G : ' : ro' 0 Waadir . j , ton , t ! : o jr . ! or of the ClerKenweil Police-couit , s > : ilu ; i th : tt the prisoner had been in his cust . (!>¦ jsfcvfrul times on various ch- ' -. r ^ cs . He haa r . evtr ybserveri any tliirs ^ irrational ahuut * him . . ' Prisc-r . t'r whs placed under his cure when apprehended on tto present chnrgr . He wns very tnlfcativeto witness . and « ihen witness remarked that { a present was a ba « i j > b , and the worst tbo prisoner had ever been en-;>; u , fcd in , tha prisoner . r ^ plifrd ' it was , but that if he ( vfitness ) had-aueih ^ ted ' to take him into cu ^ tjdy , he wouid have sLot him at once . He afterwards said that ko wished that it had been the Inspector Penny he Lad shot instead cf Daley , t ' ao policeman , because he ( Penny ; had once dono fcis ( prisoner's ) mother an i ; Jury . Witness on a subsequent occasion told himthat
Mots -had suffered much 'from , a quantity of grass remaining on his wound , on which tuts prisoner said tliut he was obh ^ fcd to load the pistol with grass instead of wadding , becaiise bo bad got no paper about him . The prisoner ' s -mother- was prepfciit at this time , and sue aO . vistd him to pray to Go ; l for forgive ess of his sins , upon which he-said to her " Don't bother , m " , 1 ha ^ e had preaching enough already . '' - ' - '* . Cross-tvuniued — When the prisoner was in the lock-up he emieavourcd to take do-. vn a a word , but witness prevented him , and asked him afcerwaruB wj , at he intended doing with it , when be replied , that he intended to destroy himself , adding , *• I would have killed you , George , if-you' bail tried to pr »? t ? nt mo , " Mr . Hojry repliod upon this evidence , afttr which . Mr . Justice Pjlteson proceeded to sum up the wholo of the case , ami in-dou ! ) , to ins Lordship sasd , that the facts of the case were very sh ^ i-t . The main question for the consideration cf tli ' e Jury was , the &t'Ue if the crisoner ' s mind at tbe
time when he -committed' the offence imputed to him , and on that point they bad bfcfore them Aha evidence , of v prisoner s motherland several other persous who ba « i known him for eon ; e considerable-time .-. H . is-Lori ! --B'hip read ovtr thevfiiole tf this evidence , and- ' coni'ftiei ' . trirt upon the various portions of it as he proceeded . And , with . regard to a reaiark that the prisoner's Counsel ba-i Made ,, that the very act which the prisoner had committed-was a proof of insanity , his Lorti . ' -b . ip raid that it would be a most dangerous thing to sqciciy to infer insanity from the atrocity of men ' s actions . His Lordship then adverted to the mauner in which tha v ^ isonev bad cuuducted himsc ' . f throughout the enthe traricaction , anil asked if there ' -was any thing in tbiit conduct indicative cf insanity . His ' Lordship concluded by telling the Jury , that , if they entcrtu . imk ! any reasonable doubt ; upon ttse matter , it < &aa their duty to give the piiEo / ier the benefit t-f it ; ' -but it they did not , it was thsir boucdeu cuty to 2 nd the prisoner guilty .
> 3 r .--Hark-er , ¦ the u « ber of the Court ; , Laving in the usual Mismit-r i . aid , " Co . ' . f ; i ' ' < r your vt-rd : ct , gcntlenieii , " the jujy rose , nyoapod together for au instant , aud then rt-Miiiied their seats . The cln-k » f fha nr ? ai . — . 9 said , " Gent ' . emenj ave you agreed ? " The foreinan r . nawtred - ' Yes , " aud delivered a verdict of " Gtiilty . " The prisoner was thsn ordered to rise and stand at the bar . ' .... _ ¦ He diS so vjtth a Ioungir . j ; swing , r . nd IccSed towards the bench v / ith a savage ficowJ . When nsked by the clerk of the arraigns , in the usual form , what he bad to sai" why sentenca cf death shooM not be passed upon him according to law ? he ruatie no reply . . , " . . ' . ' . ' .-. . : '' : ' . . .. -. ¦ . The judges tben put on the black saps , and Mr . Harker Eiriiio the proclamation t : joiriiDg Bilenco upon all persons . ' . in the court while sentence of death was " pasain ;; upon tho prisoner .
