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* ^ Zr ,. * . M obb Peosecctiok . —On Thursday ° ^ Ae 18 th inst ^ Mr . Miller , Chartist , of this tte ^ ti arrested while sitting in the Town-halL f *^ nMTS that a warrant has been hanging over ^ *^^ jee the l * te strike , for the part be took rJmaafL the people * ° ** peaceable a&d attending i * fJ Beerings . The eircamstanees which led to his Jj ^ L-Lasion are supposed to be in consequence of ^^ h » Tjng been circulated that . Miller and a 'sites bad * nade arrangements to speak at a ^ j xr itee'wg which was convened by the auihori-W 7 \ i jbe request of the directing clergy in oppo-^ . to the Factory ' s Regulation Bill , and the ^^ majts therein contained . He was taken out Jfj ^ TtMHi ] at the commencement and secured in
^^ BiBaticn , before Mr . Hibbert , when thede-*^ aeiB against him were read over and sworn to P ^ AjTjntDesses . Mr . Ashcroft appeared for the ^^ j . Tbe case wa 3 postponed to Monday , when F \ l-teT of his friends came into conrt , and after *^ .- > considerable time tbe magistrates took f ^ T ^ its on the Bench , and he was bound over to £ ? ^ peaee and appear when called upon ; after ^ WlVas tendered and accepted , he was set at j ^ tj to the great satisfaction of his friends . { H Scm > a * last , the discusaon on the land was ill on with great spirit , and a very good feeling zZ&sied Itself oo tne question . A resolution ^ TjjsjBanoosly passed :- > That a subscription of Se&ee per week be entered into to carry out the ^ &T Sine individuals then cams forward and * vj dawn & * & sixpences for a commencement . fvje is c very sppearance that the object will be car-5 f oat with vigour . The meeting w » 8 adjourned to
I * " * _ l a * * -rft \ _ f \*»» l ** j » V ^ n ( Va » # *____» . _>¦¦ . _*_•* 4 « k *__ ^ oj seit , at two o clock in the afternoon , in tne 5 SrJst Room , when it is expected there will be a « n ) j attendance . Mr . A . E- Taylor delivered a very l ^ eric address in the evening , which gave general aS&cSStt-« 033 Si- -Mr . Thcs - Clirk ' of Stockport deli-- ^ * lsemre here on Tuesday evening last—sub-S ^ ae Land and its Capabilities . The lecturer •~ il » jeu satisfaction . Eleven shillings were ggrjdfo the Defence Fund . agsgcKS Collikbt . —Mr . Beesley lectured at ¦ agesn Colliery , on Monday evening , at one of STjuiresJ meetings we have had for some time , and iLfTOt satisfaction . The sum of five shillings « : jeSected aud handed to the lecturer as the first l ^ tanon for tbe support of the lecturer for the VjjsbsB district .
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lisves— Mr . Wheeler will lectwe on Mondav P 53 P at the Temperance Coffee House , Stratford " . Xoxdos . — White ' s Support Committee . —The j ^ ai nee for raising faads for the support of gjsp White , meet on Saaday morning , at eleven iisex , si the Britannia Coffee House , near the j-ijske , Waterloo-road . vis . MiBTiK will lectnre on Sunday evening at the g £ Turn-again-Lane . i IisnvAi A 5 D Ball will be held at tbe PoliiijisB ^ Scientific Institution , 1 , Turnagain-Lane , on T& Monday . —Tickets « an be procured of the Di-HE 3 S or of T . M . Wheeler , Sec pro . tern .
533 toyi > 5 ET . —The Chartists of Bcrmondsey are « £ _ = _ sed to attend at the Ship Tavern , Long-lane , on X _ eSiy rext , &t eight o ' clock , as basness of importance tSt&A ¦ with Use locality , and the Association genea ^ , ¦ will be submitted to their notice ; also to take is saadeatioc tbe aecessity that exists for securing a tensest place of meeting . I' M * . Tat £ BS , BisssBUfir Pask—A meeting will \~ -sd in the tea garden of the above establishes ., on Sunday evening , when a lecture will e jsnered and the business of the locality transxd . Is MErax'POLrTAS Victim Fcxd Comuttee , and jsqs willing to join the same , are requeued to K 3 « Wednesday evening , at eight o'clock , at Mi . EofiinSi Grown and Anchor , corner of Beer-yard , JiCTgdon-strect . oB business of importance .
