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Uorough of Xiceas , m the county ot rorK , will In hulden before Thomas Flower Ellis , the younger , E-quire , Recorder ' of . the said Borongh , at the Conn House in Leeds , on Monday , the Eleventh day ^ April next , at Two o'clock in the Afternoon , u which time and place all Jurors , Constables , Polica Officers , Prosecutors , Witnesses , Persons bound hj Reepgnizances , and others having business at tht said Sessions are reqaired to attend .
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BOROUGH OF LEEDS IN THE COUNTY OP NO ^? j& lSllEREBY GIVEN , that \ Charuj BAiLEY , an Officer appointed by the Master-General and Board of Ordnance , for the purpostj oi' a certain Act , made and passed in the Fonrti and Fifth Yeara of the Reign of Her Majesty . Queen Vjctoria , entitled " An Act toAuthorizaaal Facilitate the Completion of a Survey of Gre *{ Britain , Berwick-upon-Tweed , and the Isle of Man , * hathj by Writing under his Handi dated the 28 A Day of February last , requested and made app& cation to Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace of tin said Borough of Leeds , in the County of York , presiding in Quarter Sessions , to Nominate and Appoint
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. ;¦ . / r ? r ^ PHELAND . . , _ . ON Sattjhbay next , Mabch the 26 th , -will t « published , price Tivopence , Mr . O'Connor First Lecture in the Hall of Soience , Camp Field , ManchtsterT-THE Land and its Capabilities . Published by Abel Heywoad , Manchester j . / Hobson , Star Office * Leeds ; J . Cleave , London ; and all Booksellers and Agents .
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WH E RE AS JOSEPH j ; ACKSON , of Whiteier Tl Upp ^ Ja the Parish of Kirkhcatoni in ti » County / SpTork , Joiner , hath by an Indentow bearing date the Twenty-fifth day of January W past , assigned over all his Personal Estate » i Effvcts unto Chahles RAbGLiFEE Turner , of Hopton , in the Parish of Mirfieid , in the said County Gentleman , and George Halt ,, of HuddersfieldjB the said County ef York , Chemist and DrugRisi , i » 'Prase , for iha equal benefit of the Creditors ot & > said Joseph JacKson , who shall execute tiiesiiW ou otbfciore the Twenty-fifth day of March next ensuing the dace of the said Indenture of Assignment
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THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF MR . O'CONNOR BY THE MYRMIDONS OF THE ANTI-CORN LAW LEAGUE . { Concluded from our seventh page . ) p 3 s ? ed dose to my person . I . received six wounds on my body and " limbs , and one on my head , three of "which knocked me down . I have seen seTerai victims of that nigh ' - ' s brutality , some of whom will never leave their beds , and from thirty to fifty are dangerously wounded . This tragedy was followed up upon the followme morning , by an inflammatory and b ! ood-thmty placard , inviting Irishmen to assemble again in their thousands upon " that night to meet the . enemies of Daniel O'Connei ] , and to complete the victory of the previous evening j bnt ,
to tli « honOQT Of Englishmen of all denominations , bo great was their horror of assassination , that shopkeepers of all grades and political parties assembled for the purpose of protecting my life . —( This anii < uncement enlisted s general buz of acclamation throughout the ccurt . )—Mr . O'Connor said , the only direct application which i shall now make , previous to submitting the whole casa to the Secretary of State for the Home Department , is , that a person , having authority from this court , rbnuld be forthwith sent to the printer of the plac * rd which appeared on Wednesday , for the purpose of procuring the manuscript from which it was composed . This 11- quire as a preliminary step , in order to ground a full inquiry into the whole case . ?? ed his determin
*• " The worthy chairman eipre - ation , and that of the Court , to afford Mr . O'Connor eyery facility and assistance in the proposed inquiry , but doubted the jurisdiction-of the Conrt-aa to his application . . ' Mr . O'Connor then referred the Court to the 29 th section of lite Scamp Ac ; , showing that printers were © OEipfilltd lo rotadn manuscript copy ibr a certain period after it wa 3 pnt ia print . " 3 Ir . Maude , tha chairman , prrased the section , and gave Mr . O'Connor to understand that bis application upon that head , as well as any other that he jnay hereafJer make , would " meet With the most anxiou 3 consideration . ** Mr . O'Connor then thanked the Court for its courtesy and retired . "
CFrtm the Manchester Chronicle ) " PHYSICAL FORCE CONTEST IN TBE HALL OF SCIENCE . ' CHARGE OF ASSAULT AGAINST MR . F . O'CONNOR . a On Wednesday morning , the Borough Court was thronged with Chartists and * operative' anti-Corn Law Leaguer 3 , in consequence of its being known thai a man was in custody for having , taken an active par ; in s row ¦ which took place at the Socialist building denojainated the * Hall of Science , ' Camp Field , on the previous evening , on the occasion of a iecture by Mr . Feargus O'Connor . Shortly after Mr . Maude , the magistrate , took his stat op the bench , a man naired Duffy , an itinerant asti-Corn Lawsgitstor , appled for and obtained a summons-against Mr . O'Connor himself , foran sssau't alleged to havo been committed on the occasion in qne >! ion . Duffy stating thai Mr . O'Connor struck him with his fi ? t and
knocked him from the platform to the floor of the room . It is necessary to state that Mr . O'Connor had publicly announced his intention of giving three lectures in the above building , and the' first was delivered on Monday evening , when Mr . James Scholefieli , of Every-street , Anccats , took the chair . The one on Tuesday eveniBg , was to be on the subject of the Repeal of the Legislative Union b . t ^ eea JSn / iand and Ireland , and the row arose out of a dispute about the choice of a chairman , Mt . O'Connor ' ^ party wishing Mr . ScholeSald to" preside , and the party of whom Daffy appeared to be the leader , wfc = - -h was chiefly composed of irishmen , wishing to psace a man named John Doyle in the chair . The nsw-5 of the man who was taken into custody was stated to be John isaxon , . aa Irishman , by trade a weaver . Mr . Dickin , solicitor , appeared in his defence .
u treorge Buchanan , being sworn , staled that dur >~ g the skirmish which took place in -the hsli he neticed the prisoner in particular , " who assutad some oth ; r men to pull m pieces a chair or a table , witness could not toll which , and tha prisoner aiterwar-Js threw a piece of it in the direction of Mr . Fesrgus O'Connor , oh the platform . There was a movement made in the body of the hall , and suddenly there was a chair thrown up , which seemed to be the signal for the row commencing , and directly ther ^ were brick-bets and missile 3 thrown on the platform . ¦ "Witness saw Mr . O'Connor in dangt-r , and endeavoured 10 prutect him . After the
disturbance , witness gave the prisoner , of whom he had taiea particular toiiee , into the custody of the police . —CroiS-exaiuined : Witness was on the p ' . atfonn when the disturbance commenced . Mr . James Scho'efield was elected to the chair at eight o ' clock , and va * aboa : to r-it down in it , when i' wa ? pulled away from him . The men in the body of the hall ¦ warned some Cher person to be chairman , an ^ the murinnr was in consequence of Mr . Scholefitld taking the chair . There were Chartists and Repealers in the hall , and a r-my of men , in his ooinion , had com : to oppose the meeting , but he could not tell what they wer ? .
