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    • TO THE PEOPLE.
    • iforfljwmms C^arttlst fflteetinofi*
    • 4Tfear«'0t %nUl\\Kente.
    • SECOND EDITION.
    • APPREHENSION OF AN ANTI-COEN LAW MILLOWNEE,
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      Mr Friesds . —If , under the present extraor-/ linirr circumstances , I shall feel it a duty which I r ? Z is well to yon as to myself , to extend this oDeal * fl j wna * nn (^ er ° * ner circumstances migh t S « msJdered an unreasonable length , I feel assured that the importance of the case will plead my excuse . Th » ve been a public nun for many years , and rtrong bout I have endeavoured to act with a degree £ f consistency , which , under all and every circumriLancc would enable me to render a' fair and honour-Sukoo ™* of oy every public aci ; and that to ihieh I now desire to direct pnblio attention is the subject of the recent arrest of myself and otherB ^ v ^ n will , no doubt , have observed the course which the whole press of the country , with the ex-L ^ tion of the Observer and the Morning Advertiser ,

      hire pursued Bince the recent outbreaks , and more ZsDeciillj the manner in which it has endeavoured tTbold me up to pubUo scorn , and universal reprobation . The manner in which the London press has Stcainted to magnify the importance of those eWes , which are yet to be preferred against me-, betokens a degree of recklessness and vengeance ifflraraHeted in any country . As I am aware , therefore that yon will require from me » n explanation , inasmuch as were the charges well founded , they would be at variance with my every act and every recommendation to the people , I now proceed to lay the whole before yon , not being able to proceed to Manchester for the purpose of learning tjie exact namre of the offence with which I stand charged . I have merely gleaned from the warrant that it is conspiracy and sedition , and that the time at which the offence is laid is on the 17 th of August .

      L »; us now consider whether or no , from the very aatore of the delegate meeting , held upon that day , the purpose for which it was called , and the mode and time of electing the delegates thereto , can by possibility be tortored into a charge of conspiracy and sedition . Conspiracy implies secresy to a certain exvent , while there was no Becresy whatever , ether in the mode of electing the delegates , the time of their election , the purposes for which they were elected , or in the publication of their acts . The conntry is perfectly aware that several delegates were elected many weeks before any outbreak look place , they were openly elected at publje meetings called for that special purpose , the duties affiynied to them were to consult as to whether or n » t there was anything deficient , er requiring

      alteration in the rules and regulations , by which the Chartist movements were ordered and go-Terrcd , as also to revise and audit the accounts if tiv ¦ ' executive Committee . The day appointed fpr -b : . " assembling was the 16 * th day of August , a &j " which for twenty-two years has been held acred in Manchester by some popular demon-Btration . Had it not been for that occasion presenting itself , it is more than probable that no such delegate meeting would have taken place . In compliance , however , with the request of the authorities , not only was the intended demonstration abandoned , but the meeting which was to h » TB taken place in the Rev . Mi ^ Scholefield ' s chapelyird , was also given np , and the delegates assembled ob the 16 th in the most public manner , and in

      the mort public part of Manchester . As a matter of course the awful circumstances arising ont of the stoppage of the several mills , presented themselves as subject matter for the consideration of the delegates . I was not aware of the place of meeting until between two and three o'clock , when . 1 proceeded there , and being recognized was followed bj several thousand persons who remained congregated outside , and owing to the excired state of the town , the landlady of the house requested us to dissolve the meeting , which was immediately done . The subsequent proceedings , without reservation , were openly published to the world on the following Saturday , the 20 th . The delegates met with open

      doors , reporters were admitted , and , m order that our proceedings might be perfectly legal , we refused to receive deputations from other bodies , who waited upon U 3 , while , without asking any questions , "all were unreservedly admitted . From a perusal of aU that took place , and which was published on the following Saturday , it will be found that while the delegates very properly expressed their sympathy for those poor fellows , who were subjected to the dread alternative of starving , or working at a redneed rate of wages ; yet did they never recommend the people to strike work , although they highly approved of the temperate and constitutional resistance with which all determined to meet the unjustifiable reductions proposed by the masters .

      Now , what of secrecy or conspiracy appears throughout the whole transaction 1 And how , in the name of common sense could those who were elected for many weeks before the outbreak took place , and after whose dispersion tumult and riot almost instantly ceased—how , I ask , can those dele-Rates be charged even with impropriety of conduct I It must be borne in mind that the tumult had taken place , and had nearly run its course before the 17 ih of August , and that after the 20 th , the day on which the proceedings were made knowD , scarcely a single act of violence occurred . I am minute in laying these matters before you , because , was 1 jnstly chargeable with any act of conspiracy , or even of Becrecy , it would be at variance with my every recommendation to the people . You trill bear

      in mind that the two things against which I have ever cautioned you , have been joining in any secret association , er having any recourse to physical force-And although I have been grossly misrepresented , especially upon those two points , yet , with , what pride and-satisfaction am I now enabled to appeal to- those to whom my caution has been valuable , vrho have profited by my _ advice , and who will bear testimony to my unceasing endeavours to save the people from those two great enemies to their cause . 1 hold it that the free expression of public opinion is the safety-valve of society , and that when any attempt is made to suppress , or unconstitutionally to shackle it . angry feelings , grievances , and disappointment , will seek another and a more dangerous rent . When principles , no matter however at

      variance they may be with those by which society is governed , are allowed to be freely and boldly expressed , they never become dangerous . If they are revolting or heterodox , judgment and proper feeling will Tery speedily suppress them , while if they are consonant with the opinions of the majority , it becomes dangerous , unjust , and unconstitutional , to silence them by brute force . Hence we find that , in the olden times , when Englishmen were allowed freely to express their opinions , the crotcbst 3 , dogmas , and peculiar notions of individuals or of a class , met a . speedy grave , to which want of public sympathy consigned them . And , in truth , never did man express a more glorious sentiment than that of Junins , wherein he says : 1 like those public meetings ; they are as the hue and cry , they warn us against the thief ' s ap

      proach , and prepare us for his reception . " Behold hew different the case is in France , where the people have not liberty to meet . What do we find there ? Instead of public opinion directing the majority to legitimate action , we find the thief approaching stealthily , and without notice of Ms coming . There the dissatisfaction of a single club , the discontent of a Jew , of a tingle school , or a Eingle college , creates an emeu ' . e , which threatens society with revolution and destruction . There all may go to bed in peace , sue ! awake in disorder ! The raising of a single barricade becomes a standard under which all the evil passions , as if by magic , marshal themselves , fro question as to whether " the quarrel is just , no eisminanon into the causes which have led to it ; it is sufficient thai that illegitimate control by ¦ Rirxh the public has been circumscribed is atticked .