¦ Mr . Justice P . ittispn then , addressing the prisoner , fisid : —Tboiiias Cooper , the jury , , after a long and patient iuvest'Cation 01 your Mm& * have found that you Wc-re in a sound . state of mind when you deprived the ¦ po ' iiseman , Tn > jQt ' a » f Daiy , of lifo ; and no person who has heardithe . evidence giT 6 n this day , and bas attended to it with th / i same enro or attention that tha jury baye given to ¦ ¥ * cun for a moment doubt of their having c me to » ' .-. right conclusion . With respect to the facts of the cry - ie itat-lf , it appears that jou went cut on the 5 th of y iay lnat , armed with loaded > i 8 tols , whether for the- ¦ purposes of robbery or not I pannot say ; but you » pp ' .-ar to have before committed t > vo highway to \ ib ( ries , preseuting pi 3 tols at tiie jmUea , robbitig and thre-itining those persons * lives . Whether you W 6 re out on ii miiav errand on the 5 th cf May , I cannot
sa '/; but it ' Appears that on that occasion you met with tfie ' policeman Mose . On seeing him you ran away , , " and upon his following yen sad expressing bis deter-
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mination to : t . ifc « you intocustoily , y ., u ihixutvnc ;! to shoot hfrn . A struggle took p ' ncd bstwctn you --md wben he attempwd to tike you into custody , you fir . Vcl a pistol at him . and wounded him seriously . You thtn at ' . empt'id . to fecapu . but buin ? overtaken and iiirrucled by the parties who fallowed yen amongst -wl : o : n ^ . "W the TiafttttuTiate- ' - rii ; ce ; ised , you flreii two pistols , w * h one of . which you Severely wouuded an jadivalual , a « d with the-, other you defeerateiy shot D : y cica-dL Tfce culprit , who h ; id btuir leanijis on tU-J oar and soowliug at the-jiiiige .- 'li ' sra'l ' . 'oketi ;' round-the ^ c-JHrt , i » ncl seeinjj inspector Pehcy-s ' aiidini ; near the witntss-b Vs , just under tha uoe ' e , he su ' -ide ' iily Ivarieil over t ; a r-ar . Potiiiy . 'however , vma out of his rr-:-. cb . aad tho turnkey , who hal beta htain ' ii !^ - Vahi nd Isiifi , insnieniiUly clwi' : il up , and-laid ' their hands lipon him at earn sido . JLIa give t ' -w inspector a moit ferocious loos , and shoafc his fist vioIeuU > iitliiin .