" Mr . Dickin : Was there not a general fiijht in the hall ?—1 cannot ssy thai i ; was a general fight , but men had to . defend themselves for their lives sake . I am certain that the prisoner broke a piece from either a tsble or a cbsir , acd threw it towards the plat form . w A man of the name of HargTeaves stated that he saw the prisoner in the room daring the row , wi'h either a piece of a cha * r or table in his band , out did not know where he got U from , or see Mm make use of it at all . " Mr . O'CoDnor here made his appearance in the ¦ witness box—a large black planter on his fortheau proving toe effect of some physical J-. r- 'o weapon upon hims-eif . Addressing the bench , he said , ! bfg to State , previously to being sworn , that I was requested to come down here by Sir Charles -S ' law . and 1 know nothing whatever a 5 to the case now gi-mg on .
. ** Mi . Maude : Did jcu see this prisoner a , t the room last night " Mr . O'Cennor : I did not , nor could I be able to say that I saw any man . ~ > ir . Jame 3 Schol ^ Seld , of Every-stree ? , who appeared to have received sundry severe bruises about the month and eyes , was the neit witness . He , however , could not speak to seeing the prisoner in the room at all . " A youth , named John Hargreaves , stated that he saw the prisoner when the rorr commenced with a stick in his hand , with which ho k * pt knocking about and hitting all he came to . Witness sa -. him several times throw sticks and pieces of furniture towards the Diitform
Cnjss-eraicined—Tfeere had befn a general row befoie the prisoner threw furniture upon tfce p ! atfonr . The first furniture breaking ms upon the platform , but wkness had uo hana iir it . A party on t-ie platform broke up : be furniture , and threw it in : o tae hall among the people , and the cojiseqnevce was a general row . " Edward Haucock stated fhat the prisoner was one of a parzy of Iruhmeu who rushed invo the room by Jorce at an parly -period vi' the evening There was a chair thrown by Eome one from the plaii'onn into the middle of the room , and wknesa Baw ihe prisoner , vmh others , break it to pieces . The prisoner afterwards went towards the pta ; forin , and tfrith one of the pieces of the ciair aimed a blow at an individual whom witness had s . nce ascertained to be the chairman ( Mr , ScholeficiG ) .
" Air . Mtude ( w > the wi ' -iieg- )—vv as the firss Tioltuceand the £ rsi breach of the p&xcn caused by tillsiiail bting thrown froia the plaii ' orT 3 D?—Witness —The first outbreak was catifcJ by an indiviouaJ who jumped from ihs body oi lri ? n repealers and got upon the platform . " Mr . ilaude—What was the first act of violence ! "WitneES—After the man had jumped upon the platform , there was a ~ im-i > t-ancoa 5 Ee . ziug of the chairman ( Mr . Scholefiii'j ) in the chair . Some individual threw the chair frvm ihe platform into the bo iy oi the meeting , ana \ h > . n it was broken up by the prisoner and others .
" Mr . Daffy was then examined by Mr- D ; ckm foi the dt-fecce . He F ' ited that he obtained aoraif ^ ou into the room &e tire m : uates to seven o ' clock , and paid 6 d . to go upon the platform . Ha kne * v the prisoner by sight ,-but dia not-see hini there thai niglr . Wiin--fs cou * d not say who first Lei an u break the furniture ; but there was a . very > rrea effors to force Mr . bcholefield into the cbair , on ^ party forcing him arse ivay and ano'heranoine . r , anc the Jarmtnre Trii ? broken in the mries . The O-. slurb asCB was entirely cau = td by Mi " . O'Connor r : si ; ip . u ; ia the mcaiivs , pulling himself ir : a fi ^ hrh-s atiimd ^ and ahi-utiug out . ' C-me on my lads . c < -mc on m ] lids . " Ail par ics then rose up . and e-.: ry opj fonght ail iliTOc ^ b . Wirness sawsi = mrii ) ing rhroivi inty he middio of : be Hail , t « ut could rottcil wha itvas . At that time the H-xil v . as in a terribi ' stst * ' of axcitcnieat ; ilr . O'C- ' . 'inor vra ? finhuutc m the platform , and they certainly aid make u a " ilal of . ?« iei , ce" on that occasion . ( Laughter . )
" yiT . Dk-ki'j , on behalf of the prisoner , ccn tenfiid ihatirom ihe evidence it was cicaT the dis turbauce had originated on the platform , and tha the prisoner haa do : taken any active part bfjoai whit he was authorised to do in seif-oef ence . * 'The prisoner eaid he paid to go i > : to the room but had nothing whatever tj ' "do Vi til ihe tl , w on the contrary , he made his way out as fas as he could , when & nun took him iita custody . ** Mr . M . aude said the prisoner was probably no oneoftteworss par : ie 3 , but u was clearly provei thst he was a party in the disturbance , and therefor he was liable to punishment . They did not mean t iLflict a htaiy penalty upon him , because that bein ; the first night of the rfi % turbance it might be ssp poseu that they WeLt here without any inteLtion o committing -violence . They , -. herefore , should shoul ' eali upon him to find two eureiiss ia £ 10 each & keep the peace .