The HsHtt . pouTAS Delegate Mketi > g will iscble as usual on Sunday afternoon , at tbe Politi and Scientific Institution , Turnajrain-lane , raihe presence of the whole of the delegates is ssssed . M 1 KTU 30 SE . —An adjourned discussion upon the t ^ ai of the land will take place at the Mechanics ' isation , Circus-street , Kew-road , on Sunday psag next , at half-past Beven o ' clock . Jsx Chaeti 5 TS of Somers Town will meet on Ssdaj evening , at the Gold Beaters Arms , Old St . xseras-road , to discuss tbe question of the Land , sifinercing Ae prospects of Chartism . ^
InrEB Hamlets . —Tbe members of the General ( sol resident in the Hamlets , will meet on Sunday psag next , at tbe Crown and Anchor , Waterloo Im , on important business . Se membebs of the Victim Fund Play Committee taeet on Monday evening next , at the Carpenfe ^ ir ms , Brick-lane , in order to a final settlement idas . a . Pa ? sckas . —Mr . Farrer will lecture at Tillec'sCc&e House , 59 , Tottenham Court Road , on Ssdav next .
VoiKrsG Men ' s Hall , Milb-Esd Eoad . — Mr . Sgrard will lecture here on Sunday morning , at j xr-joa ten o ' clock , and Mr . Mantz in the evening . BnoiosBSXT . —A concert for tbe benefit of the Jt £ atii Tictim 3 will take place on Wednesday even-HM me Black Eagle , Parish-street , Honlydown . ^ ttsss threepence each , to be had of Mr . Jeane , tefceser , Snow's Fields ; and of Mr . Balls , Longin . Qiair to be taken at eight o ' clock . ^ Cierkeswell-Gbeb * . —After Mr . Park ' s lecss a a crowded room here on Monday last , Mr . Msnaengagedtolecinre the next meeting night , ins also unanimously resolved to have a large p 5 t jieeiiDg on the Green on Tuesday fortnight , on KaB of the political victims .
s ^ iebt . —A ball and concert will be held in « s Capeil Boom , on Whit-Taesday , to commence s si treioek in the evening . Tickets—males , three ^ aeeach ; females , twopence . _ Cuihzbos . —Mr . Boss , of Manchester , will de-^ three lscrares in the large room of the Swan is , od Monday , Tuesday , and Wednesday , the 5 th , -2 , and 7 ih of June . Each lecture to commence at ai-psa seven o'clock precisely . . A ^ °£ th Lascashxrb debate meeting will be ^ uMr . W . Beesley ' s , Acerington , on Sunday , ^^« twelve o'clock at noon . Every district t-mh Lancasiiire , wishing to take an energetiG J"f- » the righteous canse of Charticm are respect-^ -JJHpiesjedto send delegates , as business of im-J ^^ sace will be brought before the
meeting-5 tt . B . G . Gajquge will lecture at the following isosiianBs the next week—Wakefield , Monday ^ iBesda y ; Boacastsr , Wednesday ; Rotherham , ^ aj- Mr . G . will be with the Sutton-in-Ash-* a triads on SaJurday . j ^ aAX—Mr . Snowdon wLU lecture in the a ** ** . Association Boom , Pellon-lane , on Sun-° Jr « ejx o ' clock in tbe evening . es 3 ? - ~; Mr- B- Bntterley will lecture here jy ^ caj . ( to-morrow ) , at six o'clock in the J ^ Tabl et . —Mr . Hanson will lecture here ^**** J ( to-morrow ) , at two o ' clock in the ji ^ " - —Mr . Bawden wffl lecture here on Sunf . • o-tterrow ) , at six o ' clock in the evening .