VI *• Tut t-ij' ^ t D 1 »¦> I r . ^ . . * ~ ** r « v ^ J- ft Xt , n * , _^> . ^« f ¦¦ f 1 »* ' n Mr . JuttiVe P . ittisoti rczid at the prisoner , for a moment in silence , oud-thea sa . id . You had . t-fet . tcrj . isich to ma .. You .. ha > l better listen t « me , prisoner , iusU'a ; of shaking your iiit a : a : iy one thu-e , As . l ba ^ b hr ' uvz s-iid , yuii . wouude'd i > v . e uf tiia prrsor . a v ,: ho attemjittd to ap ' pehvnd vi > u , and you sviiC the policfe ' . u . vn , Duly , cut <; f tbo vrJrU on i tur . citS unpeaparad 10 mt-ct his Maker . The act > ou / iav ^ . c- » rcni . 'tte ) was one of gi-.- at atrocity , one to the -Cisnv r . ^ sion of Woich you have bden ltd hy a ion ' s ciu .-se cf u ; t-Si ) Iute hii'its , ami you riid it with the iuu ^ Uoa of
resisting the oflk-ji-s of ju ^ t-iao v . hea tlwy .. wvrts j ^ bt-ut to take you into cu ? t'xiy . Vwu-s : iitl to yi / iir uu >* L-r , when she told-you to pray t > G d to paidon your . S' . ti ! , " ' Vivxt , yon di'i not wans to be Iwiliere'd with ai : y nii > ra preaciiing ; ypu fcad had ¦ . « tn « u ? Ji of that , " W /^ l-t ' ier you havf ' couieto a-Iiy bi . t > r stUo of-iKiiiilsir . es tha > . 'I do i ; it kuov ? j lu ~ I recoinnieud yon , d-uil ^' g tbts-t-Bort time jou hava liO-. y to livs , to do ko—to . iid ; vv ' tKS yourself to fervent prayer , and' . to try to obtaiu mercy and iiar . ion from Gjd , thr-itch . the mer'ta of our- L : r . s a-id Sivi ' . > ur . Your lifn . ' , ns b ^ n
forfeited to jotir . country , acd I' would n «; t ha dci-14 niy duly w . ; re Lii-j * to ttU >< m * tit tbc . re . isii . ) feopv for v * . u of r ceivin ^ p-iTdon , I thiivk i ? tight to toil you tbat you h ; iv « i not tiie sli . ht ; s ; hope if pardon . I . fear you-ara noc'i ' n a proper ! -tat 6 of r . iiisd at present : ! : tit I Uust t !; at you . w- 'i ! try to obtain , by fe . rre . 11 t prayer , the ; p > . r doD of your Creator in anoliiZr world I tair . ; st ' y tntrev . tycxi to ajply the . short tiida which you barn now t « live in supplication f » the throne « f tha Almighty , who sees .-and knows all things . It o&ly now rtriiatns for -nib topns 3 upon you tfy > a " . tful' sentence -of the . ia ' w , ¦ which most un ^ oobteilly will ba carried , ir . ta tfiVct . It is that yi > u he tak ' r . u back to thep ' . ace fvom * . vi . e" ; ce yen earns , and '' thsi ' you-ha tftkeu th-KCi to ths .-piata '« public execution , tticra t <> he -hanged by Uis E =. ck ; until
you ( irfl dluad ; tbat your b'j'Jy bo buried vr ; thin tiro prscincts- ' -f thegaoi ; and may tiia Lord : have mercy on your soul . " Tho ii . << her rt'plio' / , " Ainga " At the soui : > i of ths " . iiaen , " the prlsoppr , with a loolf ia * hich tbe-niosfc"dtin ! . (> n ! -3 Ci > l ... j"ajje- snd fiTi-cUy seewied to bfc eonec-ntm / ted . granod thu lar ^ a inetal irj lc - bottle - which is > cre % ved upon tha bar of th » dock , . r . od m'jdg an tff'irt to wrer . clv . it off . What his o ^ j ^ ctco ' . 'M havo bc « n , we are , fcrtiiii'itely , unaMe- to t- ; ll ; ' . ' or , luckily for th » i per-: onal safety < jf the Lt-amed Ju'l ^ a , prwli : > -ver els « nwy havri beuri destined fjrtht ; sallite , the inkho ' -tle was securely fastened , and the turnkeys who h&i kept close to tbe ;> ri ? t > n ; 'r : rom fha nioaj ' vt- cf his thT . ea' -enini ; -action to ' . T : iV ( ' > s 'Inspector Ponriy , iiiiicediately rsHioved him f > -cm the bar .