"** Immediately » ter tin otci ion in fhe abovecas Mr . O'Connor stvpd . to ike court thas he hj been tirca to underitind that a tummouij had b «
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applied for against him , and that if it was convenient for the magistrates to hear the case then , he was quite leudy . . - - " Mr . Maude a 3 ked Duffy , the complainant , if he was prepared to go into tbe easels which he replied in ihe affirmatire . . -. . 14 Duffy then stated that he attended the meeting , alo g with others , on the previons evening . Their object in attending , certainly , was owing to political di&rencea which existed between Ff argus O Connor and th-mselves on some points , but he was aware that that was a subject which could not be brought before the Court . Mr . O'Connor thought proper , by placard , to appeal to his own countrymen , and be ( Duffy ) was one of them . A great majority of the Irishmen entertaining different views from Mr . O'Connor . deteTminftu to attend ino meeting , with the exDress intention of giving him an opportunity of expressing hia opinions , and they didnot wisatohave a Chairman of Mr . O'Connor ' s own particular
choosing . On Mr . O'Connor ' s arrival his friends proposed that Mr . Scholefield should take the chair , and complainant pioposed that John Doylftshould be appointed to that office . A show of hands wa 9 taken , and complainant ' s party had the majority , aa _ he thought , and he announced it accordingly . Upon this Mr . O'Connor stood up behind complainant , waved hi 9 hat , and induced his party to cheer . There were cheers and counter cheers , and Mr . O'Connor , finding that he could not have it all his own way , commenced squaring with his hand ? , and shouied , ' Come on , my lads ; come on , my lads , ' the cousequence of which was , that there was a general movement throughout the whole assembly , poring the commotion Mr . O'Connor gave every indication in his power to shew the people that they had not come there to dispute but to fight , and ultimately struck complainant a blow on the nght side , which knocked him from the platform into the body of the
room . " In cross-examination by Mr . O'Connor , the complainant denied that Doyle said , * We kave a majority / before the Ehow of hands was taken for Mr . Scholefield . After the show of hands , complainant said , 'Now , gentlemen , Mr . Doyle will proceed to take the chair . ' Upon the instant a man of the name of Linney , and other persons connected with Mr . O'Connor , rushed towards Mr . Soholefield , and tried to puth him into the chair , and in the disturbance the chair was broken up . Complaisant would swear that at tke time he said , * Now , gentlemen , Mr . Doyle mil take the chair , ' Mr . Scholefield was not in it . He did not see Mr . O'Cennor get any blows at all . As soon as he ( complainant ) was knoeked from the platform , he took the liberty of going out . Hs saw no missiles thrown ; but , as he was going out , saw a chair , or soma such article , thrown from the platform . The squabble lasted for about ten minutes altogether .
u John Dooley deposed to seeing Mr . O'Connor strike Duffy a blow on the side with his fist , which Bent him from the platform into the body of the room . He also corroborated the complainant ' s testimony in other particulars . ** Patrick Murphy stated that he taw Duffy at the meeting , standing in front of the platform , near to the edge ; but did not see him struck by anybody , nor fall from the platform . Mr . O'Connor was standing behind Duffy . Soon after tho contention arose respecting the appointment of a chairman , witness went cut into the street . " Mr . Maude : 1 think you were about the wisest person .
*• Mr . James Scholefield was then called and exmined by Mr . OConnor for the defence . He said he W 3 S at the Mosley Arms Hotel with Mr . O'Connor a short time he ' ore the meeting took place , when a person came and informed them that some parties in rhe room were becoming very violent , " and asked if Mr . O'C © n » 6 r thought they should send for the police * Witness remembered Mr . O'Connor gaying , '' I never like to go to a public meeting with police ; I'll answer for my countrymen that they'lL hear rea ? on . " The witness then described the scene
which took place in the room , and f aid that wnen the show of hands was taken for a chairman , there were ten to one in his favour ; that , not wijhstauding rhi 3 , Duffy called upon Mr . Doyle to take the chair ; and that ultimately witness Was forced from the rhair . or rather that the chair was forced from him , his shirt torn , his face cut wish a stone , and his person otherwise bruised . Witness remembered Mr . O'Connor calling out , "Now , lads , defend your chairman f bat he did not see him lift a hand to strike any person . Mr O'Connor could not have stiuck any man on tho platform without witness seeing it . Witnes 3 saw Mr . O'Connor knocked down on the benches . " By Mr . Maude : I saw Duffy there , who was the sole cause of the disturbance . Ho was standing about a yard and a half from me . I do not know what became of him .
" Charles Thomason stated that he saw Duffy struggling with others in the centre of the platform , and paw him thTow a chair into the body of the room . Witness believtd that Duffy was pressed off the platform in the squabble , but never saw Mr . O'Connor strike him . Mr . Maude said there could be no doubt that the d ' -fendant was pushed off , but whether by an involuntary act , or wilfully , seemed to be a matter of doubt , and , at any rate , no extreme violence seemed to have been used towards him . It wasmuch to be regretted that parties could not meet together without personal collision , and , in future , he hoped they should hear no more of it . If they could not mctt together in the same room without coming to violence , it wcuM be mnch better to go into separate rooms .
" Daffy expressed a wish to call one or two of Mr . O'Connor ' s own witnesses , in order to clear off the imputation which he said had been thrown upon his character by the last vritnesa stating that he ( Duffy ) threw the chair . He also difclaimed all ill feeling in the matter . " Mr . Maude thought they could not make the court a place for mutual explanations . Their business was to inquire whether there had been au assault committed at all ; he oid not think they could go into any further matters . "Mr . O'Connor said , that iu order to show that he had no ill feeling he would willingly become one of the sureties for the poor Irishman who had been ordered to find bail to keep the peace , if he had not obtained them .
"Mr . Maude : Ihave no objection to discharge the man upon his promising to conduct himself peaceably in future . " ilr . Dickin : He has had bail . " Mr . Scholefield said he had a large stone thrown at him , which struck him in the teeth , and this mus ; have been a premeditated assault-* " Mr . Maude said there could be doubt that that had been a wilfnl act ; and if any party was brought ther * who had been guilty of such conduct he would assuredly be punished . ' The parties interested in the affair then left ih « court , and on gaining the street the Chartists commenced cheering Mr . O'Connor . "
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end . In addition tr the bludgeons with which they were armed , the infuriated Leaguers tore up the rails , benches , and gas-pipes in tne hall , as well as the banisters and rails of the staircases , and used them as weapons , with the greatest fury , against their opponents . The great bulk of the Chartists , beingunarmed , found their safety in flight ; but their egress was impeded by parties of armed repealers who lined the stairs , and Btood around the , outer door , using their bludgeons on all who came within their reach . Some of the wretches in the room had
actually carried large fcton . es in their pocket ! , and with these , and the broken chairs and tab ' e ? , a constant shower of missiles was kept ap in the direction of the platform , and several persons were of course severely hurt . Mr . O'Connor was knocked down two or three timaa , once by a blow upon the forehead . A large stone : truck Mr . Seholefield , the chairman , on the face . A reporter , who nad been injudicious enough to venture into the thick of the fray , had the back of his head laid open , by a blow from a heavy weapon .
" Shortly after the commencement of the fray , a body of police arrived , but instead of acting with that promptitude which has always been manifested by our police , when under proper direction , it appears they judged their own force too small to cope with the belligerent party , and bo let them fiy ht away ! The riot lasted upwards of an hour inside , and most of the Chartists having by that time fljd , the Leagaere sallied forth , and , evidently not satisfied with the amount of destruction they had committed , commenced breaking the windows by stones from the outside . The police , then , being reinforced , it seema thought it time to interfere , and they succeeded in dispersing the rioters , and restoring quiet * Only one man , a weaver , named John Saxon , was apprehen ded . He had been seen in the act of destioyi ujj a cbair , and making missiles of the fragment :- ' . A more detailed account of this outrage will be gathered from the proceedings before the magistrates on the following day .
