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" ernfPESIfc&ND . —Mi . Beesley lectured here on vacdsj BJ * 3 sst > on the fillacy of tiie argument * * d by * be Corn Law Repealers . At the conclusion . ' vTjuw members were enrolled . Mr . Beesley trill r gfi here ob Monday next , on the subject of the gprWBUHGH . —Tbe Council of the Chartiit Asso-¦ 5 jb - ' ' he 11 " weetly meeting , on Tuesday last , in £ ^ eli Chapel- After Ithe usual business tr&s gone S-jad 3 ' ^' r- ^ lorton postponed themotion of which be f * I tiren notice , Ji That the Council take into their Sjjeration Feargu 3 O'Connor ' s plan of Organisation . " t ? £ ii 2 moved thai s-eps be taken immediately to fL can 35 tatiosi for the Defence and Tictim Fond . " rvrsjtion was carried ttnanimously , and the Secretary
• . —uried to prepare subscription sheeta . Mr . Lennie S ^ drew the attention of the meeting to the excite-Zn h . Ireland , and proposed ' that & public mee&Bi wa&e& to sympathise -with the Repealers , and express feir cpi- ^ ofl ^ k ° He attitude assumed by the t- ^ rnES-t- M * - Crybbace -who -waa supported by -Tsral numbers of Council , deprecated any interferes * i ~ ji tbe question of repeal . Unless the Charter ^ j , psssrd is a preliminary measure , the Repeal of the t- ^ oi : ¦ srculd be of no more use to the labouring IriEh"j ^ the removal of the Catholic disabilities , -which Kja xM been represented by the dap-trap orators as u-i grest barrier to Ireland ' happiness and improve-^ j . » Tb = further discussion \ ras postponed for a
ABEBDESK —At the weekly meeting of tie Charjg rsi ^ E . held in their Hall , 38 , George-street , Mr . V'lx'osh in the chair , the following resolution was EOTrd tj-. Mr . Jfka Smart , " That the Chartists in i > erdsr . bdr ? united for the obtainment of tqnal jj ^ a , trill a "new to improve the comfort and bocUI tir riBe :- ' c-f ail . feel a very deep interest in the present U ^ rclr cf the Irish people , and hereby assure their ^ t ^ rra of the sister Isle , that they may faithfully _ j ~ lste on receiving our co-operation and support . the 5 sme tine to
^; ; . we beg wan ) them , unless they esUfc — - abolition of class-legislation with the £ tsI i- ' tie TnioE . the only gem worth contending k ^ be wanting . ' The resolution was seconded by ^ j J > 2 iici 3 ^ Xicholson . and carried unanimously t .-jgi ] ie . d -Eg membtrs expressed very strong opinions a ± s roe-. ch-s of the Date of Wellington and Sir jj Vgn Perl . af : er which , it was agreed to hold apub-Btc-srtin ? on tha Inches , on Monday eTening next , in gin io co = snlt the whole inhabitants , wiih a view to —sTfa * . the shedding of blood in tkat mis-governed por-• je cf tie British dominions .
GLASGOW . —Mr . Robert Peddie addressed the pec-pie of Gorbals twice on Sunday last , in the Chartist Esi Oyde Terracs- On Monday evsning , Mi . Peddi * jjcaircd in the Chartist Church , Re ^ ent-strest He 2 zSated , with srrrtt perspicuity , the base attempts of 2 s fsctk-ES to destroy the friends of liberty ; feut , said Vi P ., ail such puny efforts must fail , if the people » ere ba : tras to themselves ; as for him , he was still flasxn » i ti fnlSJ the oath which he had sworn upon fe Ciltos-nni c-f Edinburgh . viz . that while a fragjits ; d 'hs . fisg of liberty remained , he would stand by £ . feme weal , come woe ; and the fact that all he had nfered was not sufficient to separate him from the t rTsajer :, should teach tyrants that prisons are not sbrEtszs to drive men from such an object . TVherefT 3 betad gone , since Ma liberation , he found a deterjjisitic-n , on the patt of the people , that the principles
d tbe Charter shali and will be triumphant He tr 3 t at considerable length on the cause of Repeal in Istod , and urged the people to bestir themselves in HsJ of lhat unhappy cou-try . These sentiments jk srirmjy responded to by the auaienc * . Hs briefiy jftiwed the disruption of the Church of Scotland , tc » red he had no hope of them ithe clergy * doh . g Ej 2 Jia : for the cause of liberry , and then showed up , cii »; ehfedTs and laughter , the inconsistency , if not the Ijjc .-isj of these men , some of whom have lately , ^ £ r speaking of the church , declared it to be the lKSj-atible right of Uie poor to have a voice in the et : » au : of tbeir spiritual pastori , because " the poor T 2 t rich in g'aca ; " but at the same time denied the sd £ of the poor to any participation in the choosing of Xasbcrs of Parliament , inasmuch as they ; the poor ; bi eo property to legislate npon . Mr . Peddie also Ircnrrf onTaesd ^ y evening .
XEWCASTliB . —JJr . Btesley lectured in the Chartr . Eill , G ^ at Inn , Cioth-maiket , on Snnday evening , c thr right of the people of Ireland to a Repeal cf the Iz 2 ca , if they wished it , and the prapriety cf the Qsrtlsts jcinirg the Repealers for such a Repeal , in crjaisctijn with their own agitation for the Cn&rtez . — £ i B . was loudly cheered " throughout his lectors , c-i ecschided by communicating a suggestion of the Cirdsts of South Shields and Sunderland , to hold a arc meeting in the district on an early Snnday , if it i : _ lu meet the approbation of the Chartists of Xew-St ^ i and neighbourhood ; after which , Mr . Johnstone trd and Mr . Frszir seconded the fellowing
resolufcs , which was agreed to unaniiBOUsly , " That in the cpricn of this meedeg it is a duty imperative upon Era ? true friend of liberty to render all the assisttsec is their power io an honest Chartist ; and betsYu . g Mr . Samuel Kyii , of South Shields , to be a man oscrriEg tke support of the Chartist body , we do renwtfuHy rt ^ aest Mr . Wm . Bresley to announce peb-Edj , & * . all the lectures h * deii-sers in Shields and its Tir ' Tiity , that Mr . Kydd a whole hog Chartist has n-izt-i a shop in >* a 26 , BarriEgton-street , South Siiidi . foi the sale of Chartist publications , stationery , ii ^ sd th » : he is worthy © f the support of every good Bi caprt jadiced Chartist . "
Tee Chastists of Newcastle and Giteshead held 2 si weekly business meeting on Monday evening Mr . Tcsxe in the chair . The minutes of the prcvioos »^ - ; having been read and confirmed , the suggestion rf ± e Chartists of Snndertand and Shirfd * was taken ha consideration , respecting a district camp meeting , ¦ riaslie following resolutions were agrved to . Moved by Mr- Smitfc , seconded by Mr . Collins—" That we , bsQanists of Newcastle and G-atesbead , heartily concr wii the suggestions of the Chartist of South £ i 5 £ s and Sunderland of getting up a camp meeting "a in the district , and believe ^ ewcastie Town -ay tc be a very suitable and central place for it to kfctU . " Moved by Mr . Macfirlane , seconded by Mr .