The trial lasted a few minutes more than thirteen hour ? . Mr . Just 5 nfi Pattiiion , after the prisoner had bern removed , ii . t'niiitfd to the -counsel tcr the prGp : ^ n ; icn , that . by a recent Act rf Pai-lsanicnt , the J ' Bd ' irex Wfro enabled to award- 'a-sum if riionfty' to the widow c :: d orphans of persons v .-iio had losi- " . their lives in tna i > erformanco of thejr-public'duties ' . They would thereforo ¦ or der , the . sum ' cif ; £ 50 to be civen to the widow of Daly . H < 3 recre'trd that- the Iaw did not . rocnirnisa the
iiftht of Moss , " th ' tj o ' . hrrpuSiceman , as he ! vad no direct autho : ity for the arrest of Cooper in the fl . st instance . However , ' tha great courage ; anrt praiseworthy cnuttuct which bs and t : ; o hat ^ r Mott had both exhibited wfre . such that Jia ( tho Liwxsd Ju / ige ) had no doubt but tbut an aj-pHcntie ¦ to tho proper quarter vroa'd have the efieet of pro . curinjr them c-asii a liajv . lsoma iftwarcl , -which was * . u » to th-m both for tbvir aiiuiirabla eonriuct , and for the seva ^ aud tedious tufkrings they had Gtiduved . The . Court theu broke up .
THE VISiON OF MYCSENOK . ( Adapted from ihe French . ) * * * * Oppressed with the lahou . vs and faHguts of tiie day , I threw myself down to ltst , and behold ! whila . yet sltepiag , tua fallowing vision appeared unto me : — ; . . . Methcugbt I stood oy a wide- extended plain , thronged by an ifiYmensa hitiiti ' tuda of human beings ; old nien , ^ rey witii age . stripling , aiid children of a resr , ' wera there ; and fcHi out of the whole of this vast tbnlticuda arose one grc > r > n of suffjriuif , . one Voice of woepiu ^ and lamentation ; : . and ruy eyes were filled with tears at seeing taeir .-gaunt and . bony forma , and the cry of their complaint entered into my soul , and I turned to
an aged man who leaned mournfully upon a staff ; wherefore , tether , >^ id I , do these people mourn ? Is th ir k } ni | . dead ? Do thoy weep for a chieftain .- or coiiqueror ? . But the old niau shook his hoary locks , ana raising his Uand , pointed towards the south . And hahold '¦> . ' a mist , as it wero , fell from my eyes ; ami afar off ,-I beheld a uiitrhty Fo ; m atandirg before 3 mouiitain- ; -. and thu Form ' s height was ; even fcoBi tho foot tu the summit , thiiitc-f . And pawiag through tha crowd , J riitswiiear uiito it , that I inijfkit look up ; a the cause ot the peopia's sorrowing . And I £ aw tho Form wa * huuian , iiinl had futures like unto man ; and be woro au iton crows ; and on his forehead was ' -Written , " G ') veiumeiit ; " and his eyes shot nre ; and in bis
huJiO . s he held a whip ot scorploiva , on . -wtu ' cu v ;; waitten . ' « Lvws ; " and his aspett wts terrible to look upon . » Atk 1 behold , as I drew nearer , I discovtred tbat the Form ha 1 two fates ; anil looking to wards it , I beheld the second f tee , and its' features were phasing to . 'C / cboUi . ' aiM it smiled sweetiy ; : and the tones < J its vojco we ' re Wand and musical , ajid the gt-za of the second face was directed to tho mountain top . ¦ And behuld , in the mountain top were gathered together a fe ' w .- ' mtiii and a few wonitn , and a sumptuous repast was spread ' -before- them ; and plenty : seemed to ahound with thsm ; each was dressed in purple and fiaa linen * neither seemed there any end of their diamonds -and jijvvtls , aud 1 heard uo groans or lamentations from thf ; rn .