x ^ e ? a - —The gentleman appointed to lectnre tfJcbiS ° ^ tmds y » caanot attend , on account ^^ ujpoed . —Or Sunday evening , a lecture will j ^^^ ed in the large room , Butterworih Baild-^ V ^ en o ' clock , on the fallacy of tie assertion t&xTv ^ 0 Wes " - el ^ ^ ac 6 *^ nation to the - free admission- Discussion invited . is [?? 2 slUT ^ c ^ sg , a lecture will be delivered ^ e Lnanist ' s School Room , Whi ^ Abbey , at g ^ o- dock , on the Narional Debt , Taxation , -j a&and Fencing System . a ^ J ^ i r * ox « 5 g , Mr . Smyth will lecture in jj ?««> ol Room , Park Place , on the question of the . - * "a the means of obtaining it : to commence at
* S ? CaAiTIST 5 of tbe Central Localiiy will meet * May motions , ai nine o ' clock . K ^ aABnsT 5 of Bowling Back Lane will meet W ^ T ** 1 aoraing , at ten o ' clock , in the Associah ? 51*—On Monday next , Mr . E . P . Mead , of l ££ * x * ai , will deliver a lecture in the Chartist j » ^ "f ^ Te ' s-street , at eight o ' clock iD the even-S 'TOtt-. ' - TM repeal of the Legislative tfc ^? " ' England and Ireland , Admission Ui ^^ ox—On Monday next , the Chartists of % ^* " ** e requested to attend at their Associa ^^ * ° » , at eignt e'elock in the evening . l ^ S a .--A public dinner will be held , on * ttTir ? > ** n » tf-I « st one o ' clock in the
after--J * « ae ^ C ^ norVArms ; t ^ SEPrnrcs of Kewcastle-upon-Tyne , win g ^ o n Monday , » t Adwalton ; on Tuesday , at !» . * ' - ? Wednesday , at Dewsbwy - ; on Txiur 8-a £ ^ iiiornhffl Lees ; and on Friday , at Mid-BBet 1 i ?^ 5- ~ Mr . Alderson will prrach in the Asla ^ oek / 001 1 ° D Sunday evening , at half-past «» : l \ f 7 . ~^ Chaitist cauipffifeting will beheld * ir-. '» . &cr » to-morrow sittrncon , at two o ' clock , ^ t ^ jH from Heyaroo- ' ; Rusb ' on . frou fc * a *«^ v a : aci ' = ' - ' . & « 3 a Wortley , are exptcled Q aJ ^" ~ : ! rir - v C- - Be ' , will lecture in ih ? Jislf-p ^;^' 5 K ' " * . . ' -2-j to- _ vrrow ceuisg , a :
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BuoasGHAii .-The friends of Chartism in Bir-R ^ f 1011 ^ " ? ^^ - 0111661111 the Aston-street Sf ^ v' ^ ¥° ? * * " *?** next ' half-Past atnn fW ? ' ^ iS t ^ miDUte e for the snpport ofMr . ueorge White whilst in prison . tt , J ™ t M 9 N 1 ? LT nB 2 & , ? f the General 0 OTMB of the Brrmingham and Midland Counties Charter As-BocjAtion wm meet at the New Inn , Bromsgrovestreet , on Sunday next , at twelve o ' clockTwhea business of importance will be brought forward . Sheffield -FiG-TKEE-LAKK . —A meeting for the further eonaderaUon of the wrongs of Ireland will be ield on Sunday evening , at six o'clock , when the Aalton will be read to the meeting . N . B . Tke Nation read at the above room « yery Sunday evening . J J
A -public HEtn . NG will be held in Paradise-Bquare , on Monday evening , May 29 th , at six © clock , when a petition will be adopted in behalf of Cooper , Richards , and Capper . Ibish Abms Bill . —A public meeting will beheld in Paradise-square , the same ( Monday ) evening , at seven o clock , to petition against the Irish Arms
Wkdnbebttrt —A Delegate Meeting will bs held in the People ' s Hall , Washington-street , on Sunday afternoon , at two o ' clock , on important bubiness . Delegates from the following places are requested to attend-: —Dudley , Tipton , Bilston , Wolverhampton , Darlaston , Walsall , and Wednesbury . A Pcblic Dinner willl be held at the opening of the People ' s Hall , Washington Street , Wednesbury , on Whit-Tuesday , June 6 th , at one o ' clock . Tickets may be had at the following places : —O'Neil , Birmingham ; G . Wilkes , West Bromwieh ; S . Cook , and John Wright , Dudley ; J . Wilcox , Wolverhampton ; J . White , and Evan Davis , Bilston ; George Dodley , Willenball ; John Griffith , Walsall ; John Nichols , Seven Stars , Darlaston ; John Banks , and Wm . Fairburp , Wednesbury . Gentlemen , Is . 6 d . each , and Ladies Is . each .
A Ball will be held in the evening , to commence at seven o ' clock . Tickets Is . each , refreshments included . MASCHESTEK .--Mr . E . P . Mead , of Birmingham , will deliver two lectures on Sunday next , in the Carpenters' Hall . The one in the afternoon upon Popular Superstitions and Priestcraft ; in the evening , upon the corruptions of the State Church . Rochdale . —Messrs . Joseph Wood and Jordan Chadwick , will addres the Chartists of this locality on Sunday next ( to-morrow ) , in the Chartist room , Yorkshire-street , to commence at half-past two and six o ' clock .