£ sbs >— " Tha-t W * meeting are of opinion that the tticj&ttd camp meetic ? should be held at the most KCTement time for Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., and the Her . Wm . Hill to attend , and that a public invitation be gives to those gentlemen respectively , requesting tbei company on that occasion . " Moved by Mr . Sinter , seconded by Mr . Colli-is—** That a snbtciplion be umardiaifcly set a-going to raise funds to meet our Ate of its fcxpencts of such camp meeting , and that ^ t Smith be appointed treasnrer to that fnnd . Carried , ai several subscriptions banded to the treasurer . A Passion then took place respecting getting ni » a pctiic meeting to petition the Government on behalf of C » pat , KkhardB , ii
HeSiaclaie has received the following sums for & Cickbum , for whieh Mr . C returns his most sincere thiks : — a , d . lie m = 2 of Blaydcn , per Mr . James Smith 2 -J . ] Hat * honest men cear Alnwick , whom tyranny forbids to be named ... ... 3 0 Hi G . M ., V eweastie 0 5 It- Sloeisir , C 5 , High Bridge , will be happy to receive xc ; donations which the we-l-disposed portion of the e&mtmity may feel inclined to contribute to this illssrf patriot , &r ; d as the cantributors will see that every J" ^ 2 J which Sinclair has received for Mr . C has been tojsci- o ^^ gfcd iathe Star ; he pledges himself to ^^ tisae the same course for the satisfaction cf tLe ™ 6 HL Mr . Sinclair has also received sixpence for the ft £ 5 ee Fund , from a person whose name be forgets .
CARLiSTjg . —iapoETAM Public Meeting in sihalp op Cooper , Kichards , a > d Capper—On Hosasy evecing last a public meeting was cai . ed to «« pice in the Bull-ring , Caldewgate ; bat in conse-9 aSic 8 of the insufficiency of the notice , a smaller Earn-*^ usembled than would haTe been the case , had the ^ tr&sbctnniore generally known , so that those as ^ b fed retired to ilos ^ 's machine room . Mr . Jusrph « £ hsrdson was uEanimously called to the cLair , who , ^ stating the tb joct of the meeting , called on Mr . « iame Hir ^ on , -wbo g ^^ they tad bc * n called together fc peaSon ths House of Commons in behalf of Cooper ^ f others , who , it appeared were suffering peat fcard-* fcp « £ Ed indignities in Stafford Ckn !; bus it won ! 3 be F c Pato rtad them the facts as set forth in a leading in the rn of
^ de SoriheStar last Saturday . OJr . Jlsa * oa htrc read the article alluded to ; . It was in c ^* q 2 £ i ! ce of these facts that the meeting bad been *^» * Bd he deeply regretted that through the neg-« stof the perscts calling the meeting , it was cot bo large " « casfcrwis ! would have been . It was highly neces-* J flat the people should do their duty towards these ^ . " » ho were now suffering fur having boldly and ** j »* Jy proclaimed the trutts of the Chaner . When ** ^ cnd men of splendid talents lite Cocper , coming " ¦ "faid and bimlng the eneHiies of mankind by tfceir «« 2 ch : Eg honesty , surely we ought to respect and ^ tKs nrh men , and do all in our power to mitignte ^ r nScrings . Cooper and Richards had proclaimed " ^ -pfttdnlea in the vorv t « -- > i nf instice . and now
»« n they 7 , ^ sufferinE , it iB the duty of the people ~« fctt thtmselves in their behalf , if they did s . t , these ~ * ould assuredly perish and become lJfce poor ^ J ^ on aid Hoiberry , victims to misrule and tyranny . J ~* P ^ P ^ e must compel the Government to relax i- its r ^ - ^ -rta-. Mr . H . next alluded to the tone of the j ^ -s ^ tas put font by the Date of Wellington and 1 * - ^ ' m Te&ri to the Irish peorle , who It apr ~** . they were determined to cruih . If they euc-^« in trampling £ own tfee Irish people , it would be ajR nuiieant of whst ¦»»« in ct ^ rp for EijiiEhmtn . of
a u- ^ w tniiuna Government , he voula Y ^ v m an ^ S ' -ract from the yation newspsper , Tj S ^ -L appeared in the Slar of last watk , vz the y ^ - gami ng £ !!„ ; Hcr Mr . H ^ ason read the ar-<^ *^ : eh sut ^ ( j » nia ^ e a detp impression on SSi * ^* ° ^ prtScEt ; Mr . Hinson coEclua .-. a Tery ^¦ 5 -cd £ p = tch by ao-: n ; the lisHo-aire resolnticn : — J&i-T * t T * ILHr - - -5 c- - rsiJtr tLe sect-Lets p ^ -cd upon ^ t . tiic ^ ras , Thomas Cvop . r , tti J b ^ L Ci per . f--i tv "' , ^ ' - ^ ic ^ sijrily stv- re , ccnii . ' -iisi : th--- n ^ ure ci c ^ lV . r ^" - - -a "' " - T- * rr ite cirrumr . ir-c , th-. j ££ ¦ ¦ _ .. * ? ** " " '—" --- " ; - ¦ ' ^ H ' . ; .. ; laT ^ Z * y lO " 1 : i * T =-: ' - --~~~~~ ~~ z : -7 ' -- " - ^ £ l-. ^ rcd to tnd thtlr € 7 n i \ ^ a , ^ a J
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tenrg the use of books and writing materials . This f ^ ^ Telearned > ^ tt feeling , of alarm andindig . nataon , of the unjust and cruel treatment to which the said John Richards , Thomas Cooper , and Joseph Cappur are being subjected by the visiting magistrates of Stkfford gaol , who are causing them to be treated like common felony and denying them those privileges which political offenders have always hitherto enjoyed . This meeting , therefore , deem it to be their bounden duty , as Englishmen Md lovers of libeity , to petition Parliament immediately in their behalf . " The resolution was seconded by Mr . James OTfeU , and carried unanimously . Mr . Bowman moved and Mr . Moocey seconded the ^ ollowing petition , which was adopted : — To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled .
The Petition of a considerable number of the Inhabitants of the City of Carlisle , in public meeting assembled , May 22 nd , 1843 : — Shxweth , —That your petitieners have learned with feelings of considerable alarm and deep regret the -very severe sentences which have been passed on John Richards , Thomas Cooper , and Joseph Capper , who ware found guilty on charges of sedition , preferred against them at the late Special Commission and Asrzes held at Stafford , and sentenced at the said Special Commission and in the Court of Qaeen ' s Be :: ch , —the former to Twelve Months , and the two latter to Two Tears imprisonment each in Stafford QaoL
That the feelings of your petitioners have been rendered still more acute on learning the painful intelligence that the severity of the sentences to which your petitioners have alluded has been greatly aggravated by the uDjustly severe prison discipline to which tbe said John Richards , Thomas Cooper , and Joseph Capper are beinp most cruelly subjected by the Visiting Magistrates of Stafford Gaol , who are causing them to be treated like common felons , by only allowing them poor and scanty diet , consisting of coarBe mixed meal bread with their Ekilly , and some few potatoes , half of which are rotten . No animal food ; no sonp ; nor anything else being allowed . Refusing them Lhe liberty of finding their own
provisions and having the nse of books and writing materials . That the said Visiting Magistrates have been respectfully memorializad by Thomas Cooper , for permission to find his own food , and to have books ami writing materials allowed him ; a request which your petitioners consider ought to have been granted , considering the nature of his crime ; and the manner in which similar political offenders , bad been treated in former times -, but which has been positively refused . That your petitioners feel convinced , from the advanced ages of Richards and Capper , and the undermined constitution of Cooper , that if such sfcvere and cruel treatment , be continned , it will soon consign them into premature graves .