And ninthoueht . seeing these thJn ? s . I was pczz ' e ^ , aad astonishmejit kept me silent . ' Arid" iehoid ,- pznj aj ? aiii upon the muHitudfi \; pon the plain . Itaira / i vrera not pi-cistrate utui veeyiisg , s :. nie here and tht-io were Katiifci-iDi ; together into f 5 r . rn . j 3 , and . oi-gaufziua ; ' thtni-3 ijlves . a d thi ' ou ^ liQut tee . wholo-extaat .-ff ihft plafn weru signa-of a . mit ; bty mbvpnient .. And looking . 1 ajtv a great river running b . v tbo side of the . mountain , and . many ia-len ships were on it , and the people looked ai ' xiously towards them , but the river was cliaiued awuss , ahdlbe Form took h ; i . f rf all / . tliat tasaet ? . And gaz ng more at-ten ^ . ivesy I perceived that thahatista of the Form were iron , and i ; a feet clay , arses I saw written on its breast , iu Mood . " Clats LeeislAMor .. " And behold , iu a short time , tlio features of Ch « For : n
v ? ere convulsed with agony ; :--a « d forth from . its '; L' *» in arose an infant chiirf , :, ml ii Ptood oil the iron crown , aiid its appearance -was buiied witb joy from tho mpuntaifl , but from tlw plain no £ ounrt of joy arose . and . tha . Form seeing this waxed furious , and brandishing Iii 3 whip , ho spoke , " Slaves , behold your future kius ; , fell down i \ Tid worship him . " Ainl behold suddenly I heard from one extremity of tbe plain even unto tbe otber one l ' Ud Isugll oZ c ' ei'isicn , and turniu ;; , L beheld the -whole peoplo gathered togetner and stizicg with . looks ' . cf- "ha 1-f £ 'd and contempt upon tbe Form , and tbo people were calling for leaders to show them how to overthrow ifc And the Form seeing this , trenibled , and eaid within iteelf ; " If the pe-pla cuutinu ' e ' . tbus-i am undone , I must divert tboir cass
from my own depravity . Saying this , ihe Form stnt cunning men amongst . ' the people to shew them the cause of their missTy ; and they lectured them . aud strove to make them believe that tdrf many people lived in the laud ; iind they . published book * , u :: i talked ot MB , and eraigration . But the people fcoo ' ort them out from the mic . st of them , and would n ^ fc even so imich as listen unto them . Then the Form sent mild and meek-faced men t ^> teach the . psople obedience ; end tutse men -weat forth , and spoke of poverty and misery as bei-ifG . r , frcm fce . iven . sens frosn above to pr ? p 3 r 6 tbesn for anotfc
aiiior . gst us . " Sajin ? this tbe people united ' uu > r « clost ly . The ' a dut the Form tr . ? inbla . with idismay , land gave himieif up for lost , and in his peril he took counsel of those in the niountaiu top , and beholtl in a ihott timn Iheard a voice frnm the top , saying , 'VDIviuu the people :. sprwid disunion , ami you will -. ' conquer . " . Ami prisently I 'bebelU maiiy weU-feil teen go ; n ;; amopKBl the people arid sti-miig to lairect their attention to tha chain acroES tha liver , and tbey said , " Take- tbiit ehwa oiFour trade and all wiil ba well . " But tha peev ' -a i-ctu'jied , " What wiil be the use of taking off X ho chain Eaa not the Form power to put it oh again ? We will destroy the Form . " Then did the laultitudea -advance with palm branchfes-in their hands , and singing sonRs and hymns of jubilation , and at their head v ? i . ra five mea , and the tniraping of their feet shook the earth , arid their cheers rej-ouDded to the very heave r . s ; and as they approached tho Fuim they became Invisible to nie i and a pealing ' shout , aa cf victory * Toko cjq from my vision . - '
Rochdale , June 11 , 1842 . Goversment have issued a Spocial . Coicnifs 3 ioB { ot the trial of persons ' accused ..-of outrages in Tippmry I acd the Goiniri iS £ ioa has been addressed to Chief Justice Fenaefather and Chief Justice Djherty , LiFfi is inexplicably dear , oven after there is least left to enjoy in i :. nuore especially whsn the Q'ltstionaWe boan of existence is eoagfit to ba forcibly ww&ted from cur gr » sp .