Ashton-wdeb-Ltne— The inhabitants of Ashton and its vicinity are informed , that the committee of the Co - operative Store meet as usual , at the house of Mr . James Locket . Cavendish-street , corner of Cotton-street , every Monday evening . Dewsbcbt . — A Chartist camp meeting will be held on Whit Sunday , in tbe Vicar ' s Croft , when several friends of the good cause will address the meeiing . The Suppobt Committee of Messrs . Clissett and Sheldrake will meet on Sunday , ( to-morrow , ) in the room over the Co-operative Stores .
Betwood . —On Sunday tbe 4 th of June , Mr . Isaac Barrow from Bolton , will preach two sermons in the Chartist Association room , Hartley-street , to commence at half-past two o ' clock in the afternoon , and at six o ' clock in the evening . A collection will be made after each service to defray expenses .
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OPINIONS OF THE IRISH NEWSPAPERS . PROGRESS OF REPEAL . We have jusS received onr special report of the Repeal demonstration at Charleville , and cheerfully put aside other matter to make room for ita insertion . The numbers that congregated were greater than at any of the former meetings , but tbe same spirit pervaded and guided the councils of all . The thousands whom Peel's threat gathered round the standard of Repeal on this occasion , were almost beyond computation , yet peace , and sobriety , and order , waa universally prevalent .
~ The period at which we received tae report precludes the possibility of our making any comments on tbe proceedings , yet we cannot avoid congratulating the people of Ireland on the on ^ rard progress of the national cause , of which this meeting is but s symptom . By peace , has the cause been brought to its present proud pdsiticn—by our firm resolve not to be forced by intimidation to violate the law , or countenance any outrage , we have already struck terror into the hearts of our enemies . The roar of cannon was never more terrible to a besieged fortress , than is the cry of peace to Peel He threatened to coerce , that he might drive us to crime . He "wonld have coerced ere this , had not Ireland at once proclaimed her unalterable determination set to resort to force , but , firmly standing on the constitution , to contend only with such weapons as it provided—at the &ame time , declaring their determination to part with those weapons only with their lives .
la the glsrious demonstration at Charleville , we have an evidence of the benefits to be derived from prudent councils and bold resolve . Had we sot coerced Peel by peace , ha would now be coercing as ¦ with the rword- Let the tame feeling be observed , and this , the first retreat of the minister , will be bat as the prelude to the final discomfiture of all our foes , la peace lies our strength . In it , too , lies England ' s ¦ weakness . The peope that cannot be bullied into vio lence , are sot to be bayoneted into submission . England knows this ; already have her depreciated fandi borne testimony to its truth . Peel , hardly yet recovered from the shock he received , in the announcement of oar determination never to yield , now offers conciliation . The English mortgagees tremble for th « ir Irish interest , and "Wellington bints at a compromise ; but onr motto is , henceforth—No surrender . Tbe game is now in onr hands—liberty is within our grasp —and if v ? e havo but the determination not to be
terrorised into crime , or violence , or outrage , ita posBes siod will soon reward our struggle . By peace we have already had one great victory—w » bare bought those , -who but yesterday threatened to offer termsby continued peace , we will force them to yield our rights . —Freeman . The Repeal movement progresses , and it is quite evident the Government knows not what course to take . To proclaim down the Repealers—to prevent men peaceably discussing the necessity of repealing an Act of Parliament , which is felt to be ruinous to Ireland , is a measure ¦ which the Ministers are afraid to adopt . To deprive the country of this vestige of constitutional freedom—to rale it by bayonets ana the gallows would fes a hazardous experiment , and a very costly one
Civil "war would be the inevitable result , and we all know that Canada , after a civil war , has partly gained tbe object she sought . " The undertakers , " sharking lawyers and bigots , have succeeded in forcing npon Sir Robert Peel his " chief difficulty . " Lord De Grey ¦ would have it so : and in thus acting , as we shall hereafter prove , has displayed tbe greatest inconsistency . Sir R . Perf may now throw aside his moderation and impartiality , as the policy of Lord De Grey will compel him to resign , or oblige him to rely for support upon tbe violent " expiring faction" of Lord Stanley . Already the glove has been thrown down , and behold how a shining light of "the fourth estate , " the Newry Teltgraph , threatens to thrust the Premier from his stool : —