Under these circumstances , your petitioners earnestly implore your Honourable House , as you respect the constitutional rights , and vaine the liberties of Englishmen , ts institute an immediate and starching enquiry into the truth of the foregoing allegations ; and if found correct , to take prompt and vigorous steps towards the removal , or at least , considerable modification of such cruel and unjust treatment . And yonr petitioners , as in doty bound , will ever pray . Signed , on behalf of the meeting , Joseph Richardson , Chairman
It was then agreed to invite the Rev . Wm . Hill , to Carlisle , should he not be imprisoned . A vote of thanks was then given to the ChairmaD , and the meeting separated . The Council agreed to Bend £ l to Mr . Cleave for the Defence Fund .
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OPINIONS OF THE IRISH -NEWSPAPERS PROGRESS OF REPEAL . We have jn = S received our special report of the Repeal demonstration at Charleville , and cheerfully put aside other matter to make 100 m for its insertion The numbers that congre 2 ated were greater than at any of the former meetings , but the same spirit pervaded and guided the councils of all . The thousands whom Peel " s threat rather . d rour : d the standard of Repeal on thi 3 occasion , were almost beyond computation , yet peace , and sobriety , and order , was uniTeraaUy prevalent
The period at which we received the report precludes the possibility of our making any comments on tbe proceedings , yet we cannot avoid congratulating the people c-f Ireland on the onward progress of the national cacss , of which this meeting is but a symptom . By peace , lias the cause been brought to its present prond pasiticn—by our &rm resolve not to be forced by intimidation to violate the law , or » ounUnance any outrage , we have already struck terror inio the hearts of our enemies . The roar at cannon was never more terrible to a besieged fortress , than is the cry of peace to Peel . He threatened to coerce , that he might drive us to crime . He would have coerced ere this , had not Ireland at once proclaimed her unalterable determination n * t to resort to force , but , firmly standing on the constitution , to contend only with such weapons as it provided—at the same time , declaring their determination to part with those weapons only with their lives .
In tbe glenous demonstration at Chafleville , we have sn evideccj of the benefits to be derived from prucent councils and bold resolve . Had we not coerced Ped by peace , he would now be coercing us with the sword . Ltt the tame feeling be observed , and this , the first retreat of the minister , will be but as the prelude to the final discomfiture of all our foes In p ^ ace lies our strength- In it , too , lies England ' s weakness . The peop ' e that cannot be bullied into violence , are no : to be bayoneted into submission . England knows this ; already have her depreciated funds borne testimosy to its truth . Peel , hardly yet
recovered from tbe shock he received , in tbe announcement of our determination never to yield , now offers conciliation . Tbe English mortgagees tremble for th * ir Irish intere ^ :, and Wellington hints at a compromise-, but our motto is , henceforth—Xo surrender . The game is now in our hands—liberty is within our grasp —and if we have but the determination not to be terrorised into crime , or violence , or outrage , its possessio-i will soon reward our struggle . By peace we have already had one great victory—we have bought those , who " ut yesterday threatened to offer termsby c ? ntiDned peace , we will force ^ them to yield our rights . —F ree man .
The Repeal movement jirogresaes , and it is quite evident the Government knows not what course to take . To proclaim down tbe Repealers—to prevent men peaceably , discussing the necessity of repealing an Act cf Parliament , which is felt to be ruinous to Ireland , is a measure which the Minitters are afraid to adopt . To depriva the country of this vestige of constitutional freedom—\ o rule it by bayonets and the gallows would be a" hazardous experiment , aod a very costly one . Civil war would be tbe inevitable result , and we all know that Canada , after a civil war , has partly gained the object she sought . " The undertakers , " sharking
lawyers and bigots , have succeeded in forcing upon Sir Robert Peel his " chief difficulty . " Lord De Grey wcu ! d have it so : and in thus acting , as we shall hereafter prove , has displayed the greatest inconsistency . Sir R . Peel may now throw aside his moderation and impartiality , as the policy of Lord De Grey will compel him to resign , or oblige him to rely for support upon the violent " expiring faction" of Lord Stanley . Already the glove has been thrown down , and beho ' . d how a shining light of " the fourth estate , " tha Xewr y Telejraph , threatens to thrust tbe Premier fruin bis fctool : —
"In the event spoken of , we feel persuaded Tyrone will do its duty : and we know that the movement commenced in that loyal county will . be promptly followed up . We trust , however , no such circumstances will arise as these hinted at The Government will not , we hope and brlieve , he backward in taking the coarse to which wisdom and prudence direct See the conversations in both Houses of Parliament , on Monlay ; the observations of Lord Broueiam , in particular . We look foT a practical hint from Dublin Castle , such as Lord Brougham suggested . If the Gavernment " r > « no sign , " but allow agitators to have their own way , why , then—riBter to the rescue ! We shall once mo > e summon the loyalhearted to their post ; sad we know the call will be neither unheard nor unanswered . "
This is a fail warning to Sir Robert , End should he not immediately do something vigorous—as , for fxatnple , prostrating Conciliation Hall , or incarcerating the whole Catholic hierarchy "f ? -- '; r .-.:- ~ why , then , the influential gendemaa of the Srit-y Te ' t-jraph will "issue his summons . '' Our respected contemporary , the Londonderry Standard , is still more warlike in its tone , and we should suppose , from this dread blast , that when the weather becomes more genial , we may hope for the pleasure of seeing tbe editor and his " couple of millions '" of fighting men bivouacking in the metropolis : —
" Yes—the men of Dferry , Antrim , Down , Tyrone , and Fermanagh are still able , still willing , to prove their loyalty in the field , if need be , against tbe traitors who endeavour to destroy the integrity cf the British empire . A few miserable creatures who daie not live any longer in TJUter , but who have still the audacity to call tbemBelves " Northern Protestants , " may be found in OConnell ' s ranks , invading their birth-place with trie horrors of civil war , but there are a couple of millions still remaining who enly desire the Qaeen ' s laissez faire to maintain the Union against all rebels , whatever their creed or latitude . " These are , at all events , brave words—but mark how " softly sweet" the Times , yea , the " Thunderer , " cbauuts upon the same theme .