      >' ow , my friends , let me for a moment direct your attention to the following facts . In 1839 , the _ Whi £ S njade an assault upon public meetings , when instantly psblic opinion . or rather the angry feelings of a stction , found vent in the establishment of secret associations , Thi 3 fact came to my knowledge , and our Scottish brethren will bear me out in the trmh of what I am aboat to snbmit io you . A delegate for the purpose of establishing secret sor-eiies vras sent into Scotland . I heard of his mission , and proceeded to every town through which he had passed , cautioning the people against eo dangerous an experiment . I succeeded , and saved thonsamis from destruction . I now come to that perioa immediately preceding the dismissal of the operatives from their work . You will recollect

      that in many districts , and especially in North Lancashire , " Sunday meetings became prevalent ; and at many of those meetings the provincial press reported most inflammatory speeches , said to be delivered by lesding Chartists . Some mills were burnt , and considerable excitement . prevailed . I had long promised to visit North Lancashire , and opon hearing of those circumstaBces , I fulfilled that promise ; and what is still more extraordinary , I did so at the express desire of those masters , who entertained apprehensions for their property , and who appeared to have formed a just estimate of my real sentiments . I traversed the whole of North Lancashire . I tranquiilii&d the jrablic mind of that district , and left it under the oppression that so far I had dispelled prejudice . The thousands of all classes who heard me , will bear m mind that I hinted at the probability of the

      present straggle , and that I emphatically cantioned the forking people to fold their arms , and take no part * B it After my visit , disorder vanished as if by ¦ ttgic , when I made a tour of Yorkshire , and what Happened there ? At Bingley , I was actually « £ » rged , in the presence of thousands , with being in the pay of the Tory Government , employed for the Purpose of keeping the working classes from an out-« reik . Subsequently I made ft toot of Nottingham mire , and there I propounded the same doctrine I had learned from Mr . Acland , while at Halifax «» t the mills were to be stopped npon a given day , * s a means of forcing the repeal of the Corn Lawa I knew tie length to which men , many of whom * ere on the verge of bankruptcy , would go U st&ysofftae evil day . I was aware of the effeel ¦*" nich tho fascinating assurance of high wages * heap oread tad plejttt to do , " would have upor

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      the starving millions . I knew that the experiment would be made , and that having refused to assist directly in it you would be indirectly forced as auxiliaries to it . In Nottingham , as in North Lancashire and Yorkshire , I cautioned you against entering into , secret associations or joining in any physical encounter . Such , then , having been the general tenor of my life , can you , or can any one , having common eense , suppose me fool enough thus to destroy myself by annihilating the very force , npon which my prosecutors and persecutors would now hold me up as reiving upon 1

      Having now disposed of f o much of my subject , and if the whole of a man's character is to be taken in proof of his excellence or debasement , let me direct your attention to the mean , the foul , the malicious , and scandalous attempt , made by the Times on Monday , to stamp me not only with all the political delinquency which my prosecutors would heap upon me , but , further , to present me to its readers as the plunderer of the working classes . In its report of the Stafford proceedings , that print states that great disappointment was felt in consequence of the non-arrival of Mr . Feargus O'Connor , Treasurer to the Defence Fund . Conld charge be more base \ or insinuation more foul ? for had not the ignominious writer learned from my own letterin the Evening Star of

      , Saturday last , that I had forwarded to Stafford , for the defence of the prisoners , a sum larger in amount than I had received up to that period ! Now , my friends , the whole cas » iB before you , and it is for yoa to deliberate and decide , while my mind is made up , both as to the rectitude and openness of my past conduct , as well as to my future course . For many years I have been the butt of faotion , because I have unswervingly adhered to my principles , throufih all those trying and dangerous scenes ¦ which have passed before ns . It is a 3 constitutional for me and my party to oppose the principles of Whigs and Tories , as it is for Whigs and Tories to oppose those principles which I constitutionally seek to establish ; while it is for yon , the people , to say , whether or no

      , without form of iaw , without right or justice , or without more than the mere danger that misrule apprehends from my exertions , I am to be sacrificed fcr my nndeviating advocacy of your cause , and firm resolve to persevere in that course which has insured for me the respect and approval of the good , and the hatred of the vicious . These are no times , however , when man should think for himself alone . I cast an anxious glance at the situation of those many honest men who have been driven by their masters , and not by me , to seek refuge from poverty in a ga * l ; and even yet , my friends , in the midst of that chaos and political confusion by which we are surrounded , I can turn with gladness to my own reflections , and say here is a struggle continued for years by nearly a whole people , whose hands are

      unstained with blood . Ay 3 thank God , my " destructive" and " deluded" followers , the historian who shall yet write the history of those days , when frenzy , madness , and prejudice shall have passed away , will be compelled to represent U 3 as " destructives" who only destroyed prejudice ; as " plunderers" who but sought the protection of the poor man ' s property ; and as " atheists , " " infidels , " and " unbelievers , " who sought to relieve the purity of religion from those scientific mists with which Inst and avarice had surronnded it . Merciful Providence ! to what length can villany go beyond that to which the press has already stretched it , in its attempt to prejudice its readers against the Chartist body 1 In order to create disgust and apprehension , and just at the moment when

      the judgment should be calm in order to arrive at sound conclusions as to the guilt or innocence of those charged with political offences , we find the columns of that press teeming with a base and unfounded assertion that amongst our body was a conspiracy to destroy the Queen !! No doubt all these ingredients will be thrown into the cauldron by the prosecutors , and presented to the several juries , as the ultimate object of the Chartist body . Can the fiendish mind , set upon the bloodiest purpose , descend to meanness surpassing this ? No , my friends , poor as you are , and oppressed though you be , I have the consolation to know that there is not one single secret association of Chartists throngh the land , nor is there a man in Britain , who ever hoped to arrive at his object