" PROCEEDINGS AT THE BOROUGH COURT . WEDNESDAY . ( Before D . Maude , Esq . ) " Shortly after the proceedings commenced , Duffy came into the Court , and said he wished to apply for a summons against Mr . O'Connor , for an assault . He stated that he was one of the parties who proposed one of the Chairmen : on it 3 being put to the vote , each party claimed to have a majority ; he heard a great confusion behind him on the platform , and on looking behind him , he saw Mr . O'Connor , who doubled his fist , aud exclaimed- ^ - " Come on , my lads , come on . " He then hit the complainant a blow in the ribs , whioh knocked him down iivni the platform to tbe floor of the room . The summons wascranted .
" John Saxon , the man taken into custody by the police , was then brought up . He was charged with using violence , and attempting to strike Mr . O'Connor with a form . " George Buchanan deposed that he saw the prisoner , during the skirmish , breaking up either a chair or table , and afterwards throwing it in the direction where Mr . 0 Connor was standing on the platform . Witness kept his eye on him , and afterwards gave him in custody to the polioe . In crossexamination by Mr . Dicken , solicitor , who appeared for tho prisoner , he said a chair was thrown down which seemed to be a signal for a general attack ; stones and brickbats were thrown on the platform . Mr . Scholefield had been proposed to take the chair ,
and carried , and when about to sit down inn , it was pulled from under him . Five minutes after that , things began to be broken ; a rush immediately took place , and some were pushed off the platform ; Men had to defend themselves for their livzsj sake What the prisoner broke was either a chair or a table ; he was not doing it in self-defence ; no one was near himat the time . . He aad another party were snatching pieces of timber from every one who opposed them , and throwing them at the platform . "John Hargreaves proved that he saw the prisoner with a piece of either a ohair or table in his hand , but did not ste him throw it . A weapon was not necessary for his own protection . The large room and also the gallery were full of people .
"Mr . O'Connor next stepped into the witnessbox , having a large black patch on his forehead . He said he had been requested to come down by Sir Charles Shaw , but he knew nothing whatever of the prisoner . "Mr . Scholefield , tVo chairman of the meeting , was called . He could not identify the prisoner , but was cross-examined by Mr . Dicken , to the following tffect : —I got to the meeting about ten minutes past eight , and found the neighbourhood of the chair occupied by perfect stranger / a to me . A man named Duffy was addressing the people . As soon as Mr ; O'Connor and I appeared they called upon me to lake the chair . I had been appointed oh airman for the evening at the previous lecture . There were both cheers and groans , and yelis , and all kinds of hisses and noises .
"John Hargreaves first eaw the prisoner with a stick in his hand , knocking about and hitting every one he came ar . He afterwards saw him very busy in striking and throwing sticks and stones upon the platform . There was a good deal of confufiou and violence in the room at -. he time . The platfurm was about the height of a person ' s head . The first breaking of furn . tura begun on the platform ; chairs and tables were broken , and were thrown down into the body of the hall . It was not all on the platform who were the aggresss-ora , but a select party , who were there for the purpose . :
" Edward Hancock deposed that he distinguished the prisoner from the commencement of the disturbance . He was along with a body of Irishmen , who rushed into the room by force at an early part of the evening ; and at the identical time when the signalwas given , by an individual jumping from the middle of the platform ; he and others broke the chair , by dashing it on the ground , and he their took one piece , went towards the platform ar . d aimed a blow tiwarris the chairman . Cross-examined—There was an indiscriminate breaking of chairs and tables in the room . The firat breach of the peace was caused by a person sprineing from the body of ihe room , from amongst the low Irish repealers—( laughter . ) The next thing was the seizing of tho chairman and the chair , and then commenced-the attacks of individuals on the platform ; some individual threw a chair from the platform into the body of the meeting , and then commenced the indiscriminate violence .
' * Duffy was then called by-Mr . Dickens , on the part of the prisoner . He stated that he went to the meeting at exactly five minutes to seven ; he went to a side dour , and was told by the woman who opened it that th < y would have a 'tumble stormy night of it . * He paia sixpence , and got On the platform . The disturbance did not begin of an hour . Some furniture was first broken on the right hand side of the platform . He never saw the prisoner there at all . There was a great effort to force Mr . Schoh-field into the chair , some
pn .-h . iirg him one way , some another , and in the melee the chair was broken , and thrown into the body of the meeting . Tha disturbance was entirely caused by Mr . Feargus O'Connor , who , whon witness moved the oppohnment of a chairman , rote up , doubling his fist : , and called out— " Come on , my lads—come on , my lads ; ' that was tae signal for a general melee , and they were fighting all through the room . The people were in a state of the greatest possible excitement . They certainly made it a ' hall of science' on that occasion—( laughter . )
" Mr . Maude said it had been clearly proved that tbo prisoner took part in the disturbance . He must have known well , so must other parties , thai if he chose to remain after the disturbance took p ' aoe , aud nras found using any violence , he wae 1 'able to punishment . As it might be supposed that he went th « re without the intention of committing violence , the court would not inflict a severe punishment . He would be rtquirod to find two sureties in £ 10 each , to keep the peace . ,
" THE CHAKGE AGAINST MB . 0 CONNOR . " Mr . O'Connor , who had taken his seat at the table , said he understood a summons had been thai mon ing taken out against- him . If it would not trench upon the time ' . tho court , ho should wish it to be thr . u heard , all the parties being present . —• This being agreed to , " Mr . Duffy came forward again , and deposed that , entertaining opinions 'd .-ffiartat frm those of Mr . O'Connor , he had thought proper to a'ttrnd'the meeting , and propose as a chairman oue who was not ot Mr . O'Connor ' s own appoiiitnieut . Tney waited an hour before Ms . O'Connor arrivcl . Various parties called out for the appointment of a chairman , but he told them it would be iraoroper
aud injudicious to move the appointm « nt be ; ore Mr . U'Conuor arrived . At that moment he entered the room ; soaie of his frienda proposed-one chairman , and the \ yitness another . A show of hands was taken , and -witness considered they had the majority ^ Ho immediately announced that fact , 3 n i while he was doing so , Mr , O'Connor stood up behind him , aud wiived his hat over his head | there were cheers and counter-cheers . Seeing that the decision of the . meeting was completely againsthim — ( hisses and expressions of surprise from the people in tbe gallery , )—and that there was such a diversity of opinion iliat he could net have it all his own
way , he stood up behmd witness , pui himself in a fighting attituoe , and cried— " Come on , my lads ; come on , my lads ! " The consequence was , a gene-, ral movement of the whole body . Witness stood on the very edga of the platform , which was six or seven feet high . A violent contest immediately commenced behind him ; he used his influence to keep quietness , but Mr . O'Connor put himself in a fightinj ; at ; itude , and called the peoplo up . He retreated a few paces , but on witness ' s turning his head round , he struck him on the right side , and threw him over the plattotm , into the body of the meeting .