u yrry different was the spirit in wbich the speech of Lord Brousbam was conceived , who appeared to be actuated chitfly by a rankling recollection of the many harsh epithets applied by Mr . O'Connell to himself and his former colleagues— ' the paluy Whig faction , " ' the craelest enemies of Ireland , " 4 c . it fo prove the impropriety of such lai ^ usze he pave the Government ¦ wba v we must venture- to think the worst of all possible - dvicc-, and such as be hicscif would have been the Srs * . to bV . rmf . Vz .: -a fur ^ er day * : ' It was the duty of : te ~ G ¦ v-n . ment to resit-re tL > . 3 e magistrates from the e ^ = i - " is :-- " v ! . o stt-ncra v't-vain meetings , * s Lord P'Tini * V . H - ^ ttn be stv- ;\ Mr . Batier out of the list cf L : 4 uty- ]; , nteE 2 nts . If they chose to attend such
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meetin ; s , let them give up their office . It had been said , « empley conciliation and reasen ;' but it was clear that , in an assembly of 20 , 000 men , reason was not likely to be beaTd . The example cited is most unfortunate ; for this Mr . Batier , whom Lord Plunket dismissed , was for that very reason , and no other , returned to Parliament at the next election . His dismissal elevated him to the dignity of a martyr ; and marie his advocacy ( what it never was before ) a source of moral strength to the cause which he advocated . Such will be the result of all similar measures ; and we trust that Lord De Grey will be careful how he foliows in this respect the suggestions of those who have studied the art of tyranny in its most unblushing school—the Bcbool of Liberalism . Lord Brougham may affect to despise the conciliation ; but the people ef the United
Kingdom are firmly convinced that it is a far better thing to conciliate by repealing bad laws , than to pour troops into Ireland for the purpose of carrying out those bad laws , when they cannot be executed except at the bayonet ' s point . It is a lamentable feature in the Irish policy of tbe present Government tnot to Bay their English policy also ) , that , having spent ten years in successfully persuading the people that a Whig Gov « rnmeni was the worst of all possible evils , they now use the power Jfrom which they have dislodged the Whies as if the maintenance of the VVhi ? principles and Wuig measures were the sole and sufficient ohjecJ of their political existence V Then we must not spill blood , and our ' Two millions of Ulster fighting men" may turn their spears into ploughshares . This is really too bad . — World .
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for tbe police , who were thus beleagured in the station-house . During the absence of the mob from the Oldham-road Station House , a considerable number of the night policemen arrived , and on a second or third attack being made on tho building , those men , to the number of about thirty , made two or three sorties , in each of which they succeeded in capturing several soldiers and others . One ringleader in the mob , a cjvilipn , was subsequently pointed out to the police by Mr . Smith , surgeon , and they apprehended
this fellow . In these sallies , they captured altogether ten soldiers , all of whom , we believe , are privates in the loch regiment . Their names are Wm . Gill , Wm . Woolridge , John Veiinard , John Capley , Ldward Holmes , Michael Higgins , Robert Soott , John Connor , Charles Gill , and Patrick M'Donald . They also took five men and three women , who were very riotous and prominent in the crowd . Their names are James Shepherd , Robert Gaskell , Joseph Pepper , James Smith , and John Heap ; Ann Middleton , Charlotte Ling , and Mary Lomas . Willis
Captain , chief constable , and Mr . Beswick , chief superintendent of police , arrived at the station-house a little before six o'clook , together with superintendent Sawley , and a large body of the police . A picket of the 15 ' . h regiment , under the command of an , officer , we believe a captain , also arrived , and took up their stand outside tho door of the station , in Oldham-road . At least two of the privates in this pickot were heard by the police to use very offensive and insubordinate language , and this was very properly reported to the general in command of the district , when he arrived . James Kershaw , Esq ., the mayor , and Daniel Maude , Esq ., stipendiary magistrate , were on the spot before six o ' clock ; the Town Clerk was also there . Col . Wemyss , assistant adjutant-general of the northern district , arrived at the station-house about a quarter past seven ; and General Sir Thos . Arbuthnot , the general in command of the district , arrived there about half-past seven .
Snortly after the arrival of Captain Willis , Mr . Beswick and the police , portions of the mob and some soldiers proceeded in various directions ; and information being brought to the station that they were again attacking policemen in thu streets , the Mayor , with Captain Willi « , Superintendent Sawley , and a party of police , proceeded in quest of the rioters . On their passing tho ; Tib-street barracks , where the 15 th are stationed , the soldiers about the gate and from the windows of the building , hooted at them , and hurled btones , juas , and other missiles from the
windows at tho police , notwithstanding that two officers of the regiment were standing in the doorway during the display of disorder and insubordination . On this display being made , Captain Willis immediately halted his men in front of the barracks , but no further demonstration was made . The police force , under Capt . Willis and Superintendent Stephenson , then acourod the streets in Bearch of rioters , and they overtook some soldiers in Jersey-street , and captured them , but at the request of Major Smith , the commanding officer , they wero set at liberty again on condition of returning to the barrack .
We believe , that on the arrival of Colonel Wemyss at the station-house , Caotain Smith preferred a complaint to him that the police had apprehended soldiers after the disturbance was over ; but Colonel Wemyss expressed his opinion that the police had only done their duty . The Mayor , attended by Mr . Beswick and a party of police , procsedod to Atherton ' s beer-shop , Bengal-street , to search for soldiers , as that was the place in which the first , disorder had occurred . The police searched the house , but the soldiers had previously made their escape . Wo understand that Mr . Atherton behaved with great insolence to the authorities .
While this was the state of things at the Oldham Road station , one party of the rioters proceeded to the Kirby-streot police station-house . New Islington , where , having no information of their intentions , the police were not prepared for them ; and , the door being open , they rushed into tho office , and attacked the police there . Inspector Lipsett was knocked down and severely beaten and kicked , and all tho policemen in the office were beaten and otherwise ill-u ^ ed . One of them , named Burgess , was so severely injured , that it was necessary to convey him to the Manchester Royal Infirmary . We understand that Inspector Lipsett is now lying at the station-house very much injured , his face especially being much contused and disfigured by the blows
and kicks he received . On information of this outrage being conveyed to the Oldham Road Station , about a quarter past six o ' clock , Superintendant Cochrane , with twenty of the police force proceeded thither with all speed , and pursued the rioters by Pollard-street into Great Ancoats-street and then to New Cross , and chased a party of them through Spear-street and other narrow streets to Dean-street , Great Ancoats-street , and down Portstreet , where five soldiers , finding themselves hotly pursued , ran into a coal-yard and actually jumped into the filth of a petty , whero the police captured them . A mob soon collected to rescue the prisoners , but tho polioe by sallies drovo them back , got the gates of the yard locked , and put " snaps" on
the writs of their prisoners to secure thorn . A number of constables outside guarded the gates , while others remained within in charge of the prisoners , from one of whom was taken a largo , thick knotted stick or bludgeon , covered with blood . One of tho soldier ' s sidc-btin was also covered with blood . About this time Mr . Beswick , hearing that a soldier had secreted himself in Mr . Lomax's eejg shop , corner of Dean-street , Ancoafs , proceeded thither in a coach and apprehended him there . The coach was then driven to the coal yard , under an escort of military . On tho mob seeing the soldiers , whom they supposed were coming to rescue tho prisoners ,
they renewed their assault on the police , but were driven back , and on finding their mistake they at length dispersed . The prisoners were all put into the coach , and conveyed , under an escort of the ) 5 : h regiment , to the police-office , Town Hail . On their way , in Port-Btreet , a civilian named Bolan , who was a little behind the escort , threw a stone at the police , and was immediately apprehended and conveyed with the others to the police-office . Tho names of the five soldiers apprehended in the coalyard are , Edward Woodhouse , Thomas Bell , Wm . Harding , John Thompson , Joseph Collett , and Daniel Vaughaa .