      through the blood of an innocent woman . My friends , you have doubtless read the foul and slanderous article which appeared in the Sunday Times of Sunday la ^ t , and from that you will have learned that there is no act by which the Tories coald sooner win the affections of the conductors of that print and its readers than by the torture and persecution of those friends who have stood by your order . Bear in mind that it was that journal which assumed to itself the unenviable honour and notoriety of having first suggested the dreadful alternative of achieving " free trade" by a simultaneous stoppage of all the factories in the kingdom I My friends , trace our warfare with this party through its several stages , and then ask yourselves whether it is right and proper , that those with whom we have battled

      for years in the field of political strife , should now become our persecutors and prosecutors , nnder the sanction and protection of that party which now rules the destinies of the country . Is not every man aware that the contest arose between capital anduboub ? and that capital having failed to makeuiBODB instrumental to its own purposes , then turned upon it to reap its disappointments in vengeance ! I have now don ? . I have not written this with " my own hand , because I was incapable of the task , but it has been dictated from thoEe lips which have never uttered a word to delude , or a sentence at variance with the dictates of a conscientious belief . And

      now , in conclusion , I have only to express a hope that as I never begged for myself , I may with more zsal be allowed to become a beggar in the cause of the poor and the oppressed . I have sent £ 50 to Stafford , and £ 20 to Chester , leaving little , if anything , in hand for the defence of those who are to be tried at Liverpool , and upon whose behalf it is my earnest appeal that you will set this night apart for the good work by furnishing th 9 means of procuring the best defence which the law will admit of , and transmit it forthwith either to the Northern Star or Evening Star Office , from whence it will be forwarded to the Defence Fund Committee now sitting at Manchester . I am , your faithful friend and servant , Fzargds O'Connor .

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      AND SIX MORE CHARTIST LEADERS . ASHTON , Tuesday Morning , Ten g'Clock :. Throughout the whole of yesterday and Sunday the greatest excitement prevailed in the districts of Ashton-nnder-Lyne , Hyde , Dukinfield , and Staleybridge , on account of several of the leading Chartists being arrested under warrants issued by the connty magistrates . Great , however , as the excitement was on Sunday and the early part of Monday , it was increased in a ten-fold degree by the apprehension of Mr . George Southam , a miliowner , and a well-known opposer of the Corn Lawa . The prisoners , Thomas Pitts , William Woodreffe , Thomas Sioran , John Bryerly , George YV elby , Geo . Jehnson , and Mr . George Southam , a miliowner , were yesterday charged before the Rev . R . S . Evans ( chairman ) , James Jowett and James Lord , Esqrs ., with seditious conspiracy at Ashton , and other places in the neighbourhood .

      Evidence was gone into to show the excited Btate of the district in the middle of August ; and also that most of the prisoners had attended and addressed different meetings of the people . The following is the evidence of a policeman : — John Robinson said—I am captain of the watch of this borough . On the loth of August last I attended a meeting on Thackray ' s Ground , in Ashton . Abel Duke was Chairman . There might be between 4 , 000 and 5 , 000 people present . The prisoners Storah and Pitts were speakers , but none of the other prisoners were present . A person named Challonor was speaking at the time I went np to the meeting . He was advising them to be firm to the " Charter " and the " wages . question : " there were loud cries from the mob of " We'll have them both , or fight in

      blood up to the knees . " Challonor said , They must be firm and stand to their cause , and success was certain f that they " most not be afraid of spaniels , but stand or fall by the Charter . " On the 17 th of August I Baw the prisoner , Pitts , at another meeting on the same ground . It was a large meeting , and be was one of the speakers . He gave ft report of the proceedings of the delegate meeting ft * Manchester on the previous day . He told them that during the deliberations of the delegates the building was surrounded by special constables , but , notwithstanding , they did their <* uty . At that meeting he paid they ( the delegates ) had passed a resolution to cease from all labour until the Charter became the law of the land . A person named Robert Lee , also addressed the meeting , and declared he would have the Charter , whether by aonJ or physical force .

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      Three other witnesses having been examined , William Schofield deposed as follows—I am a cotton-spinner . On the 9 th of August I attended a meeting on Thackray ' s Ground . On that occasion the prisoner , George Sontham , took the chair . He addressed the meeting and said he had come there to act as chairman , and he hoped every one would soon have a fair hearing . He then sat down , and a person named Pilling got up , and addressed the meeting at great length . Pilling proposed a resolution to the effect that we do not resume work until we obtain " a fair day ' s wages for a fair day ' s work , " or the prices paid in 1840 . The resolution was seconded by another speaker , and the prisoner Southam pat it to the meeting , and declared it-to be carried unanimously . He said he was a Chartist , he was born a Chartist , and he imbibed the Chartist principles from his cradle . There was another

      resolution passed ; it was proposed by Pilling , That we should go to Manchester , and stop all the mills . " Pilling said it was a rainy morning , we had better go to our breakfasts , and come again at one o'clock , and then proceed to Manchester . There was an amendment moved , " . That we should go then , " and George Southam said , " There was nothing like time present—jon go to Manchester , and I'll lead you up . " Pilling then said , " As I am beaten , I must give in , but as you have got a cotton master at your head , yon cannot take much hurt , so I will go home and get my breakfast , and follow you to ; Manchester . There was . nothing before the meeting but the " wages question , " until Mr . Southam introduced the Charter and the Corn Laws . The prisoner Sontham said , if they would go for the total repeal of the Corn Laws , he would go with them heart and hand to any meeting or procession they thought proper to propose .

      Cross-examined by Mr . Hudson—I work at Backs and Co . ' 8 . This morning was the first time I was at the police-office to give my information . The meeting at which Mr . Southam presided was held on the Oth of Angust last , between six and nine o'clock in the morning . It was a very large meeting . Mr . Southam was seated on a chair when I saw him on the hustings . He did not refuse to put several resolutions , nor did he ever during that morning say anything about their illegality . I do swear that he put two resolutions to the meeting . One of them was not to go to wor& until we got an advance of wages , and the other to go to Manchester and turn out the mills .

      Thomas Worrall was next put into the box ; he deposed—I am a power-loom weaver , and reside on the Manchester-road . I was at a meeting on Thackray ' s-grouud , on the 9 : k of August last . Mr . George Sontham , the prisoner , was in the chair . Pilling proposed the fir 3 t resolution , and after that another , to the effect that we should go to Manchester and stop the mills . The Chairman put both resolutions , and deolared them carried . Pilling then advised them to go and get their breakfast , as it was a wet morning , and to come again and go to Manchester . But Mr . Southam said , " Yoa must go now ; you have no time to delay . I will go and get my breakfast now , and then I'll go with you and lead you on , " or words to that effect . He also said , "We

      must have a fair day ' s wages for a fair day ' s work . A total repeal of the Corn Laws and the Charter with it , too . " Joseph Armetage was then called , and deposed —I attended a meeting on the 9 th of August , at six o ' clock in the morning , at which Mr . George Southam , the prisoner , was chairman . There was a motion moved and passed , which was to the effect that we should go to Manchester Exchange , and see if we could not do some business for the masters , as they had been a long time , and could not do any for themselves . Pilling advised them to go home and get their breakfasts first , but Mr . Southam said there was nothing like the time present . This was the case for the prosecution .