"Cross-examined by Mr . OConnor—Mr Doyle was the chairman I proposed . Did r . ot hear you say it Doyle had the majority he should be the chairman . I said—* Mr . Doyle will now proceed to take the chair , ' and then ( hero was a rush ; a man named
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Linney , and a number of persons connected with yourself , trying to force Mr . Soholefield into the chair , other parties pushed him out , aad in the melee the ohair was broken and thrown into the crowd Mr . Sobolefieldwas notintheohairwhen I said Mr . Doyle would proceed to take it . —( A cry of ' He was . From the gallery ; and Mr . Maude threatened to have the gallery cleared if these interruptions continued . ) " Did not heftr you Bay—* Now , Mr . Scholefield is tn the ohair , my lads , support your chairman . ' When yoti found that your own party chairman was not elected , you gave three- cheera , and said—' Support your , chairman / knowing that he was not elected chairman .--Mr . O'Connor—When I was standing in . front of the platform , did Von see missiles flying m the direction I was in I—How coQid I see miseiles flying when you had knocked me
pa the platform i Did not see you get a blow which knocked you do >? n on one of the benches ; did not see you get a blow on yoiir neck , or on yoHr shoulder , or a blow which cut your hat . Heard you tell the people to stand their ground . Di < i not see a weapon of any sort in your hand . You struck ; me with your fist , on the ri ^ ht side just above the hip ^— -Mr ; O'Connor—And I knocked you over the platform did II— Witness—Off theplitform ; that is not English . Mr . O'Connor—I am an Irishman ; but I suspect you have been too long in England to be a good Irishman—( laughter ) . Examination cbntinued—After I was knocked downltbqk the liberty of going out , and I saw no more of it after . 1 left at exaotly twenty ndinufes" past eight . AD I have described occurred within ten minutes , I saw ho missiles thrown , but in going out saw a chair or some large article thrown from the plat ; orm .
" John Dooley saw where the last witness was standing on the edge of the platform , and after this row commenced , saw him get' a clout on the ri ^ ht side , which pitched him into the pit . He was go nt-ar the edge that , any one stumbling against him might have knocked him off ; but the blow was struck by Mr . O'Connor , with his fist . " Cross-examined . —I was not on the platform , but in the body of the meeting . I had my eyes on the platform all the time , and did not see a single weapon thrown at it . t thought it best to get away when I saw the sort of work that was
going on . ,., "Patrick Murphy , —I was at the meeting last night . I saw Mr . Duffy there ; he > tood near the front of the platform , not more than an inch from it . He was elose to the centre . I did not see him struck , nor did I see him fall off the platform .- ; A con tention arose about the Chairman . I did not stay many minutes after . ; " Mr . Maude : I think you were about the wisest person . ; . " . '¦ ' ¦ ' .. - ' ¦ -: '" . " -.- ¦ ¦ " , ... '¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' ' . ' . ' ¦¦ . ' .. '¦ ' ; . Witness : I saw Mr . O'Connor in the attitude of saying— Come on , my boys . ' . " . Cross-examined by Mr . O'Connor : And how long did you see me after that ?—Two minutes or
SO . - . .- .. ¦¦ ¦ ¦• - ¦ ¦ ¦ :. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ " And yet you did hot gee Duffy struck t—No . " That will do ; go down . " Duffy was recalled to explain on what part of the platform he stood , there being a discrepancy in the statements of the witnesses . He said that he Was on the left of the chair . > . " Mr . O'Connor then called" The Rev . Mr . SoholjiBeW , who deposed—I went to the Mosley Arms to Mr . O'Connor before the meeting took place . A man came and said that the parties in the room Were very violent , and asked if we would have the police ; but wo declined . When we got to the meeting , Duffy was proposing Doyle as chairman . A show of hands was taken for him ;
and I heard Mr , O'Connor say that if he had a majority he should be the chairman . When tho show of hanriB was takv n lbr mo . the whole of tha gallery , and at least half of the body of the meeting , were in my favour ; it was at least ten to one . Duffy then said Mr . Doyle would take the chair ; I waa in tho chair at the time . A great disturbance took place at the back of the platform , which I could not &ee , and my obair was moved . I was fleized on the breast by a man in a fustian jacket , who wanted to drag me out of the chair , and another came to hold me in . I laid hold of the gas pillar near the cbair , fi-aring that it would be torn down ; and the chair was dragged I don ' t know where . The table was upset , and foil into the body of the meeting ; it was immediately torn to fragments , and thrown back
with violence on the platform . Mr . 0 Connor called out , " Now , ] atl 3 , defend your chairman ;" others called to me , ' Come away , or they'll kill you . " After that Mr . O'Connor went to the . tront of the platform , and gave threp cheers . He could not have knocked a man off the platform without my seeing it , I saw Duffy : there , near tho edge Of the plicfonn , but don't know what became of him . He could not have been thrown off without my seeing him , if my face had been turned ia that divection . After the chair and tablo were broken up , miseiles wcreflying in all direct tions . Mr . O'Connor was knocked down upon one of the benches . My opinion is , that Dutfy was the instigator of the row ; he was addressing the meeting when I entered .
*• Charles Thomason—I was at the meeting , and stood just below where Duffy stood to make his speech . I saw htm scufiiing , and I saw him throw a chair off the platform . I saw Mr . Soholefield iu the chair , and then I saw some parties try to put him out ; and Mr . O'Connar put his arms ' . round him to keep him in . That was before the general disturbance in the body of the meeting Saw Mr . O'Connor come to the front afid give three cheers ; afterwards ho went towards tho back of tho platform , and was knocked down upon a bench . I believe Duffy was knocked off the platform by the pressure . Had Mr . O'Connor done it , I think I must have seen it . I remaiiied twenty minutes , and saw pieces of broken chairs and tables flying about , aud two men laying about them with pokers . " Crpss-examined—Duffy threw the chair over after the scuffle began ; did not see him take any other part .
" Mr . Maude said the only question was whether the complainant had been thrust off the platform Wilfully or by accident . This was evidently matter of considerable doubt ; and no great violence appeared to have been used towards him . It was to be regretted that parties could hot meet without coming to personal violence . Now that these warm feelings had been manifested , he trusted these parties would not meet in the same room again , as it was quite certain they would never convince one another . He hoped thisi would be a Eolitary instance of the occurrence of such violence , and that there would not be a repetition of these scenes . It was admitted by thercomplainant himself , iu his defence ; that he was told by the woman at the door fhat there was likely to be a stormy meetir g ; and that being the case , he , as a resptfCtaWe party , ouj ; ht immediately to have gone homo . —^ The case was dismibsed . lt
Duffy , in reply to what had been stated by the last witness , about his throwing the chair off the platform , said he could prove that to be false . He declared tnat he had Hot taken out the summons with any ill feeling , but for the sake of liaviug a full explanation of the circumstances . " Mr Maudo remarked on tho impropriety of courts of justice being made the sceno of mutual explanations of this kind . ' ¦ . ¦ . " . . ¦ ¦ ' " Air . O'Coiinor also disclaiming any ill feeling , and iu proof of it , offered to become one ot the sureties for the prisoner Saxon * whoso case was before heard ; but it appeared that he had obtained bail . " Mr . Scholefield stated that he had been struck on the mouth with a stone , whilst he was on the platform .