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LETTER TO MINISTERS OF THE GOSPEL , ] On Matters -which deeply interest the WorkiD ^ - Millions of Great Britain and Ireland . ± > y James Whittet . Perth : G . Baxter . This is a faithful , earnest , and respectful admonition to parties by vfhom we fear it will be but little heeded .
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THE STATE OF THE COUNTRY , AS THE EF > E :, T OF CLASS LEGISLATION , ASD THE CHARTER AS THE REMEDY . A Leetnre , delivered in tT ; e Charnsc Room , Matiohe » ter , April 10 : h , 1842 , by Mr . David Ross , Lec-urer ou Elocution , etc . Reported by Win . Griffin , Repomr to the Scar . Manchester : A . Heywood , 58 and 60 , Oldham-street . An energetic and eloquent defence of the Charter , worthy of universal reading .
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TOBACCO AND SKUFF : Medical TesUmonies and Es ? ay 3 , shevrinj ; iheir Injurious Lif-ctsand Dcmoraiisin ^ Tendencies on rhe Hfa ' . vh and 51 orals of the Public . London : J . H . Siarie , 166 , High Holborn . A work which we very cordially recommend to tho reading acd serious attention of eve-y mtmb-r of socitty . We are quite sure that if its various and weijihiy reas . ns aKaln ^ t the ijjjurious , extravagant , anc filthy habits of saiokicg , che-wiug tobicco , and snufnpg were duly weighed and appreciated , an intelligent people would at ouce diacouiiteuance these habits .
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FINANCIAL REFORM . A Digest of the Reasons Jor ana a * amst a Tax upon Permanent Pro-- pervy , 'n litu of some of the proens Tax ^ , especially ihoss on com&odiue ? . By R . W . RiSSLLL . A moritra * e ! y wtll-reaJonfd ar ^ umrnt in favour of an wselugr . e propt-riy tax . Dissenting from sojj o of the auvhor's positions very dccidealy . wo-yci tind much to praise ; and recummvud the book as a whole .
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THE FLEET PAPERS . Vol . 2 , No . 25 . Oastler goes sjai'y on with hi 3 &ood work of scourging £ :-ounart-id . Hid prestnt ani gonie prececiiiti { . embers be > n ^ devottd to a cous : dtratioii o ( Sir Hvben PecVs tariff ; he has beta Jed uuo a ;! . sstrtatifn on tne UnuiMicy and effect of iree irace principlt-s . He shews must cltarjy that th » -ir inevitable uiig . ncy is io maku hone ? t Hien into thieves . We sia c ; the ca ? e rather more b . undy thta .-. e dues , bui such is the fact . Mr . OjsJcT auauccs s > ino pretty aceccotes of raiaale cia&s " nonesiy" ^ nd *• r . cli fe ibii"' as iiiusirauons of his argumcuis . We give one ur wo of them : — " Thus f ^ r had I verittfn , "when I was interrnpt ^ J bv a va . tucil and Christian friend . I reuti tbt lort-going to him . irfceu he raivi , ' How contrary art : those p : ii :-c plea to the Truths ot &od . TV ; : at huv ^ . c do tueh t ^^ orits produce ; n evtry C ' iristia . i churth ' . '
" He tt ;^ r . txemplitled his meaning by ivro acecdotis , vhich arr so vtr > much to the purpose , tha : I iuu £ t di-tsin jou -while I rcJa-. e them . " My frieri ' ., why is a highly respectable , iottlHpent , acd verj - nSa-ntial Weslcjan iiethodi ^ t . s-id , Tt-e pr .. c * eaings of some of our wea . 'tiiy traac-xinen a .-e wicked in tbe extreme . I was encc tr-nsactn ' , bn « iuess wita a person who had fosmcrly been out cf our iD > -n $ "t--F . When we had sttil-. d our bu ^ . nt . i > i , te poinred to a piie of riD 5-on-bi Xf-3 , ahi . ut a y :: rU higa .