      Mr . Hudson addressed the court on behalf of the prisoners for some time , and urged that no case had been made out to warrant the magistrates in sending them to trial . He would not call any witness on behalf the six prisoners ; but on the part of Mr . Sontham he would trouble the court with some evidence . Samuel Elson was the first witness called for the defence . He deposed—I am an overlooker of power looms , and reside in Ashton-under-Lyne . On the morning of the 9 th of August I attended a meeting which was held on Thackray ' s-ground . The business had commenced when I got there . As Boon as I reached the place of meeting , I asked how it was that Mr . Sontham was ia theo ' aair , and I was told he was forced into it . Mr . Hall objected to this evidence , as being second-handed . The Bench were of the same opinion , and it was consequently stopped .

      Examination continued—I was there when Pilling proposed tho first resolution . The wording of the resolution was altered , and when put by Mr . Southam it was to the effect that the workpeople " ought " to have the prices paid in 1840 . There wae nothing in the resolution about a fair day ' s wages for a fair day's work . I positively swear there was no such resolution put to the meeting . The second resolution was put by Mr . Southam to the meeting , but he objected to put it in the form it was given to him . I believe the resolution was to the effect that they should go to Manchester , but Mr . Southam said it would be illegal , and therefore he would not put it to the meeting . He said those who had a mind might go to Manchester , and those who had a mind to stop at home might do the same . He never said a

      word about leading them up . I am sure he never said a word about going to Manchester . There was no resolution put to the meeting but one , and it was , " That those who wished to go to Manchester might do so , and those who did not might leave- it alone . " Cross-examined by Mr . Hall—I was five or six yards from the chairman . I made my way through the crowd . I did not go to Manchester , but I went home to my breakfast . I have been in the Court about an hour and a half . Of that time I have been half an hour talking to Mr . Southam in the dock . He did not tell me what to say . I am in Mr . Southam ' s employ , and I was with the other hands fetched out from my work during the turnout . I have attended several meetings during the turn-out . I do not know how many of these meetings I was present at .

      Mr . Joseph Spencer was the next witness called . Mr . Spencer is a bookkeeper in the employ of MeBsrs . Hindley and Hyde of Dukenfield , both anti-Corn Law men . He said I am a clerk and reside in Ashton . I wa 3 present at the meeting at which Mr . Southam presided . I do not recollect the date , but I believe it ^ was on the 9 th of August last . I was there from the beginning of the meeting . Some person proposed Mr . Southam as chairman , but it was four or five minutes before he took the chair . On taking the chair , he stated that he did not coincide with the course they were taking to obtain their object . Said that if any illegal proceedings took place , he , as chairman , would not be responsible for their conduct , as they did not go to the root of the evil , the corn Mr . Hudson—You must answer my questions only . I have nothing more to ask you .

      Cross-examined by Mr . Hall—I have attended several meetings on Thackray ' s ground during the turn-out , but I cannot eay how many . _ I cannot say exactly how far I was from the Chairman on the morning of the 9 th of August , but 1 should think about thirty yards . This being the whole of the evidence on both sides , the magistrates retired into their private room , and returned in about fifteen minutes . Mr . Evans said that after due deliberation they were of opinion that they were all cases for a Jury to decide , except that of Wilby , who should be bound over to keep the peace for six months , himself in £ 50 . and two sureties in £ 25 each . The other prisoners were then committed to take their trialsat theforthc-ming Special Commission , but they would all be admitted to bail , Johnson , Pitts , Woodroffe , Storah , and Bryerly , themselves in £ 50 , and two sureties in £ 25 , and Mr . Southam in £ 100 , and two sureties in £ 50 each . Bail was forthcoming , and tke prisoners were liberated .

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      TODMOBDEN .-On Monday evening , the Odd Fellows' Hall was crammed with a respectable audience , to hear a lecture by Mr . William Bell , of Heywood ; but that gentleman being unable to attend , be sent Mr . John Evans , who delivered a Tery instructive lecture . BRADFORD . —The members of the General Council held their usual weekly meeting on Monday evening . The room was crowded . The following sums were paid in for the Defence Fond : — -Great Horton , £ 1 13 s . 6 d . ; Horton Green , 12 s . 6 d- ; Middleton

      Fields , 12 s . ; Cteorge ' B-stxeet , 10 s . ; White Abbey , 6 s . 64 ; J&me ' e-street , 6 s . ; Idle , 5 s . ; Manuingham , 3 s . 4 i ; B . B . Lane , Ss . ; Lidget Green , 2 s . 9 fl . ; Kelson Conrt , Ss . 4 d . ; TJndensliffe , Is . 4 d . ; Thompson ' s Houses , Is . Sd . ; New Leeds , Is . 10 d . ; Mr . Ledlow , 2 s . ; T . M . Is . ; BamnelJaekBon , 1 b . 6 d . ; H . H . 6 d . ; Friend per T . C . is . Sd . ; R . White , 6 d- ; Friend , 6 < L ; Taylor , 3 d . ; Friend , Pndeey , 6 cL ; E . Smith , 2 d . ; New Leeds , 6 d . ; Friend , Thompson ' s Houses , 6 d . The meeting adjourned to Monday next , when aU parties collecting fer the Defence are requested to bring in the amount .

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      JARRCJW . —On Sunday afternoon , Mr . Chappie , of Sunaetfana , delivered an excellent address at this place . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - . ¦ . - . ¦ .. . ¦ . - . - SUNDBHLAND . —Mr . Williams Iectnred on the Town Moor , oh Sunday afternoon , at half-past two o ' clock . ,. ¦ : ¦ - . . ¦¦ * . Gehbral Council . —On Sunday ' morning , a new General Council was elected for Sonderland . Halipax ^ -Anotheb AKBK 3 T .-On Weanesday last , at two o dock in the morning , Mr , Chippendale , of this town , was arrested , under a warrant issued " Manchester . He was immediately taken to the 2 ** - l > from whence he was conveyed to Manchester . The charge against him is , for attendin a meeting at Manchester , on August the 17 th .