. ?* Mr . Maude said » t was a most brutal thing to throw stonts in a crowded meeting ; if the parties guilty of such conduct were brought before him , they would be very severely dealt ; ' with . He expressed a hope that there would : not be a repetition of such conduct , " On Mr . O'ponnor and his friends leaving the court , they were loudly cheered by the crowd outside . " . ; ¦ ; .. " ¦ . ' ¦' ¦ ' . - ¦; ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ;¦ ;• ¦ - . ¦
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very strange , that in these rows , the reporters always esoaped without injury . The reporter replied , that , in this instance , such was not the fact ; and he then stated , that Mr . Leresche , the reporter for the Advertiser , had been much hurt by bWs about the head . "Oh , " said one of Mr . O'Connor's friends , " but that was » mistake \ use thought he wa ? the Whig reporter !'' meaning , in all probability , tne reporter tor the Guardian . As we have long
disregarded meetings and lectures got up fay Mr . F . O'Connor , deeming them of very little public importance or interest to our readers , no reporter was present from this effice ; but we are , of courso , equaJJy obliged to Mr . O'Connor ' s friend for the candour of his ackhowiedgmeDt . It clearly proves the attack to have biien made by Chartists ; and we should be glad if the honest confessor of his own and his comrades' intentions ^ would exiend his frankness a step further , and give us his name ;—Manchester Guardian . >
I at once respond to the call of the Guardian , and give the uame of the ifabricator of the above intelligence . Hi 3 name is " Liarj" aud he is the person who gave the information to the Guardian , ' — some sneaking , skulking , prying , pimping blackguard , who is hired to do the dirty work of any party that wiU pay him for it . The whole thing is a rank and unblushing " lie" from beginning to end . What passed was this : I asked haw ; it happened that reporters always escaped ? when some person observed , that it had not been so that night , for young Mr . Iieresohe was dangerously wounded . I suppose , said some one , as he was but a young hand his face was not familiar to the bludgeon men . I then said—" no , by Jove , but THEY took him for poor Griffin the reporter of the Siar . "
"THEY took him , " not "W' tookhiau Nowmore upon this . On Friday jvehile I was waiting in Coun to make my application , I sat next to the Guardian Reporter ; and that gentleman , ( who , I presume , Would not condescend to spy and pimp in my private room in a hotel s and then carry his cargo to market , ) spoke of young Leresche , aud said he supposed they , wanted Clarkson who awore ajRaiaBt O'Brien . "No , said I , tuby did not ;' . as . YO . lj-have always gene the whole hog with them ; they win ted tbe reporter of the Star ; for our fellows had ' nt even a rod . " Now , then , the anxious inquirer baa the required information . : The person who furnished i » is the identical person that fabricated , and lyfbgly and insolently told iti Feabgvs O'Connor .
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We have received in reprobation of tho conduct of these gentlemen more lttterp , resolutipos , and protests than would fill the Star , if inserted . We give the following from Nottinghard : — On M' / na ' ay evening the Democratic Chapel was crowded to sucli excess that another person could not be we gcd in to hear Mr . Duffy . Mr . Duffy ' s speech occupied nearly two hours in delivery . He was vehemently cheered throughout . At tWe
conclHsion three hearty cheers were given for O'Connor and ihe Northern Stair , and three for the return of FrOat , WiHiarjas * and Jones . Saveral new membii ^ s enrolled their names , and a subscription for the Manchester sufforeri was raised , when Mr . Russell read an address to the Chartists of Britain from the Vindicator office , Bath , charging Mr . Bartlett , reporter for the Northern Star , of Bat b ; with having given a false report of tho Bath Conference , and oi garbling the resolutions there proposed . Mr . Rdssell then said , he with three others had been appointed as a committee to draw up a resolution , which he then Eubmitted to the meeting : — ¦
'*'• That this meeting cannot reflect on tho eonduot of ¦ . Messrs . ' Roberts , Vincent , aud Bhilp , at a Conference lately held in Bath , without feelings of surprise , indignation , and disgust j inasmuch as the part they took at that meeting has not been authorised , not even con emplated by the Chartists of the Empire generally , nor yet sanctioned by a . majority ... of- their own district . And Mr . ? hilp being a member of the Executive of . the Na ^ tionaV Gbarier AssociaVion of Britain , has -joined in a base coriapiracy for creating division and disunion in that bodji And , further , tha * Mr . Sturge and his associates have put forth a declaration to
the world , for the sole purpose of underminjpg the influence of the forthebming Convention of the industribus classes , to preveut , as far a possible , the National Petition being numerously signedto destroy the popularity of Feargus O'Connor with the working classes—to lessen the circulation of the Northern Star—and ultimately to totally break up the agitation for the People ' s Charter . We , therefore , most earnestly call upon the Chartists of Britain to requiro Mr . Philp to relinquish his weekly salary forthwith , and no longer to consider himself as worthy of any office in the National Charter Association .
The reso ) ut ' wii was earned without a dissentient . Resolutions similar in spirit , but many of them much stronger mvxpressJOD , were also adopted by the Chartist bodies at Leicester ( Shakeperian Rooms ) , Nottingham . Rice Place Chapel , and Kiog . George on Horseback , Mansfield ^ Northampton , Warluy , Sowerby , lieckmondwike , Southwark , Oiiseburji , Bingley ( dele ^ a ' -e [ meeting ) , Hey wood , Leeos , Merthyr Tydvil , iiippondeii , StrouH , London , through nearly all locaHiies , Birmingbam , and a great nuuiber of other p ' aces ; in many of which votes of thanks and confidence were also recorded on behalf of the Epitor of the Northern Star and the Bath correspondent for that papers
THE MANCHESTER OUTRAGE . At a public meeting of the Chartists of Bath , held on Monday evening , the following address was unanimosly adopted : — " To Mb . O ' Connor and the Chartists'of Manchester . " " Gentlemen , —^ With pleasure we have read the account in the Star of thei noble stand you made in Manc&estt r in Qet ' ence of the principles of ihe Charter we read with disgust the de : ails of the conduct of
the ruffianly fellows of the League who attacked Mr . O'Connor , the Rev . Mr . Scholefield , and other sturdy Chartists . And for the uuflinchmg and chanipion-hke' conduct of Mr . O'Coanor , aud the noble part periormed by the Mauchester Chartiscs in coming to his rescue whilst standing out tor the Charter and no humbug , we thus publicly give Mr . O ' Connor and his coiHuatriots our meed of approbation and our heart-feit thanks . " : " Sivned , " The Chartists of Bath . "
Addresses and resolutions embodying similar sentiments , were adopted also at Leicester , Shfiield , Southampton , Darlington , Newcastle , Mansfield , Nouinghara , Maccibsiiold , Leicealor ( All Saints Open ) , Hey wood , Bristol , Binglt ^ y ( delegate meefing for the West Riding ) , Hoiilijy , Norwicn , Preston , Ashton-under-Lyue , Leods =, Upper ' . Wortley , Wigan , Pondleton , Cathoiic Sunday School , —Bkrnslcy , London , through all its varipu 3 localities , _ York , Birmingham , WurcestcrjNorthampton , / and almost every otfter important town iii tuo kingdom . At nearly all of thesd meeunjis strongly-expressed resolutions oi coiifidtviice in 0 'Conr . or and the Editor of tho Star , and liianks to both for past services were also adopted .