acd toUi Hie , ' Those bc-sts cuat . iih rib . ' t . ^ i w / .-ich we seil from one shUlmg and thretpenca to two shHiings a yard . "We gtneraiiy give from one shilling to one ihiViirg and eigbtpenee a yard for them—I b-. u * , h ? thuse Vi- ^ ay for tbreeprnee a yard ! T : at b ? . g :: n is worth £ c » oo to me . ' ' Kow , he mc > t huve known ' cortinucu my fritnd , * TLat eo man c < iuid jiffi'ru tL < = ui at tta' - ' price , : aid that ba -was , in tSlct , hu > iii- » fci ^ lcii good- . ' ] f t < jo m-Auy ribbons , unier ttie circuaitiiii . sji , had not been produced , such a r-fcberj comd . t ^ -t h- ^ ve beta commuted ULdtr the plt 3 of trade .
" . My ; ntnU a . so said , * J mnemi-er , that one of our members , -Rhu bjis shopman ton aiijji '^ c rof cursocitt / . once told me , that ' be shon-u oe c-b- 'ift ed to 1 avt hia Bitua ' . ius , he cculd &xanu it no longer ;* and then hi ; related tne following facts : — ' Our master has a ruie , that a certain turn ougbt to be taken in tbe shop every day ; if less tbsn that sum is taken , W « a'e eupV . iyeii , aftt-r the sbt-p is closed , to look over tha iiiV . ^ c . a uf goods -which a : e not paid for , and wtj d « ;« et , from tiiem , for fhurt ltys ; tl : s . untii we have marie up whv our m . s '> - . r ctarties ai a fliir sum for the pr . S : on ttie amount we are short in ths day ' s sal-js . Wntii ths i ' ay is vtry rainy , and we huve no cus : otners , we m . t onjy defect ; or short lengths , but we uiato aba := m » rnts for faults which EcVtr existed in the goods , until the amount of profit fix * a for the day is made up . '
" I remarked , Do not the seiiers of tbe good ' s resist such impositions ? " -Jy friend answertd , ' Tne j ? ooda are bt-u ^ ht from agents , who cann-. » t hffird to offend punctual paytrs . They prefer to make tx . uses to their pr nc : pi ; s ui tne couiitiy , wh » use generally persuadea to bfe-iiiirJiva . * " I hs . ve eiijce seen a very rtspcctablo London chopketper . -who assures me , ' that tbe system of making up pi-tifits by tu ; h deductions is \ ery common inne ^ d . ' Tee rttital of Uiis fact will explain to iuui : y a pocT
weavei tie : eason why his master is so ofun enraged acd zl-- < TnJng aboas the inipo « ii&iilt ) - of obtaiu ; cg a profit , ' and urg-. ng his toktrs-in 'to iEL-re : asr abatimtBtS . &nd tiJitA' IhlS kc ^ Vtry in the r <^ n : sh tbt-pktet > tia not wmy prevents their hwucsi neighbours f .-om thriving , but it Uestreys all proper feeiini Itt ^ teu the manufac ' . u : -e , s and their Tvork-pt ^ ple , ami reLf : tr 3 the whole sjsiem one of unblu ? bi'ji ? vniany and of crud © ppre&fiion , for See , Sir , how U-. e manuiacturtrs contrive to throw the fruit of this thievish system oi the London fcLupfceepera upen the pour operative wtavers .