      LouGHBoaouGH . —On Monday last , Mr . West delivered * lecture in this place , and is engaged to lecture - . here on Monday , October the 10 th ; Sheep 8-head , Toeffday i Hathern , Wednesday ; Mountsorrel , Thursday . ; Quomdon , Friday ; Wimeawould , SatarfoV s 25 E shead . Sunday afternoon ; October the lbtn ; and ; JLoughborough at night . ABMiir . —Mr . Baron delivered a leottjre here on Monday flight to an attentive audience . It fa hoped that afcjhajoom is re-opened , the men of Armley will meM'in good numbers . Every good mad and true ought to be up , and show to the factions that they will not be satisfied till justice be done , to the toiling millions—let all them attend the meeting on Monday night . ; Newcasixk-ok-Tyhs . —Mr . Brophy has been lectering here and in the neighbourhood for the last weel , Wfth good effeofr . . . .

      MAKO HBSTER .-CAHFENTEBS' HALL .-PenHJcation defeats its own objects ; the gross acts of tyranny , now of every day occurrence , eo far from answering the ends they are intended to accomplish , namely , the extirpation of Chartism , have had a diametrically opposite tendency . The numerous arrests which have recently taken place , have' called forth the utmost determination on the part of the people of Manchester . Last Sunday , the above hall was crammed to suffocation , and although Mr . W . D . Taylor , from some cause or other , which he has not yet explained , disappointed us both in the afternoon aud evening , his place was very ably supplied by Messrs . Ross and Dixon in the afternoon , and Mr . J . R . Cooper in the evening . Ten new members were enrolled , and the colleotion 3 were larger than on any previous occasion .

      CASH RECEIVED BY WILLIAM DIXON FOR THE DEFENCE FUND THIS ' WEEK : — From a few friends at Mr . Redfern ' s Temperanoe Hotel , George-street ... 0 2 1 The Committee return their thanks to the friends at Mr . Redfearu ' s , and hope that their exertions to correot the morals of the people will be blessed with success , and will thankfully receive any trifle that they can spare for the suffering and the distressed . —Wm . Dixon .

      George Marsden ... ... ... 0 10 J . S . J . ... ... ... ... 0 10 George Fittan ... ... ... ... 0 1 0 Mr . Swiers ... ... ... ... 0 7 5 Alexander M'W ., a friend to O'Connor ... 0 3 0 A few friends , per William Groof tt ... 0 4 6 James Bennet ... ... ... 0 1 0 A few Friends , per Wm . Grocott ... 0 4 0 Ladies'Shoemakers , per H . Watson ... 0 13 6 The Friends of Pilkington ... ... 0 4 0 Ratcliffe , per Richard Hamer ... ... 10 0 Men ' s Shoemakers , meeting at the Duke of Cumberland Inn , Cumberlandstreet ... ... ... ... 0 15 0 From Ashton-under-Lyne , to be forwarded to Feargua O'Connor , Esq ., per Mr . Pilling ... ... ... 8 0 . ' - ' ¦ ¦• . :. - ' £ ii is o SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED BY MR . JOHN

      CLEAVE . POLITICAL VICTIMS AND DEFENCE FUHD . £ . s . d . Previously acknowledged ... ... 17 15 9 Mr . Banister ... ... ... ... 0 2 0 Lambeth Youths '( tea party ) ... ... 0 1 2 ^ Mr . Chippendale and workmates ... 020 Flint boot and shoemakers , Star Coffeehouse , Golden-lane , per J . Walkerdine ... ... ... ... 2 0 0 Silk weavers'locality ... ... ... 0 2 6 Mr . Dornare ... ... ... ... 0 10 Mr . Pike ... ... 0 1 7 Mr . W . Chaplia ... ... ... 0 0 6 Wolverhampton , per Mr . Wilcox ... 1 2 6 Ilkeston , Derbyshire , per Mr . Griffiths 0 7 0 Clock House , London ... ... 0 2 7 Huoknall Torkard , Nottinghamshire , second

      subscription , per Mr . Sweet ... 0 10 0 A Nottingham Friend , per Mr . Sweet ... 1 0 0 Box in Sweet ' s shop ... ... ... 0 9 4 A Lady , per Mr . Sweet ... ... 0 1 0 H . C . ( Stroud post mark ) ... ... 0 10 Chartists , Shoulder of Mutton Inn , Nottingham ... ... ... 0 8 6 Mr . Dove ... ... ... ... 0 2 6 G . R ., Nottingham ... 0 10 0 Chartists , Kidderminster , per Mr . Hitchin 0 14 8 Silk-weavers , Kidderminster ... ... 0 4 10 A Kidderminster friend ... ... 0 0 6

      Chartists , Hooley Hill , near Manchester 0 10 0 James Russell , Rye , Sussex ... ... 0 2 6 James Allison , Rye ... ... ... 0 1 0 Messrs . Parker and Swaine , Chelsea ... 0 1 6 Mr . Kendrick ... 0 2 6 Mr . Whitell ... ... ... ... 0 2 6 Lambeth Chartists ... ... ... 0 6 0 Shopmates , per Mr . Cook ... ... 0 16 Teetotal Chartists , Waterloo-road ... 0 4 0 Wigton Chartists , per Mr . Byrce ... 0 12 0 Friends , Sunderland , per Mr . Monarch ... 0 2 0 Do . per Mrs . Atkins ... ... ... 0 10 Boot and Shoemakers , Peek-lane ,

      Birmingham ... ... ... 0 6 0 Bath , per T . Bolwell ... ... ... 0 18 0 Southampton Chartists , per S . Bartlett ... 0 13 2 Thomas Baldey ... ... ... 0 2 2 A few Friends , per Mr . Prentice ... 0 2 6 Nottingham , per Mrs . Smith ... ... 0 5 0 W . V . and J . H ., jewellers ... ... 0 5 0 £ 3 T ~ 8 34 Subscriptions , per Mr . Campbell , ( see Northern Star of previous week ) ... 3 3 11