About half-past six o ' clock , Inspector Green was despatched from the Oldham-Road station , in a coach , to obtain the attendance of a body of the 2 d Royal Dragoons , now in the cavalry b ^ rrack , Hulme . While going alon # Oldham-street , he observed a large mob of disorderly people , probably from a thousand to fifteen hundred in number , going towards Piccadilly . They were headed by nine soldiers in a state of intoxication , and were armed with bludgeon ? , and ( what particularly attracted his attention ) with fomo of tho staves , both painted and unpainted , which were delivered to the individuals sworn in as special constables during the riots of August last . About forty of tho mounted dragoons , under the command of an officer , arrived at the Oldham Road station about seven o ' clock , and were subsequently reinforced by a much larger number . They kept the street for some time , considerable crowds being assembled in the neighbourhood , though every thing was peaceable at that time .
We have stated that General Sir Thomas Arbuthnot arrived at tho Oldham Road station-house about half-past seven o ' clock . Immediately on his arrival he had a short conference with Major Smith , and with the Mayor and civil authorities . At this time the picket ot the 15 th were drawn up within the station-house , and the general came up to them , i and addressed them in the strongest terms of repre-; hension , something to the following effect : — " Men , I am quite ashamed of you , and I am determined : to make a most severe example of every one that is proved to have taken any part in this business . You men who were not concerned must have known of ! this . I am quite ashamed of you . Make them ! ' Stand at attention / every man of them . You soldiers are sent here to assist in keeping the ciyil peace of the country , and you are breaking the peace . " Inspector Robinson , of the police , having complained that he had heard one of the !
picket , whom he could identify , use threatening language , the general was informed of this , and he directed that Robinson should point out the raah . He did so , and Sir Thomas ordered the soldier ' s arms and belt to be taken off , and the man to bo placed in military arrest . A policeman named Burn 9 or Byrne preferred a similar charge against a second soldier of the picket , whom he also identified ; and , by the orders of the general , he too was disarmed and arrested . The latter , it appeared , had previously been reported by the puliceman , both to the captain and Major Smith , but he was not put under arrest until the general ordered it . This having befn do . , Sir Tnomas Arbuthno * directed the Major to take down tho name * of the soldiers , and of the policemen preferring tho charges , with the nature of the charges themselves ; and accordingly the following examination took place , the questions being put by Major VV . R . Brudeuell
Smith . ( To the police-inspector ) : What is your name ? John Robinson . —Do you know the man ! Yes , sir ; I have just pointed him out in the picket , and he has been disarmed . —( To the soldier , after Robinson again identified him ) : What ia ycur name \ James Bullock , sir , regular , number 1 O " 9 L—( To the policeinspector ) : What did you hear h . m s-ay \ He said , " Bloody dogs ! they nearly killed two of our men ; last night ; bat I wish we had five minutes' firing at them . "—Well , Bullock , what have you to say ? I never spoke a word at all , sir ; my comrades , Gco . Flack and John Neville , were alongside mo at the ' time ; ask them . —The Major : Flack , did you hear \ & word , on yotfr oath , before your Saviour 1 ' Flick : I will swear I did not hear him . —Did he |
! say so ? ho , sir ; he did not . —Neville , diu you hear him ? No , sir , 1 did not . —Will you sweur that j he did not say so ? I can v-wear that 1 did not hear : him i > py so —But . where were you fctandin « ? I was ; at aiffemu pliic-Pt " . —But were yt > u near him at that ! ticie ' I was near him at 0113 tiaie . —Oh , thea you , know nothing a . > ail about , if . : Tin ; ucx : -va : i : was then tak . 'n , and the major askM I police constable Michael Bum ? , Is this the taau {
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Yes ; I can swear it . —What did he say \ I heard him say that we did not get half enough of it . —Soldier , what ' s your name ! Tracy , No . 591 . —( To the policeman ) : Anything else ? Yrs , sir ; that we did not get half enough of it , and that we should get more . I told him that we had enough to contend with , and that he ought not to make any remarks , and then he said that they ( meaning himself and tho men with him ) were a prettyipicket that they did not skiver us . ( To the soldier ) : Have you got anything to say ? Yes ; I never told him so ; ho said we had better go away . —Burns ; It is not very likely thn I should tell a man who is here for our protection to go away . —Tracy : No such words came from my lips . A comrade named Peter Glen was next called . Where were you ? He Jwas on my
right . —The Major : Then you must have heard everything he said ? Now , be positive ; you'll have to swear to everything you say now on oath . Did you hear everything he said ? Yes , sir ; he said nothing whatever , sir , of any consequence . —What did he say ? He was grumbling about us beiug standing in the wet , and this man [ the policeman ] told him he had better not say anything . —Grumbling ? What did he say ? What he said , as near as I can guess , was , " D n and the whole row . " As near as I can guess , he cursed the row . That was all the words that passed between them ? Yes , sir . —You positively can swear that on your oath ? Yes . —Did he make use of any other language 1 No , sir . —Take them back , and let them be put in confinement .
About half-past nine or a , quarter to ten o ' clock all the prisoners were conveyed from the Oldham-road Station to the New Bailey , under an escort of the 2 nd Royal Dragoons . About that time all the cavalry returned to their barrack : a strong party of the 15 th Foot remaining within the station at night . At a quarter-past ten all was peaceable , and no further disturbance was apprehended , as all the soldiers were either within their barrack or in custody . Upon inquiring at the Infirmary , at nine o ' clock last night , we learned that the parties who had been conveyed there in consequence of injuries received during the outrage , were William Burgess , a police constable , and John Byrne , a labourer , of Bengalstreet . The latter was said to be insensible , but we are unable to ascertain the exact nature of the injuries that either of them had received .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS-Wednesday , Mat 17 . The Speaker entered the House at the usual hour , but there being only eighteen Members present , an adjournment took place till Thursday .
Thursday , Mat 18 . Some lime was spent in the presentation of petitions , and in obtaining replies from Government on different questions . Mr . Sharman Crawford then rose to move , pursuant to notice , tor leave to bring in a Bill to secure the full representation of the people , and to shorten the duration of Parliament . He supported hi 3 motion by historical precedent , as well as general reasoning ; admitted the great damage which had been done to 1 he cause by the violent and imprudent conduct of the Chartists ; alluded to the
coincidence of his opinions with those which had been advocated by the Duke of Richmond upwards of sixty years ago ; and pleaded that the changes which he sought constituted not revolution but real reform , by restoring to the people their just rights , and giving them thereby effectual controul over the abuses and extravagancies both of legislation and executive government . His plan is for Annual Parliaments , extension of the Suffrage to every sane man of twenty-one years of age , with other changes analagous to what are called the five or six points of the- Charter .