•• it is a siDgular fact , but it is true , tbut a f < rw days before tbe conversation I have just related to-jk place , 1 Tfas ciljed upon by 3 very rtspectable operative , who is tn- Srst cuuzin of an Kxri , and wnoso uncle and grandfather ~ weTt > also E-irLs . ( Whtn my pojt friend told me his pedigree , I thought of E . ri Fitzsviiliaui , his grantl-chiidren , and th * coal-pits ) This aristocra' -ic "Utwjurer was iutemiing to emigrate , being sitk of the oppressions aud vilianies of the manufacturers . He infOiiiit-. i me , ' that he had ltf 1 his last p-ace , where he was a tak ^ r-in , [ whose occupation is to iXiinine thu coityn ta . icoes as ihoy come in from the weavers ] He was -was required to make up , in abatements , a certain suui p = r week . His conseienca would not allow him t- > Ge ao . His master expostulated with hiai , und urged upon him thti necessity of compliance , saving , Tiiat before he came , tha bate-books , of winoh he had many , were aiways , on an average , nine shiilin .-s a we * k mote than He ( my informant ) had made hid . " "
Such are the evidences of sympathy with povertysuch the proofe of high-miudedness and principlgiven by the partie 3 to whom tne " inteiiccsuai' ' brawlerd ior union are so anxious to hand over the people and their movement that , for very f-pj ^ en , because not allowed to do it , —they move heaven and earth to spin up the union already subsisting uinon ^ the people !
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ARGUMENTS IN FAVOUR OF THE IMMORTALITY OF THE BODY ; proving that Man is jiuv ^ rrscd by bis own . Natural Laws o' Acuois au » i Reaction , depjHQin ! i upon their oiidiiou and me substances in exi .-t--QC 8 that will accoid wim those Laws etc-rnaliy , i ; they arc not ojis'O-ed by other subitanees that have- received a diliertnt constituaon . Bradford : B . Walker , IG , Westgat-e .
The £ - ? n : us of this author has chosen a field of exerc ^ e calculated to excite much interes-, if his alle&ed di .-c-jveries bore an air of plaosibiiuy ana { iraeucabrJuy . This the }* do not , in our e tiraation Histr-at secret—bis principle cf n-. atorial imm- - > rtaluy , serms to be the negative on-: of not eati'iji any thins calculated to precipirate phosphato of lime , or in otht-r woras to eat nothing which wiJ create bone ; he sajs" " It is a wfell-inown f-. ct that if fowls are fed on snbit&cces that c ^ ntim no impurities , and in a place where there is no calcareous earitu that they -will lay thtir vgyjs witLotft shells . Ia the same manner , if a femsJe sifter conception was to subsist upon substances that contained no earthy matter , such . 13 p }; osphaU ; of lime . &c tbe child yrould be eatirtljr s-itb-JUt bone ;
ils fc-jcy would consist solely of a uuaibtr of Vessels fiilei -with a flaid £ Ubs . ai : ce , called blood ; and so long : is the child continued to sul-sist upr . n those substace ^ s , &j locg would tbe bloou coutiuua to circuiatc ihroUi ' n t ; ie vailoua launncaiioua of the sjeteiu , supplyius t * . " *; via-ste toi " ns on ia evtrj part of iwe body ; everj Efcusivlve feuing w ^ u ' . d rtiain its cap ^ b ' -lities ; its percept . v ; .- poweis woula convey eviry object that ac ; ed upcu tnem , with such facility and accuracy to the reflective F ' ~ - ' > £ 0 ^ S iTtJ l " eVer y -upportunitjr oi aECJitainiiis their nature and qualities , in order to place tliem in harmony with them ; and , so loDg as ic continued to Euupiy tee system with materials that wouid eitmei : ate fn ' - 'n every part of tbe body ia the forms of fialil , vapour , and gaa , . taring no imcuntks behind , theB li ' e Jiiiglit truly be called an unresistsd
phenomeuun . He forgets , however , to tell us hoiy the ] abf > urfiand usesuf l ^ e are to be performed without bonea , or whence thii ? pore elemenaiing focd iBto bs had . The pamphlet altogether « ives evidenco of a mind contenoiiip with a subjeot altogether too vast for lis capacity , and of which its knowledge scarcely deserves the oaaie of imperfect .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 25, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct759/page/3/
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