      £ 34 12 2 i N . B . —The subjoined items comprise the seven shillings and sixpence , acknowledged in Mr . Cleave ' s previous list , as received per Mr . Campbell : — £ s d Don Pedro ... ... ... ... 0 1 0 Mr . Waterworth ... ... ... 0 16 Workpeople ... ... 0 3 0 Mr . Jones ... ... ... ... 0 16 G . P . 0 0 6

      £ 0 7 6 MASON AND CO ., VICTIMS . £ S d Mr . Hickling , Nottingham , ... ... 0 0 6 A Female Friend ... ... ... 0 10

      £ 0 16 Notice . —Mr . Cleave will thank the friends of justice and humanity to transmit their subscriptions as early in the week as convenient , in order to enable him to make a return to the Star per Wednesday evening ' s post . The necessity for this course will be apparent when Mr . C . intimates that in consequenco of the late receipt of subscriptions this week , he was precluded from making up the above list , so as to appear in the first edition of the Star . Mr . C . has also received ( Thursday evening ) , upwards of £ 5 from Bradford , Yorkshire . Particulars next week ; but ia the meantime , other towns should not fail to " do also ' and " likewise . " * * * Postage should in every case be paid ; and on no account should stamps be sent in lieu of cash .

      Receipts of the Executive from the 27 th of Sep tember to the 80 th , being the end of the quarter . £ s . d . Lynn Regis ... ... ... ... 0 5 0 Hatters , London ... 0 2 0 City of London ... ... ... 0 8 0 Working Man ' s Hall , Mile End 0 8 4 Lambeth Youths ... 0 1 2 Horns'Tavern , Bermondsey ... 0 5 0 Ulverston ... 0 4 0 Sunderland ... .... 010 0 Chelmaford ... ... ... ... 0 2 € Nottingham ... ... ... ... 0 10 0 Byker Bar , Newcastle ... ... 0 8 0 Unknown , ( the letters being ia ) 5 £ q possession of the police ) ... ) q g q Total receipts during the quarter 152 9 10 Total expenditure , ditto ... 160 14 8 j Overdrawn from Treasuer ... 8 4 10 £ A balanoe sheet will shortly be published .

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      Thurstonland . —Mr . T . Viokerman , a young man from Honloy , will lecture h 6 re on Sunday , the sixth of Oct ., in the open air , weather permitting , to commence at six o'clock . Mr . Gahmage , of Northampton , will leoture at the following places : —Birmingham , Aston-street , on Sunday , to-morrow , evening , Ootober Sth ; Kidderminster , Monday , lOih ; Worcester , Taesday 11 th ; Cheltenham , Wednesday , 12 th ; Gloucester , Thursday 13 th ; Bristol , Sunday 16 th . London . —Mr . Ruffy Ridley will leoture on Tuesday evening , at Deptford . . Mr . Davoc will lecture on Sunday evening at the Flora Tavern , York Place , Barnsbury-place , Islington .

      ^ Marylebone . —Mr . Farrer will lectnre at the Working Men ' s Hall , Circua-street , New-road , on Sunday evening , Oct . 9 th , at half-past seven o ' clock . On Monday next a public meeting , convened by the City Chartists , will be held in the Hall of the National Association , 242 A , High Holborn . to take into consideration the best means of defending and supporting the political viotims . Th& bhair will be taken at « i ^ ht o ' clock . : O » Tvbsday eriiung ' ti , concert wjil be held in the H 4 U of the Instttui » i 55 , Old Bailey , in aid of thf funds of the "N . C . A . Tiokets , threepencs ead ^ v ^ , . ,: >¦• . .. ¦ ¦ ¦ ..., ¦ ¦ , :, ¦ ¦ ;; , . . / . ' ¦ .. ¦¦ ; - Q « S ^ iir idBxiiAjleotwre will b * delivered by Mr . AiwEtrong- Walton , at 55 , Old Bailey , at seven o clock in the evening . Towbb Hamxets . —The members meeting at the Carpe ' nterB' Arms , Brick-lane , are requested to attend on important business , next Sunday evening , at ninao'clook .

      Mb . M'Gbath will deliver a lecture next Sunday evening , at eight o ' clock , at the Carpenters ' Arms , Brick-lane . Delegate Committee . —A class for reading , being the second class , will be formed next Sunday morning , at ten o ' clock , at the Delegate Committee Rooms , 24 , Hunt Street . Southwabk . —Mr . John Roberts will address the men of Southwark , on Monday evenicg , at eight o ' clock , at the Working Man ' s Church . Sheffield . —Mr . Suttonwilldeliveralecturein the Chartist Room , Fig-tree-lane , on Sunday evening ( to morrow ) to commence at at half-past seven o'clock . Lecture . —On Monday evening Mr . Edwin Gill will deliver a leoture in the above room , to commence at eight o'clock . On Tuesday a meeting of the members will be held when aU are requested to attend .

      Bradford , Yorkshire . — -Massn ' s Arms , Clubhouses . —The Chartists connected with this locality are respectfully invited to attend , on Saturday , ( this day ) as business of great importance is to be transacted ,. at half-past seven o ' clock in the eveuing . Bradford . —The Chartists of Manchestor-road are requested to meet on Sunday , at six o ' clock in the evening , at Mrs . Hill ' s , on business of importance . Mr . Hurley will lecture at Little Horton , on Sunday evening at six o'clook . The Chartists of Bowling meet every Sunday morning at ten o ' clock . A meeting of the Chartists of CrosBley Hall will be held on Sunday , at two o ' clock . A lecture will be delivered at Manningham , on Sunday next at two o ' clock .

      A lecture will be delivered at White Abbey , on Monday evening at eight o'clock . Heywood . —A public meeting of the Chartists of this place will be held on Sunday ( to-morrow ) ia the Association Room , Hartley-street , when a full attendance is requested . Mexbro' district . —A delegate meeting will be held at Mexbro' , on Sunday , Oot . 16 ch , at half-past ten o ' clock in the morning , at the Cross Keys publichouse , New Mexbro ' . Rochdale . —Mr . Heywood , of Heywood , will preaoh two sermons in the Association Room , Yorkshire-street , on Sunday , at half-past two in the afternoon , and six in the evening ; and on Tuesday , Mr . Bell , of the same place , will leoture in the above room , at eight o'clock preoisely .