Mr . Williams seconded the motion . The Reform Bill , he said , had been' insufficient for its objects . The country was now governed by the same Ministers , and on the same principles , and at the same or a greater expense , as before the Reform Bill . Seata in Parliament were bought and Bold now as thenonly that now , instead of paying patrons , you paid little knots of corrupt electors . Those who thus obtained the seats sought only how to get something for their money . All the acts of the House went in direct opposition to the desires of the people , whose condition was now worse than ever . Theje were at this moment five borough 3 , returning ten members , by 1 , 088 persons in all . The only way to save the country from a great convulsion was a timely reform in tho representation . Mr . Cdrteis declared himself in favour of the ballo
and triennial Parliaments . He supported this motion in some degree from curiosity , to see how tbe proposed remedies could be worked out . Mr . Fielden said , that among the people there was a want of confidence in the House . That reason had been assigned by Lord J . Russell as a ground for his Reform Bill , and why was it not an equally good ground for this motion ? The charges on the people were increased in England , and in Ireland thero had been a coercion bill and a poor law . Twenty millions had been given to slave proprietors , who had no right to a shilling . There would be no
good till the people had the choosing of those who were to make the laws . At present , the House of Commons spurned the people like dogs when they applied for any redress of their grievances ; and the responsibility of tuch conduct wag become so heavy , that it was no longer worth the while of a man to Bit in the House of Commons . The House had lost the respect of the people , and therefore it was that they had ceased to petition . There was the Cora Law ; no one could support that , on any principle of justice . It would not be possible to go oh long with these modes of governing .
Mr . Waed thought it would be a benefit to the House to have a certain infusion of the working classes , and held it his bounden duty to supporS this motion . Let any man analyse the division list of last Monday , and he would see that more than threefourths of the majority belonged to classes interested in the vote they gave . He would not go so far as to admit Universal Suffrage ; but ho did think the franchise might b 8 much further extended . of
General Johxsow thought the Hous ^ Commons a great deal wor . se now than it was before the Reform Act . The Whig Ministers had boasted that they had put down the Chartists ; but the fact , on the contrary , w . ts that the Chartists had doubled their numbers . The people were determined not to rest satisfied with the present constitution of Parliament . Ho complained of the pressure of the income-tax . Nobody who was not content that Parliamei / , should remain unahered ought to oppose this motic n .
Mr . Ros :, said he could not conscientiously vote for this motion ; se monstrous were the doctrines which he had heard avowed in some of the manufacturing districts , and with which the success of this motion would tend to deluge the House . But , as ho did not approve the present system , he would not vote at all . Sir R . Peel animadverted on tho inconsistency of Mr . Rosa ' s course , and considered himself to be treating the motion and the mover more respectfully , by a fair avowal of his intention to oppose them . Every one of tho topics embraced in the scheme of the mover would take a debate by itself , and he , therefore , must decline any lengthened discussion on a proposal combining them all . He would sayhowever , that if every individual had an
, abstract right to an equal voice , he could not understand bow the continuance of a House of Lord 3 should be tolerated . According to most of the speeches in this debate , there was v-.-ry little encouragement to proceed with reform ; indeed , after so many opinions pronouncing the unreformed Parliament to have been a great deal better than tha lic / yrmed , the natural conclusion seemed rather to be that we ought to repeal the Reform Bill and re-enact the old constitution . He reviewed Mr Fieliien's enumeration of grievances , demonstrating that they were unconnected with the Constitution of Parliament , and declared his conviction that the plan of the mover would bfl foand in practice altogether incompatible with the existing constitution .
Mr . T . Duncombe had never b"ard , among the working clashes , the monstrous doctrines attributed to them by Mr . Ross . All they wanted was equality of political rights , and to that they were entitled . Observing upon the absence of the Whigs from this debate , he said it was no business of his to apoljgise for them ; but he supposed that as Sir Robert Peel had adopted their doctrines of free trade , they thought they might safety trust him with their doctrines of finality . He agreed that the reformed House of Commons had done little
enough for the country . The chief ameliorations had been made by the unreformed PasHameut—the Roman Catholic iieiief Bill , the repeal of tho Test Act , nay , the Reform Bill itself . The only great thing done by the Reformed Parliament was the slave emancipation ; but theu it was very easy to do great tilings with 20 , 000 , 000 01 money . For half that price he would eveu undertake to bring over the country gentlemen , un the question of tbe corn law . Dr . Bowring contended for universal suffrage . the
Mr . Mu . ntz fc ^ id a word s about currency , and , as to this motion , expressed his conviction that if the people's condition were made more comfortable , they would not trouble themselves about politics . Mr . Ferrand complained of tha hardships inflicted' on the working classes by the truck system and the Pour Law . Mr . -STANSFiM . u believed that the extension of the suffrage would tend to increase the influence of the higher classes . Ho regretted that ho could not support this plan . Lord John Manners opposed the motion . He believed tnat in proportion as political power , was extended ro the people , their physical and mjral state was deteriorated . After a few worrfs from Mr . Thelaw . ney ,
Sir Waltkr Jamks observed upon tho utter failure of that Reiorm Bill which had been carried by means of so inuch gro > s delusion upon the p ; bple . To render this House more democratical than it now was , would be to reproduce the mischievous stite of things which existed under th . 3 late Minis'ry , whose bills on so many important subjects were passed by the Commons and r .-jewted by the Lords ; and it would reouce the Sovereign to the position of a mere first magistrate . He thought , however , that the wealthier ranks ought to make largo sacrifices in which he was very willing to share . During the war , the working people were much relieved by the o ^ eration of the paper currency , which tended to bhift the weight of taxation upon the shoulders of the rich .