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NuUTHALLEBTON . —Mr . James Maw , addressed a splendid met ting here on Monday , in the Market , place . In tho evening of the same day , he / also addressed a meotiag at Applet jn , a brisk maniifaoturing village about dight miles from NcithaUerton . DoKKiNG , Suhrey . —The national PftitK ^ n was unanimously adojt-Hi at a lart ; e public nieeting here on Thursday evening ; many sigtiatnred were at tached . Mr . W . Dale , of Dorking , bavinjj stated his opinion , that the Parli . ' j rnent a . a as preaeiiti constituted , would Tejitt trie ptticion , propped i « r the adoption of tile mefetiii ^ , t he remoiistra , nce of tiie National Association , wh > ch having bean read bv the Chairman , aud secomitd by Mr . T . Dalo , was carried by acclamation , and will reirciv « Bijjnatures after the presentation of the National Petition .
Weldon , NpuTHAMPTO . NSHiaE . —A correspondent wriies us that Chani ^ m and ketotalism are goiug hand in hand here , and progressing beautifully . Tjie Executive Sop to tub Cork Law Repeal DaAOQN . —Ihe Merthyr TyUvii Chartists , ac their weekly meeung . adoptuuuiiauiuiously the following resolutiou : — . " That this . As £ ociaiioa , though duly sensible of the importauca tud weight which ou ^ ht to be aiteched to every suggestion emauatiug from the Executive , yet are of opinion thai , the adoption at public meetings of the secohu resoiution in their address to the people , inserted in the Star of March 12 th , must be regarded as ^ compromise with the Com Law Repealers , and consequently , fraught Wilh danger to the success of the Chartist cause . "
Nottingham . —Mr . Duffy lectured on Thursday eveni .-ig , in the chapel , Rice-place . Several new members were enrolleti . Mr . Dean Taylor lectured at the Pheasant on Saturday evening . Twenty new members were enrolled . Mr . Duff y also addressed a numerous meeting , the same evening , at the King George on Horseback . At the . ' conclusion , a collection was made lor the unfortunate sufferers in the recent . Manchester massacre . ; On Sunday , Mr . Duffy delivered two very instructive addresses to the brave : Chartists of Arnold . A collection was made for the relief of the Manchester maimed Chartists ; and seventeen persons joined the National Charter Association at the conclusion .
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Wigtonshire . —We have received a letter fn ^ Jl , -. Robert Somers , detailing his progress tbm 3 Wigi ° nshire , of whioh he gives the most flatted ? account « e i # " didm B e f etin ^ * « Newtoa ^ . ^ ewart , ^ Whithoia , Strounder , and QJJ lUOei > ; ^ . - ; ; ' . ; " . . V : ¦ : ; :. '¦;¦ . ';' . ' . '¦ .: ' - 'V ; ' -: 'j- . ' ¦ '" : ' r ^' , WorroN-COTJBR-fc ^^^ A * a P ublic meetiDK ki on Tuesday , W . P . J ^ . ^ erts , fisq , and Mr . RtfS Kemp Philp , of Bath , weW elected to the CbntrS tion . . : ¦ . >' . . ; ¦ ¦; , ' ¦ ; : ; ' •;¦ ••; ' . ' . . -: -. ' ::: ; -: : . Dubham- —the CbnrtlBts met hew on Sunday , i " no iurtender" resolution was paesed . ¦ Baenaed Castlk . —rStr- Charles Connor lepttiM here on Monday an 1 Tuesday evening * , the riaja 8 thiiiat . ¦ ' ¦ . ¦ - " ¦ : / ¦ ' < . '' - ; ¦ . v- ' - ; ¦ ¦ ¦ ;¦ ¦ ¦ ¦'¦' •'¦ ' " ¦ ¦ . ¦ ; ..
CHbELBi—Mr . tund lectured here on Saturfo night last . Several new members were enrolled . VJ resolution to support O'Connor was passed , and 3 i 6 ( for the iuppprt of the wounded at Manchester was sij acribed . . : ¦ '¦ . ; ¦ ; ¦ '¦¦ . ' . ¦/ ' ¦ : ¦ . ¦"¦ - ' : ¦ ' ¦¦ ¦ ¦• . ' . ' .. - ¦ ¦¦•• '• ' . ¦ ' : : ¦ ..: Re assembling of the Conference at Bath •* The Contere / ice between the £ > turgites and the Chai . tiat leaders assembled again on Monday last , Admijjj Gordon- in the chair . The : chief speakers wen Messrs . Rev . T . Spencer , Alderman Crisp . Piuj . Vincent , Roberts , and a Cliard 3 t named Hopki ? who objseted very decidedly to the proposK alliance .: ; : . ¦ ' ¦"' . "¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦¦ ¦"' -.-v .:- '¦' : '¦ ¦ : ' - ¦ : -
Crow and TrsREit ' s CErAHTisr Bb&lkpjq PoWDEiB v 81 , Belerave-street , Leicester . The p * ceeeds from the sale of the Chartist Beverage are i follows : — : - - - " . ¦ ¦'¦"• " ¦' ¦'¦' . i ; ..:., ' . : ¦ - "" - . ' ¦' .-- ¦ ¦ .:: ' : ¦ ' - : ' : ¦ " ' ¦ ' ""• ¦ ¦ : ' ¦ ' '¦' ¦ ' "¦ ¦ ' . "" ^ .. ¦ " ¦¦ S . ' V d . :-: ~> ' Mr . Victors , Belper .. . ... 3 6 Mr . Sweet , Nottingham . ; . ... 2 3 Mr . Brook , Leeds ¦ ,... ' .: ¦ .. . - ¦ .,. ¦' . .. ... 1 6 M ^ Cooper , Leicester « . ... 10 ¦ ' / . ; ' : :-: ; :-. r : ¦ : ' ¦ ¦¦ ; ..: - \ . X- :- $ : 3 Pcnder ' s Cha-rtist Blacking . —The maney fy to the Executive , this week , from the sale of J Pinder ' s Blacking is as follows : ( the first two lim should have been inserted last week ) : — " ¦" ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦¦¦ ¦"'¦ ¦ ¦¦ : ' ¦ " ' . ¦' .. : . : ;' . ' ¦ - . e . d . ¦ Mr . Akeroyd , Halifax •¦• ... 1 10 Mr . Sales , Sutton-in-Ashfield ... 1 4 J . Mr . Jackson , Hull ... ... ... 0 8 Mr . Lnndy , Hull .... ... ... 0 6 "¦ ' ¦ ' ¦¦ ' " ¦¦ : " ' : ; . ' ¦ ; " ' ¦[ ' ' ¦ , ¦' , ¦ . ¦ " ;¦ ¦ 3 iii
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( From the Manchester Courier . ) , ' ¦ COLLISION BETWEEN THE LEAGUERS AND THE CHARTISTS . " DESPKKATE BIOT IN THE SOCIALISTS' HALL . " Already has the ill-cemented union between the Ami-Corn Law League and the Chartists , in this tows , received its death-blow , the hangers-on of the League having forced themselves into a meeting got up by the Chartists , and . created a most ahrming disturbance and breach of the peace . On Tuesday Ki s ' nt , Mr . Feargus O'Connor was announced , to delrrer a lecture at the Socialists' Hall of Science , C-iinp-field , upon the subject of " The necessity of a Repeal of the Union with Ireland , " to which the
admission w& 3 by tickets , at a pen / jy and twopence each . The preceding night , he had been lecturing in the same place , on * Land and its capabilites ;' srd ? he way in which he had handled the conduct and motives of the Corn Law Repealers had doEbtle ? s excited their hostility , and led them to the steps about to be described , which terminated in a most alarming riot . The doors were opened at seven o ' clock , an-hour before the proceedings were to coiameace ; and in this interval a large body of the Ami-Corn Law party , —upwards of a hundred in mr .: ber , armed with sticks aud bludgeons , —forced their way into the room , without paying the admisbion raorsey . The police were immediately sent for , but did not arrive until the rioting waa in progress .