      East and Nobth-Ridtng . —Mr . Robinson , a gentleman in every respect worthy the notice of the Chartists of this district , will take a tour of agitation for a short time , to supply Mr . Bairstow ' s place Mr . Robinson will leoture at Hull on Monday next ; Beyerley , on Tuesday ; Holme , on Wednesday ; Pocklingtou , on Thursday and Friday . Derby . —There will be a Delegate Meeting on next Sunday at ten o ' clock in the morning at the Chartist Room , Willow-row , to devise means for defending the incarcerated Chartists . Delegates are expected from all the localities in the county . Sunderland . —On Tuesday evening , Messrs . Williams , Chappie , and Taylor will address the Sunderland Chartists , in the Arcade Room . Honley . —Mr . Shaw will leoture here on Sunday , ( to-morrow , ) to commence at six o ' clock in the evening .

      Kirkheaton . —Mr . Edward Clayton will lecture in the Association Room , to commence at six o ' clock in the evening . South Shields . —Mr . P . M . Brophy will leoture here on Monday , the 10 th ef October , at seven o ' clock in the evening . Sunderland . —Mr . P . M . Brophy will lecture here on Tuesday , the llih of October . Mr . P . M . Brophy ' s Route for the ensuing fortnight : —Thornley , Wednesday the 12 th ; Wmgate , the 13 th ; Durham , Friday the 14 th ; Bishop Auckland , Saturday the loch ; Stockton , Sunday the 16 th ; Darlington , Monday tho 17 th ; Northallerton , Tuesday the 18 th ; Thirsk , Wednesday the 19 th

      York , Thursday the 20 th ; Market Weighton , Friday the 21 st ; Beverley , Saturday the 22 nd ; Hull , Monday the 24 th ; Gainsborough , Tuesday and Wednesday , the 25 th and 26 th ; Newark , Thursday and Friday , the 27 th and 28 th ; Nottingham , the 28 th and 30 th ; and Arnold , Monday , October the 31 st . Hebdenbridge . —A ball will be held in the Democratic Chapel , at the above place , on Friday , the 14 th iust ., to commence at six o ' clook in the evening . Leeds District . —A delegate meeting of this district will be held to-morrow morning , at ten o ' clook . in the room , Cheapside . Every place in the district are earnestly requested to send delegates , as business of great importance will be brought forward .

      Leeds . —The Municipal Election Committee will meet to-morrow afternoon , at two o ' clock , in the room , Cheapside . Every member of it is requested to attend . . Mr . Dean Taylor will preach in the room , Cheapside , to-morrow evening , at half-past six o ' clock . Armley . —A leoture will be delivered here on Monday night , to commence at half-past seven o ' clock .

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      INDIA , AFFGHANISTAN , AND CHINA . TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH . The telegraphio de-patch , in anticipation of the anxiously-expected Overland Mail from India , has been received . It arrived in Paris on Wednesday , and was immediately published . The dates are from Calcutta the 13 th , from Bombay , the 27 th of August , and from Macao the 7 ih of June . The despatch is as follows : — " Malta , Sept . 30 . " The Oriental arrived this morning , bringing the following intelligence , extracted from the Overland Mail .: — . ... . V i " Brigadier Monteith had gained several successes at Pesh Bolak , and in the Valley of Shurwarree

      . ... ... M Satisfactory intelligence had been received from Lady Sale and the other prisoners . " Col . Palmer ( the late Commandant at Ghoznee ) vmaa nAafl L ' j ' u General Pollock remained in the same position . " It was reported that General Nott had received orders td march forward on the 2 » th of July , and it was expected that he would be before Cabal on the Gth of September . . . "Safter Jang had surrendered himself to the British forces at Candahar , and Colonel Wymer bad destroyed several forts at the distance of eighty miles north of that place : ¦¦;¦ ¦ *

      . ... .. _ . " Sickness continued to prevail in the different divisions of the army . « . _ »»««« - "From China , the last acconnts are from Macao , and are dated Juaeths 7 th . . rwww "Oar forces had taken possession of Chapoo , and in so doing had suffered more loss than in any previons engagement in China . Very im-SrtaVtnewa froithat country is expected lj the next matt . "

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      IiEEDS . —Municipal Elections . —The factions are exerting- themselves as usual prior to the first of November , to fill np the vacancies whioli win be occasioned in the Town Counoil . These vacancies , our readers are aware , amount to 16 ; to supply these the Chartists' have yet only brought out one of their own men , for what reason we have not learnt There is , however , no time gone by ; tney have plenty of time if they will make use of it . Tha nominations , so far as they yet appear , are as follow : — Hu . nslet Ward . —Mr . Joshua Hobson . —No opposition at present . Mr . Hobsou has addresssed the people on two or three occasions during the week , and continues to gain " golden opinions . " East Ward . —Mr . John Cawood , Conservative , is the only announced candidate .

      Kirkgate Ward . —Mr . John Sellers , a " Sturge man , " and Mr . Ralph Markland , a Conservative , are nominated . Only one is wanted . Mill Hill Ward . —Two members are required for this Ward . The Conservatives have nominated Mr . Charles Lee , drysalter , and Mr . John Atkinson , solicitor . The Whi ^ s have brought forward Mr . George Smith ,. banker , and Mr . T . Holt , woolstapler . ¦¦ ¦ .- ¦¦ - North Ward . —Mr . William Hornby , tobacconist , a Radical , ia the only candidate at present . North East * and North West Wards . —No nominations have yet been made . South Ward . —Mr . Stephen Mitchell , a Whig of the old school , is the only candidate yet kuewn .

      West Ward . —Mr . Fairbairn , a Whig , has announced his intention of vacating his seat for this Ward before the 1 st of November , by paying £ 50 fine . The Whigs and Sturge men have had no sinecure of it since the event was made known . They have brought forward Mr . Goorga Morton , paper-stainer ^ Mr . Craven , surgeon , Holbeok ; and Mr . Thomas Toller Luccock , stuff-merchant . The Conservatives have yet only named two , probably from not having been in the secret . Thoir men are , Mr . Bramloy and Mr . Patrick , the retiring Councillors . In the other Wards , nothing , so far as we know , has been done .

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      CONVICTION OF THIRTY SEVEN PRISONERS—EXTRAORDINARY MODE OF FINDING VERDICTS .

      ( by express ) Stafford , Thursday Night . Twenty six of the twenty seven persons indicted for the burning of the Rev . Dr . Vale ' s house , have been found guilty this day . Hamlet Jackson was the prisoner that escaped . The mode in which the Jury found the r verdicts is truly novel ta our English courts of . justice , and was certainly a speedy mode for enabling the Jurors of the county of Stafford to come to a spesdy decision . After the Chiee Justice introduced the preliminary part of his oharge , he handed up . to the Jury a list of the prisoners ,- aud told them to look at each prisoner as he commented upon the evidence that affected him . At the close of his comments upon that particular prisoner , they were to consult upon his guilt or innocence , and as they decided , to mark his name . Thus he would go over the list , and at the close they are to hand in a list marked according to their decisions .