Mr .. Hindlsy was indignant to hear a profession of solicitude for the working classes from members who supported the present Poor Law . He did not think that John and Henry had a right to make laws , and call on James and William to obey them . Mr . Crawford replied , and the House divided-Fur the motion 32 AgainsVit lol Majority against it 69 Mr . Rosbuck then moved a resolution , in disapproval 0 ! ' any plan of National Education rv . at should attempt to inculcate peculiar reli ^ 'ous opinions . This led to a debate , in which Sir Jame = Gra um Mr . Shiel , Mr . . \ L Milnes , Mr . Hawe 3 , Sir K . H . Inglis , and Mr . Ewart took part . After \ vh ch the House dividwi—For the motion w . 60 At ; ains « it 155 Majority c ^
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THE WESTMEATH MEETING . The high and manly tone taken by O'Connell on Thursday in reference to Peel ' s puling threats has been nobly responded to by the country . The eounter-declaration which he , on that occasion , nttered on behalf of Ireland was worthy of the cause , and the loud and hearty response which it has met from all partB of the country proves the nation whose cause ho pleads to be worthy of the advocate . Westmeath met on Sunday . It was the firBt county that met Bince the m : inifesto of Peel and the counternianlfesto of O'Connell . The eyes ot " all were turned towards Mullingar . England watched with feverish anxiety—Peel trembled for the result—while Ireland alone , confident in the prudence and determination of her sons , awaited the trial with a coolness which tbe result Bmply jnstifled . Mullingar has passed nobly through the ordeal , and has given a tonj to
Ireland that it would bd well the cabinet of England had not evoked , or having evoked by a falsa step , should prudently refrain from urging forward too precipitately . Never was greater enthusiasm evinced by any people —never was there more of prudent determination and firm resolve manifested by any body of men than by tho tens of thousands who congregated 0 : 1 this occasion to hurl defiance at the enemies of their country . We give in another column an ample report of the proceedings , which will be found to be the most important that has occurred since the comnR-ncenjent of the Repeal acitation , -whether we judge of them by the peculiar period at which thty arrived—by the manly tone of all who took a part , or by the no less glorious than unexpected announcement made hy the Right Rev . Bishop of Ar Jagh—that eVery Catholic Bishop in the kingdom waB friendly to the cause .
What , then , have we to dread from the denunciations of Peel ? The people are firm ; they have not only the countenance , but tbe alvice and instruction of their prelates and their clergy , who teach them obedience to the law and observance of the peace , with as much zeal as . they do the principles of national liberty . The leader is resolved—firm , immovable—good mun are every day joing our ranks—the thorough confidence of the people is becoming more and more apparent in the daily increase of the national funds , and from one end of the land to the other temperance and peace hold undisturbed sway .
We would especially direct the attention of hesitating Repealers to the declarations of tbu venerated Bishop of Meath , that the establishment of a Catholic ascendancy would be looked on by any Irish prelate aa a curse , not a blessing , and that equality was all the Citholic clergy sought for their church , while we call the attention of thsse who think thai the spirit of Repeal can be crushed to the firm and unequivocal declaration of the Bishop of Ardaah , that with the deprivation of life alone would tyranny succeed in severing him from the causa of national liberty . Thus does the cause now stand . The week ' s rent wants but a fraction of seven hundred pounds ; and union , Tesolve , and determination are in tvery hearton every tongue . — Freeman .
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MILITARY OUTRAGE IN MANCHESTER . ( From the Guardian of Wedneiday . ) We regret to have to record a disturbance in this town , which , though fortunately so far unattended with any loss of life , may be productive of most serious consequences , if the spirit of disorder manifested by a nnmber of soldiers , be not promptly quelled . These disturbances arose out of the trifling occurrence of the quarrel of two soldiers , privates in the l . vh regiment of infantry , now lying in the barracks , Tib-street , who were drinking in the beer-shop in Bengal-street , Oldham Road , and after disputing about the repeal of the union , got to blows . Information of this occurrence was conveyed to the Oldham Road police station , about eight o'clock on
Monday evening last , and some of the police were despatched to the beer-shop , which is kept by a man named Atherton . On the police attempting to take the soldiers into ccstody , they , as well as others in the house , commenced an attack on the police , taking off their belts , with which , and { he brass pfates thereon , they struck the police in a furious manner , very severely injuring some of them . The police retired to the station , and being reinforced , apprehended tho soldiers ; while conveying them to the station , a considerable crowd having collected , threw ft number of large Btonca at the police , and also attempted to rescue the prisoners . Ultimately , five soldiers , all of them belonging the 15 th regiment , were apprehended ; and also two men .
whose violence had distinguished them in the mob . The prisoners were brought up at the Borough Court yesterday , before Daniel Maude and C . J . S . Walker , Esqs . when their names wero stated to be William Davis , Daniel Oliver , Alexander Burroughs , Hamilton Hall , and William Tytler , privates in the J 5 : h regiment , and John Bower and John Delaney , civilians . They were charged , tho soldiers with having committed a violent assault on a number of police officers , and the other two men with having assisted in attempting to rescue tho soldiers after they were in custody . Superintendent Stephenson stated the circumstances of the case as we have given them , and his evidence was corroborated by that of Sub-Inspector O'Neile , and other police officers .
1 ! ] j ! Mr . Maude , after conferring for some time with ' his brother magistrate , and with an officer of the lot . h , who was on the bench , said , he thought it was I likely that tbe soldiers would riceive some punish-1 ment on their return to the regiment , but they must be taught that they were not to be permitted to com- j mit such brutal assaults on the peace officers ; and j he would fixe all the prisoners in a penalty of 20 s , each , and in default to be committed for a month . I We understand that the soldiers , in pursuance of ' this conviction , were committed to the New Bailey , j and in the coarse of the day , we believe , some of ! them were released , on the payment of the penalty and we heard that a sergjan * - , who was present , <
j J ' I I said in the hearing of Mr . Walker the turnkey , that there would be & row in the town that ( last ) ; night . j About half-past four o ' clock yesterday afternoon , ; while Captain Willis , ch » et constable , and the super-1 intendents of the borough police were assembled at ' the police-office , To . vn Hall , transacting some business , information was brought to them that the j Boldiers had avowed an intention of taking revenge 1 on the police that evening in different parts of the j town . Captain Willis accordingly gave orders that the numbers of the police at the various posts should : be doubled , and that there should be a reserve force ! at all the station-houses . Superintendent
Stephenson proceeded to the station-house of his ( B ) division , , in Oldham Road , and as it was approaching the ; hour at wbich the night-force assemble , and as he expected no disturbance for several hours , be dismissed all the officers of the day-force except five , and was in the station-house with this small force about a quarter or half-past five o ' clock last evening , when a number of soldiers of the 15 ; h regiment sud-1 denly came out of Poland-street , Bengal-street , j email streets branching off from the main street j ( Oldham Road ) , with a large mob armed with sticks , j and also well provided with stones and other mis- j siles . The police-officers of coarBe , on finding the ' mob coming , closed the window shutters , and fas- J tened the door 3 . The mob , to which the soldiers appeared to act as ringleaders , made a furious attack 1 on the police , first attempting to burst open the front ; door ; but this being purposely constructed of great ; strength resisted their efforts . They next tried to j
get at the lower window , but the Bhutters being ' lined with iron plates , again baffled them . The i rioters , however , soon demolished nearly all the glass 1 in the windows , and even the frames are almost j wholly destroyed . The weapons of destruction were , sticks , bludgeons , stones , bricks , Jtc , and we '< saw one ponderous piece of stone , which must have . been brought to the police , for it was impregnated ] with some metal , apparently iron , bo as to render 1 it a very dangerous missile . Finding they could not ] force an entranee into the station-house the mob , after damaging the building as much as they could , I went away , and commenced attacking iho policemen ' whom they found singly patrolling the streets in their usual beats . One of these , named Bmrns , with difficulty effected his escape , by getting into a house in Olcham-road , and securing the door . Some women in the house assisted him to escapo & . i the back , and the mob , furious at hib escape , broke the windows of ihn house . When the mob had directed
tneir aitentiou r-is-. where , a poiici-ti : aD in Ci ^ i . ^ c was dfcopiichiu to couvey iuformu ' .: uu 1 a :. ¦ -. ¦ p liveoffice of this outrage , and to obtain rcini ' orceuicuts
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ATROCIOUS AND ALARMING OUTRAGE . Manchester , Wednesday . —About eleven o ' clock last night an outrage of a most alarming character was perpetrated in the immediate neighbourhood ot ' this town , by a party of between 300 and 400 persons , ohiefly brick-makers , armed with blunderbusses , guns , pistols , bludgeons , and almost every description of weapon , who in a most savage manner forcibly entered the brick-croft of Messrs . Pauling aud Heufry , with the evident intention of destroying the property , and oither murdering or maiming every one who might oppose their violence . Some dispates which arose betwixt Mr . Pauling aud his workmen , some months ago , led to a turn-out of the brick-makers . Their places were of course supplied by other men , and ever since a system of annoyance and intimidation , accompanied with occasional acts of violence , has been practised towards the new hauds .