" In the event spoken of , we feel persuaded Tyrone will do its duty : and we know that the movement commenced in that loyal county will ¥ be promptly followed op . We trust , however , no such circumstances will arise as those hinted at The Government will not , we hope an < i believe , be backward in taking tbe course to which / wisdom and prudence direct . See tbe conversations in both Houses of Parliament , on Monday ; the observations of Lord Brougham , in particular . We lyofc for a practical hint from Imblin Castle , finch as Lord Brougham suggested . If the Government " give mo sign , " irat allow agitators to have their own way . ¦ why , then—TJl * fe-r to the rescue ! We shall once more summon the loyal-hearted to their post ; and we know tbe call will be neither unheard noi unanswered . "
This is a fa » warning to Sir Robert , and should he not immediately do something vigorous—as , for example , prostrating Conciliation Hall , at incarcerating the wb-le Catholic hierarchy of Ireland—why . thpn , the ir . floential gentleman of the Kevry Tt ' rg . ^ p wnl " issue his summons ?' Our respected contemporary , the Londonderry Standard , is E * ill more warlike in its tuBe , and we should anppose , from this dread blast , that when the weather becomes more genial , we may hope for the pleasure ol seeing the editor and his " eonple of mUliona" ol fighting men bivouacking in the metropolis : —
•• Yes—the men of Deny , Antrim , Dotra , Tyrone , '• and Fermanagh are still able , still willing , to prove their loyalty in tbe field , if seed be , agaiost the traitors •' vho endeavour to destroy the integrity of the British ' empire- A few miserable creatures who dare not live i any longer in Ulster , but who have still the andacity to i call themaelvet " Northern Protestants , " may be found ] in O Conneil ' s ranks , invading their birth-place with j the horrors of civil war , but there are a couple of mil-. Iio « s still remaining who only desire the Queen ' s laissez fairt to maintain the Union against all rebels , whatever their creea or latitude . " j
These are , at all events , brave words—but mark how \ " softly sweet" the Times , yea , the " Thunderer , " ehasBta npon the same theme . « Very diflerent was the spirit in -which the speech of Lord Brougham was conceived , who appeared to be actuated chiefly by a rankling recollection of the many harsh epithets applied by Mr . OConnell to himself and i his former colle ^ tus— ' the paltry Whig faction , ' the ¦ crudest enemies of Ireland , * &c . is . to prove the ' impropriety of such largnace bp gave the Government ¦ ¦ wnst we must venture to think tbs wow' of all possible advice , asd such as be l ^ na seif would Lave bee n the fij-t t . ) Bticraatz = n forwe ? dnj- * : ' It was the duty ci tie Gv -v . ii . ment to remuia th- « e magistrates from the eomuiifesivn * &n attended certain routings , as Lord P . unkrt did iLten ha struck Mr . Butler out of the list j of deputy-li * iH ,= B 5 Bts . U *«? cbose to attend such j
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meetings , let them give up their effioe . It had been said , empley conciliation and reasen ;' but it was clear that , in an assembly of 20 , 000 men , reason was not likely to be beard . ' The example cited is most unfortunate ; for this Mr . Butler , whom Lord Flunket dismissed , was for that very reason , and no other , returned to Parliament at tbe next election . His dismissal elevated him to the dignity of a martyr ; and made his advocacy ( what it never was before ) a source of moral strength to the cause which he advocated . Such will be the result of all similar measures ; and we trnat that Lord De Grey will be careful how he follows in this respect the suggestions of thoso who have studied the art of tyranny in its most unblushing school—the school of Liberalism . Lord Brougham may affoct to despise the conciliation ; bat the people
ef the United Kiugdom are firmly convinced that it is a far better thing to conciliate by repealing bad laws , than to pour troops into Ireland for the purpose of carrying oot those bad laws , wh «> n they cannot be executed except at the bayonet ' s point It is a lamentable feature in the Irish policy of the present Government mot to say their English policy slso ) , that , having spent ten years in successfully persuading the people that a Whig Government was the worst of all possible evils , they now use the power / rom which they have dislodged the Whigs as if the maintenance of the Whig principles and WLig measures were the sole and sufficient object of their political existence I ' Then we must not spill blood , and our " Two saillions of Ulster fighting men" may turn their spears into ploughshares . This is really too bad . — World .