      Charles Wright was the first prisoner ordered to stand up . The Chief Justice went over the evidence on hib case , commenting upon it . The Jury then turned round , and in less than a minute agreed to their verdiot . The course was adopted with John Harriss , and all the other prisoners . The Jury with the same facility determining their verdicts . The clerk of the Arraigns then inquired if they had agreed to their verdict . The foreman replied—yes ; and with the exception of Hamlet Jackson , they found all the prisoners guilty . Mr . Price intimated his intention to apply for an arrest of judgment on behalf of Joseph Whiston , on the ground that he had not participated in the mode in which the mob effected the work of demolition . The Chief Justice said that he was not in a state to make that application .

      It must be remembered that Whiston received a most excellent character from witnesses who knew him seventeen years , during which period he sustained a spotless character for honesty , sobriety , quietness , industry , and religion . Hi 3 father , if report ia accurate , died in a madhouse , aud he himself was always deemed not over sane in his intellects . Indeed his appearance in the dock strongly impressed every one with the idea , that although his demeanour was very becoming , there was in his countenance a vacant idiotic stare in his countenance that indicated a somewhat disordered mind .

      After the verdiot , and without sentence being passed , the prisoners were reoonveyed to tha gaol under a strong escort of dragoons . During the whole day the Rev . Dr . Vale and his wife sat in court in the front of their victims . Such conduct excited universal disgust , as evincing very bad taste , and very little of Christian charity . It was imagined by some , that he would have recommended the unfortunate men to mercy . But , no No appeal . on behalf of the wretched prisoners esoaped his lips . The Saint , Lord Viscount Sandon , and hiB family occupied a conspicuous seat in front of the gallery . His Lordship ' s conduct was insulting , and indeed unchristian in the extreme . He continued the whole day , while the fate of the prisoners was being decided , laughing and talking with the women that accompanied him .. The Rev . J . Caldicott also indulged his Christian curiosity in beholding those to whom it was his duty to minister peace , doomed to

      sery . At the close of this trial the Judges separated , and Barons Rolfe and Parke occupied distinct courts , and proceeded with other trials . Before the Chief Justice . —John Roden , James Ibbs , John Lovett , and William Shaw , were indicted and found guilty of stealing from Mr . Hill , a pawnbroker , in Stoke-upon-Trent , a quantity of wearing apparel , on the 16 th of August . Before Mr . Baron Rolfe . —James Rathbone . Philip Deane , John Owen , William Spilsby , and Edward Mossr were indicted and found guilty of a riot , < fec .

      Before Mr . Baron Pabkb . —Samuel Gibson was indicted and found guilty of attacking the house of Mrs . Paddock , in Stoke-upon-Trent , and stealing therefrom ten half-crowns . . All those prisoners were also removed , and tho courts then adjourned to half-past eight o'clock tomorrow morning , when the trialB will be resumed .

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      CABRXNOTON ( near NOTTINGHAM ) . —The Chartista of this place met at their room on Tuesday erening last Seven ihillugs , in hand , for the Defence Fund , wm ordered to be sent to the Treasurer . A public meeting will be held next Sunday ere&lng , at ieve . o ' clock , on business of importance ,

      To The People.

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      SECOND EDITION .

      Apprehension Of An Anti-Coen Law Millownee,

      APPREHENSION OF AN ANTI-COEN LAW MILLOWNEE ,

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      . '¦¦¦ : ^ S ^ jS S 11 *~ - J ^ CHESTER SPECIAL COMMISSON . . Wednesday : Evkning . -The special commission issued for the tiud of the prisoners charged with the commission of offences in various parts of Cheshire , during the recent turn-out in the manufacturing districtf , was opeiied this afternoon with the customary formalities at the Chester Castle . The judges appointed to try the prisoners are Lord Abmger . Sir E . H ; Alderson ; and Sir C . Cresswell . 1 hey arrived at Chester aboat four o ' clock this day , by railway , and having been met by the sheriff of the county . Mr . E . D . Davenport , proceeded to u ? i . er ^ as"e » anc * opened the commission , after which the Court was adjourned until half past ten o clock on thefollowi ng day . The whole ceremony did not last longer than five minutes

      . The calendar contains the names ef 66 persons , more than half of whom are charged wnh taking part man attack on the Stockpart workhouse , aad the rest are variously charged with assessing to disturb the peace , with conspiring to prevent by intimidation and violence other parties fraro following their lawful occupations , rioting , mtering seditious ^ speeches , and conspiring to excite disatfeotion and discontent against the lawa and government of the realm . Since the printing of the calendar , the number of the

      prisoners has been increased by ircah committah ; but it is expected , as many of them will be tried at one and the same time , that tho whole of the case 3 will be disposed of by Saturday nexr . Ther case which will probably excito the greatest interest I * that of tho three prisoners charged with rioting at BrookSeld , near Glossop , and demolishing tho mill and dwelling-house « f Mr . Samntl Sht pley , who , it will be recollected , fired upon the mob who attacked his premises , and wounded these three prisoner . A descripiiou ia given in the calendar Of the different

      degrees of education which the prisoners have received , aud from this statement it appears that about eighteen can neither read nor write , seventeen read imperfectly , . twenty-three buth read and write , and seven read and write well . : ^

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      STAFFORD , Thursday Night . The Judges took their seats on the benoh at halfpast eif ; ht this morning . The Solicitor-General replied to the arguments of the Counsel for the prisoners , and ooncludd by urging upon them to set aside whatever opinions they might previoualy have formed , and upon the evidence , a * laid before them , pronounce upon the guilt or innoceno- ! , of the prisoners . The Lord Chief Justice then commenced summing up , and had not concluded when our account was sent off . '

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      AND LEEDS GENERAL ADYEETISEIl ,

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      YOL . Y . NO , 256 . SATURDAY , OCTOBER 8 1842 PRXC 15 i * ° ™**>™ ********* « ============ — . ^ > . " - » ' J - " ^" « . Five 3 &UUBJU » er Oaarttr .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 8, 1842, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct908/page/1/