" About eight o'elock , Mr . O'Connor and his friends arriveu at the building , and en their e&U-ring found a man naoied Dufiy , a leader af the anti-Corn Law pany , upon the platform , moving the appointment of one John Dojle as chairman , —although , by a previous arrangement , the chair was to be taken by tbe Rev . Joseph Seholtfield . Mr . Soholeficld was irnmediately proposed and seconded as chairman ; and oa the ehow of hands being t ^ keD , they Wc-re nearly ten to one in hi 3 favour . Mr . S . of course took the chair ; but the repealers , finding themselves beaten on the material point , d' -termined upon creating a disturbance , and immediately resorted to a display of physical force . Several of them scrambled upon the platform , and seizing upon Mr . Scholefield , dragged the chair from under him , and pulled h to pieces . The table was also broken up , aad weapons made of the several pieces . Duffy , who
seems to have been a Bort of ringleader amongst them , seized a chair , and threw it over the platform , into the body of the meeting , where it waa smed by the repealers , and converted " into weapons of attack . Mr . O'Connor and his party meanwhile exerted themselves to keep Mr . Scholefield in possession of the ehair , a ? d a general melee took place on the platform . Mr . OConnor called out— ' Now , lads , support your chairman , ' and he was shortly afterwards knocked down npon a bench . Somebody pushed Duffy over the platfsrm into the pit , and he afterwards charged O'Connor with doing it . These outrages on the platform led to a general melee in the body of the meeting ; most of those present being Irish , every one characteristically began to lay about him on all within hi 3 reach . Some of the repealers insisted that the Corn Laws should be discussed ir » t ? ad of the Repeal of the Union : bat all discussion was evidently at an
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Prfmiditaxed Assault on a Report * r , nv Char-Tisrs . —In bur last , we noticed the nght in the Mechanics' Hall of Science , oh Tuesday evening last , on the occasion of a lecture by Mr . Feargus O'Connor , on the Repeal of tha Legislauva Union w . th Ireland , and then stated that one of the
reporters for tho public press had received a severe blow on the head . Wo have siricd made further inqniiies , and fiud that the gentleman assaulted was Mr Lrresche , of the Manchester Advertiser , who was s . tting at the table taking notes , one or two other reporters being hear himi when ho received a tremendous blow on tho back of the head from a large piece of wood , probably a piece of baiiustrado , for it appeared to be nearly aa thick as a small bedpost ; and must havd been squared at- one end , for his hac was cleanly cut through , for a length of about three inches . Tms blow inflicted a ssvertj lacerated wound on the scalp , the blood flowing from which completely saturated the hat . Mr . Leresche immediacfcly sprang up to see his assailant , when he
received another heavy blow on tha forehead , the force of which was , however , pai tially broken by the rim of his hati He was then beaten severely about tho shoulderp , arms , and body ; andj in the instinctive tttori to ward off the blows w ; th his hands , he received another tremendous blow on tho wrist and hand ; which , we understand , are quite disabled . Indeed , the injuries of Mr . Leresohe are of so severe a thiracter , that he has been confined to the house ever since by ^ their consequences . ¦ His hat presents the most striking proofs of the extent of violence used by the ruffians , who thn 3 attacked --. him ; We have
called this cowardly assault a premeditated one , and j We will now btate why we think it was s < v At the commencement of the fight , Mr . Feargus O'Connor made his escape by a door near the ptatiorm ; but there was a report that he had been hurt by some of the adverse party .: One of the reporters present , after ; tho disturbance had terminated , in order to ascertain whether there Was any truth in the report , proceeded to the Mosley Arms Hpttl , where ho found Mr . O'Conuor , aud a number of hi 8 friend 8 . ilpon stating the object ol his vis't , and after receiving the information ha sought , Mr . O'Connor observed to him that it was
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Messrs. Vincent, Philp, And Others, And Their New Alliance With The Middle Class Stubge Declaration Men.
MESSRS . VINCENT , PHILP , AND OTHERS , AND THEIR NEW ALLIANCE WITH THE MIDDLE CLASS STUBGE DECLARATION MEN .
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Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBSON , at bi » « " * ia « OfllceB ^ Ht > a . 12 » nd 13 , MarJtet-street , Brffr gate ; and Published by the said Joshua Hobso «» ( for the jBaid Feabgus O'CtoNNOR . ) » t b | " ^ - jing-house , Noi 6 , Market-street , Btig ^ - " internal Commuaication existing betwessn the M'a No . 5 i Markefc-street , and the said H » ; ! ¦ 13 , Markefcstreet , JBrig ^ te , thu ^ cosstHutioS ^ whole of the said Printing and pabliaiiii * ** One Premises . . ' ¦ ' ... - ' '¦' . ' ¦ ' All Communicationa must be addressed , i Pcs ^ i * * J . Hobson , Northern Star Office , Leedt Sahaday , Marcht Wi 1 8 **
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 19, 1842, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct882/page/8/
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