THE WESTMEA . TH MEETING . The high and manly tone taken by O'Connell on Thursday in reference to Peel's puling threats has been nobly responded to by the country . Tbe counter-declaration "which he , on that occasion , uttered on behalf of Ireland was worthy of the cauBe , and tbe loud and hearty response which it has met from all parts of the country proves the nation whose cause he pleads to be worthy of the advocate . Westmeath met on Snnday . It was the first county that met since the manifesto of Peel and tbe countermanifesto of O'Connell . The eyes oi all were turned towards Mnllingar . England watched with feverish anxiety—Peel trembled for the result—while Ireland alone , confident in the prudence and determination of her sons , awaited tbe trial with a coolness which tbe result amply justified . MuUiogar has passed nobly through tbe ordeal , and has given a ton 3 to
Ireland that it would bs well the cabinet of England bad not evoked , or having evoked by a false step , should prudently rtfrain from urging forward too precipitately . Never was greater enthusiasm evinced by any people —never was tbere more of prudent determination and firm resolve manifested by any body of men than by tbe tens o { thousands who congregated on this occasion to hnrl defiance at the enemies of their country . We give in another column an ample report of the proceedi&gs , which will be fouud to be the most important that has occurred since the commencement of the Repeal agitation , -whether we jndge of them by the peculiar period at which they arrived —by the manly tone of all who took a part , or by the no less glorious than unexpected announcement made by the Right Rev . Bishop of Ardagli—that every Cithollc Bishop in the kingdom was friendly to the cause .
What , then , have we to dread from the denunciations of Peel \ The people are firm ; they have not only the countenance , but the advice and instruction of their prelates and their clergy , who teach them obedience to the law and observance of the peace , with as much zsal as they do the principles of national liberty . The leader is resolved—firm , immovable—? ood men are every day joing our ranks—tbe thorough confidence of tbe people is becoming more and more apparent in the daily increase of the national funds , and from one end of the land to the other temperance and peace hold undisturbed sway .
We would especially direct the attention of hesltating Repealers to the declarations of the venerated Bishop of Meath , ' . hut tbe establishment of a Catholic ascendancy would be looked on by any Irish prelate as a curee , not a blessing , and that equality was all the Citbolic clergy sought for their church , while we call the attention of those who think that the spirit of Repeal can be crushed to the firm and unequivocal declaration of the Biahop of Ardagh , that with the deprivation of life alone -would tyranny succeed in severing him from the causa of national liberty . Thus does the cause now stand . The week's rent wants but a fraction of seven hundred pounds ; and union , resolve , and determination are in every hearton every tongue . — Freeman .
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tor the police , who were thus beleagured in the Btation-house . Daring the absence of the mob from the Oldham-road Station House , a considerable number of the night policemen arrived , and on a second or third attack being made on the building , those men , to the number of about thirty , made two or three eorties . in each of which they succeeded in capturing several soldiers and others . One ringleader in the mob , a civili ? n , was subsequently pointed out to the police by Mr , Smith , surgeon , and they apprehended this fellow . In these sallies , they captured altogether ten soldiers , all of whom , we believe , are privates in the 15 th regiment . Their names are Win . Gill , Wm . Woolridge , John Vennard , John Capley , Edward HoJmes , Michael HigginsRobert Scott ,
, John Connor , Charles Gill , and Patrick M'Donald . They also took five men and three women , who were very riotous and prominent in the crowd . Their names are James Shepherd , Robert Gaskell , Joseph Pepper , Jamea Smith , and John Heap ; Ann Middleton , Charlotte Ling , and Mary Lomaa . Captain Willis , chief constable , and Mr . Beswick , cmef superintendent of police , arrived at the station-house a little before six o ' clock , together with superintendent Sawley , and a large body of the police . A picket of the 15 th regiment , under the command of an officer , we believe a captain , also arrived , and took up their stand outside the door
of the station , in Oldham-road . At least two of the privates in this picket were heard by the police to use very offensive and insubordinate language , and this was very properl y reported to the general in command of the district , when he arrived . James Kerahaw , Esq ., the mayor , and Daniel Maude , Ebq ., stipendiary magistrate , were on the spot before six o ' clock ; tho Town Clerk was also there . Col . Wemysa , assistant adjutant-general of the northern district , arrived at the station-house about a quarter past seven ; and General Sir Thos . Arbuthnot , the general in command of the district , arrived there about half-past seven .