The brick-croft , which has been the scene of this outrage , is bituate on the right-hand side of tha Eccles-new-road , about 200 yards beyond the Crosslane toll-bar . It runs for about a quarter of a mile along the side of the road , and is perhaps 100 yards in breadth . Near the centre of the grouud in a coctage , which was occupied by Mr . Ralph Fletcher , the manager and overlooker ; also a stable , and another small building called " the office . " Close to the house are two large kilns of bricks containing about one hundred thousand , which they had just commenced burning . A third kiln , at a little distance , contained about 50 , 000 more . On the night in question them were eleven men on the premises , along with Mr . Fietchcr , who
had been led to apprehend that an attack on them would be made . Two of tin s > . were private watchmen , one , Isaac Lomas , late of the Manchester police , the other a soldier named Peers , who had been discharged from the 3 otli regiment ; the remainder were workmen employed on the ground ; aud about ten o'clock this small force was augmented by Butterworth , one of the Salford beadles , being sent up , on a representation from Mr . Fletcher to Mr . Diggles , the deputy-constable , that danger was apprehended . Thus the whol « force for the defence of the property consisted only of thirteen men , twelve of whom were armed , they having among theta four blunderbusses , five guns , and three brace of pistols . It was about ten minutes after eleven when the
attack was made . Tho parties on the ground were first alarmed by hearing two » uns fired at the top of the croft , the end nearest Manchester . Reports were heard at intervals for ten minutes after , when between 300 and 400 men , all armed , furiously rushed upon the ground , and overspread it ia all directions , trampling down the bricks that were lying in a soft n ate upon the ground , and destroying everything that they could lay their hands on . Scoing the man who belonged to the ground drawn up near the hou ? o , the mob fired upon them—the men returned their fire ; upwards of ten volleys were fired on each side , and the affray lasted fifteen minutes . Tho mob separated themselves into two divisions , one of wuieh stood aloof firing
at the men , as above described , while the other division forced their way into FletcfK-r ' s house . They broke open the door with a large pickaxo , which they had brought with them for the purpose . Having thus obtained an entrance , the house was in a moment filled with the mob , all of whom were armed with guns and pistols . The only persons in the house were Mrs . Fletcher , aud a poor Irish woman , who fad been sheltered , out of charity , for the la t three days . Mrs . Fletcher was on a chair near the bottom of the stairs , and several guns and pistols were immediately presented to her ; she would undoubtedly havo been shot , but one af tl ^ ' m called out— "D—n you , don ' t kill a woman . " She was , however ,
thrown down , her head dasshed against the flags , and afterwards dragged out of the house by her hair . One of the ruffians ran up stairs to look for Fiotcher , and came down exclaiming ' the b y b r is not here ; he's given us the slip . " Mrs . Fletcher was ablo to identify th-s man as Michaol Bagby , commonly called ' Big Mick , " and he was afterwards apprehended on her information . The poor Irishwoman being observed looking at one of the ruffians was also knocked down and ill-treated . They then smashed the furniture to pieces , threw tho bread into the brick-croft , threw a small table upon tho fire , aud afterwards broke into the office adjoining , which they attempted to set on fire ; they aLo carried off some portions of tho furniture .
All this was going on while tbe thirteen men wero engaged outside with the other portion of the mob , who spread themselves over the ground aud attempted to surround Mr . Fletcher's party , but without effect . They were kept off by the continual firing ; indeed , the place was kept in a perfect blazo for upwards of ten minutes . The soldier , one ot the private watchmen , was knocked down and was disabled ; and another of the party fell into a gutter , and his gun getting wet he could render no further service . A portion of tho mob attempted to pull down the newly-raised kilns , but the tiring was too hot for them " , and they were driven off , without doirg much damage there . The whole of the mob at length retreated , those in the house aa well ; and it was
fortunate they did so , for Mr . Fletcher ' s little party had expended their lat . t shot in their gallant defence of the property , and must have been left almost at t ! ie mercy of tho mob . Probably their ammunition was also expended , and hence their precipitate retreat , which was effected at the command of one who appeared to act as their leader . They quitted the croft by tho lower end , and took the road towards Eccles , taking their " killtd aud wounded , " if any , along with them ; but owing to tho raudom firing of the men on both sides , less injury was done than might havo been expected from tne number of shots . Of tho defenders of tho property , only two were seriously wounded , Lomas , the watchman , and tho soldier , and the latter only with the but end of a
guu . As soon as the mob wero faily out of tbe ground , and Mr . Fletcher had ascertained the little injury which his party had suffered , he and Butterworth , the Salford police officer , set out in pursuit of tno mob . After proceeding a little way ou the Ecclearoad , they had halted opposite to TrafLrd parkview ; and Fletcher and Buuerworth , having got behind the hedge , overheard them in the act of counting thtmselves , or calliug over th p roll , from which it appeared they were in six divisions , with leaders to each ; and it seemed they were a great many missing . They then retreated towards Eccles . At Eccles , which
ia &bont a mile and a hslfoff , the county constabulary had heard the firing , and two of them were coming towards the spot ; but being warned that a great number of men were coming along the road well armed , they concealed themselves until the mob had parsed , aud then followed them . When they got to the laue which turns off to Seedley , the mob separated , the greater portion taking the voad , but three wero traced to Eecles and there apprehended . They were not armed , bu ; one of them had his boots full of blood , and was found to have received a wound above his knee , and the boots of another , who was not wounded , corresponded with impressions leff in the clay in the brick grouud .
Jnt ' 01 r . i ^ tion was speecily oonveyed to the Salford poUc- ' . oiiico . A party of officers was soon oa the spu ) C , and by ( heir exertions two more prisoners wero H-cured . This morning seven prisoners were brought before tht nu ^ iriraies at the New Bailey , charged with hi . nig taken part in the attack , but were all retn&ntk-d . T .. y polioe are on the look out for others of the turuoiKs , cany of whom , it i ^ ? tispccv . 0 . were wy-. mu ' cd , an « . i vfii ! bu traced without j- . ucj ' i ditiiini ' . y .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 27, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct804/page/5/
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