Snortly after the arrival of Captain Willis , Mr . Beswick and the police , portions of the mob and some soldiers proceeded in various directions ; and information being brought to the station that they were again attacking policemen in the streets , the Mayor , ¦ with Captain Willis , Superintendent Sawley , and a party of police , proceeded in quest of the rioters . On their passing the Tib-street barracks , where the 15 th are stationed , the soldiers about the gate and from the windows of tho building , hooted at them , and hurled stones , jugs , and other missiles from the
windows at the police , notwithstanding that two officers of the regiment were standing in the doorway during the display of disorder and insubordination . On this display being made , Captain Willis immediately halted his men in front of the barracks , but no further demonstration was made . The police force , under Capt . Willis and Superintendent Stephenson , then scoured the streets in search of rioters , and they overtook some soldiers in Jersey-street , and captured them , but at the request of Major Smith , the commanding officer , they were set at liberty again on condition of returning to the barrack .
We believe , that on the arrival of Colonol Wemyss at the station-house , Captain Smith preferred a complaint to him that the police had apprehended soldiers after the disturbance was over ; but Colonel Wemyss expressed his opinion that the police had only done their duty . The Mayor , attended by Mr . Beswick and a party of police , proceeded to Atherton ' s beer-shop , Bengal-street , to soarch for soldiers , as that was the place iu which the first disorder had occurred . The polico searched the' house , but the soldiers had previously made their escape . We understand that Mr . Atherton behaved with great insolence to the authorities .
While this was the state of things at the Oldham Road station , one party of the rioters proceeded to the Kirby-atreet polico station-house . New Islington , where , having no information of their intentions , the police were not prepared for them ; and , the door being open , they rushed into the offioe , and attacked the police there . Inspector Lipsett was knocked down and severely beaten and kicked , and all the policemen in the office were beaten and otherwise ill-used . One of them , named Burgess , was so severely injured , that it was necessary to convey him to the Manchester Royal Infirmary . We understand that Inspector Lipsott is now lying at the station-house very much injured , hi 9 face especially being much contused and disfigured by the blows
aud kicks he received . On information of this outrage being conveyed to the Oldham Road Station , about a quarter pant six o ' clock , Superintendant Cochrane , with twenty of the police force proceeded thither with all speed , and pursued the rioters by Pollard-street into Great Ancoats-street and then to New Cross , aud chased a party of thorn through Spear-street and other narrow streots to Dean-street , Great Ancoats-street , and down Portstreet , where five soldiers , finding theroselvps hotly pursued , ran into a coal-yard and actually jumped into the filth of a petty , where the police captured them . A mob soon collected to rescue the prisoners , but the police by sallies drove them back , got the gate ? of the yard locked , and put " snaps" on
the writs of their prisoners to secure them . A number of constables outside guarded the gates , while others remained within in charge of the prisoners , from one of whom was taken a large , thick knotted stick or bludgeon , covered with blood . One of the poldier ' s side-belts was also covered with blood . About this timo Mr . Bestvick , hearing that a soldier had secreted himself in Mr . Lomax ' s egg shop , corner of Dean-street , Ancoats , proceeded thither ia a coach and apprehended him there . The coach was then driven to the coal yard , under an escort of military . On the mob seeing the soldiers , whom they supposed were coming to rescue the prisoners ,
they renewed their assault on the police , but were driven back , and on finding their mistake they at length dispersed . The prisoners were all put into the coach , and conveyed , under an escort of the 15 th regiment , to the police-office . Town Hall . On their way , in Port-street , a civilian named Bolaa , who was a little behind the escort , threw a stono at the police , and was immediately apprehended and conveyed with the others to the police-office . The names of the five soldiers apprehended in the coalyard are , Edward Woodhouse , Thoma 3 Bull , Wm . Hardintr , John Thompson , Joseph Collett , and Daniel Vaughan .
About half-past six o ' clock , Inspector Green waa despatched from the Oldham-Road station , in a coach , to obtain the attendance of a body of the 2 d Royal Dragoons , now in the cavalry barrack , Hulme . While going along Oldham-street , he obeerved a large mob of disorderly people , probably from a thousand to fifteen hundred in number , going towards Piccadilly . They were headed by nine soldiers in a state of intoxication , and were armed with bludgeons , and ( what particularly attracted his attention ) with some of the staves , both painted and unpainted , which were delivered to the individuals sworn in as special constables during the riots of August last . About forty of the mounted dragoons , under the command of an officer , arrived at the Oldham Road station about seven o ' clock , and were subsequently , reinforced by a much larger number . They kept the street for some time , considerable crowds being assembled in the neighbourhood , though every thing was peaceable at that time .
Wo have stated that General Sir Thomas Arbuthnot arrived at the Oldham Road station-house about half-past seven o ' clock . Immediately on his arrival he had a short conference with Major Smith , and with the Mayor and civil authorities . At this time the picket of the 15 ' . h were drawn up withiu tbe station-bouse , and tbo general came up to them , and addressed them in the strongest terms of reprohension , something to the following effect : — " Men , I am quite ashamed of you , and I am determined to make a most severe example of every one that is proved to have taken any part in this business . You men who were not concerned must have known of this . I am q'li'e ashamed of you , Make them * Stand at attention . ' everv man of them . You
soldiers are sent here to assist iu keeping the ciyil peace of the couptry , and you are breaking the peaco . " Inspector Robinson , of the police , harwig complained that he had heard one of the picket , whom he could identify , use threatening language , the general was informed of this , and he directed that Robinson should point out the man . He did so , and Sir Thomas ordered the soldier ' s arms and belt to be taken off , and the man to be placed in military arrest . A policeman named Burns or Byrne preferred a similar oharge against a second soldier of the picket , whom he also identified ; and , by th « orders of the general , he too was disarmed and arrested . The latter , it appeared , had previously been reported by the policeman , both to the captain and Maj ^ r Smith , but he was not put under arrest until the general ordered it . This having been done , Sir Thomas Arbuthnot directed the Major to take down the names of the soldiers ,
and of the policemen preferring the charges , with the nature of the charges themselves ; and accordingly the following examination took place , the questions being pu ; by Major W . R . Brudenell Smith . ( To the police inspector ) : What is your name John Robinson . —Do you know the man i Yes , sir ; I have just pointed him out in the picket , and he has been disarmed . —( To the soldier , after Robinson again identified him ) : What is your name ? James Bulloek , sir , regular , number 1694 . —( To the policeinspector ) : What did you hear him say 1 Ho said , " Bloody dogs ! they nearly killed two of our men last night ; but I wish we had five minutes' firing at them . "—Well , Bullock , what have you to say ? I never spoke a ward at all , sir ; my comrades , Gco . Flack and John Neville , were alongside me at the time ; ask them . —The Major : Fiack , did you hear a word , on yonr oath , before your Saviour ? Flack t I will swear I did not hear him . —Die h «
say km No , sir ; hr d » d not—Neville , dia you hear S . im ? No , sir , I did not . —Will you swear tnat he did voi « ay sol I cnu swear that ' l did no ; hear him * . "y ^ o — But wh < -r «; vrcre you btauding ? 1 was ac ( jitfrTiin Dlaces .-rBuf « v-re you near h in ; ai that time ] 1 was nfar him lit , one time . —Oh , then you know ntrluny at all ;; b > ir . i :. The iit'Xi ca « e wa .-i thfn raken , and tho major asked police constable Michael Burus , Is this tilt ) man \
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Yes ; I can swear it . —What did he say ? I heard him say that we did not get half enough of it . —Soldier , what ' s your name ? Tracy . vNo . 591 . —( To the policeman ) : Anything else ? Yes , sir ; that we did not get half enough of it , and that we should get more . I told him that we had enough to contend with , and that he ought not to make any remarks , and then he said that they ( meanipg himself and- the men with him ) were a pretty picket that they did not skiver us . ( To the soldier ) : Have you got anything to say \ Yes ; I never told him bo ; ho said we had better go away . —Barns : It is not very likely thst I should tell a man who ia here for our protection to go away . —Tracy : No such words came from my lipa . A comrade named Peter Glen was next called . Where were you ? He was on my
right . —The Major ; Then you must have heard everything he said ? Now , be positive ; you'll have to swear to everything you say now on oath . Did you hear everything he 6 aid ! Yes , sir ; he said nothing whatever , sir , of any consequence . —What did he say ? He was grumbling about us being standing in the wet , and this man [ the policeman ] told him he had better not say anything . —Grumbling ? What did he say ? What he said , as near as I can guess , was , " D n and the whole row . " As near as I can guess , he cursed the row . That was all the words that passed between them Yes , sir . —You positively can swear that on your oath ? Yes . —Did he make use of any other language \ No , sir . —Take them back , and let them be put in confinement .
About half-past nine or a quarter to ten o clock all the prisoners were conveyed from the Oldham-road Station to the New Bailey , under an escort of the 2 nd Royal Dragoons . About that time all the cavalry returned to their barrack : a strong party of the 1 . 5 th Foot remaining within the station at night . At a quarter-pagt ten all was peaceable , ana no further disturbance was apprehended , as all the soldiers were either within their barrack or in custody . Upon inquiring at the Infirmary , at nine o ' clock last night , we learned that the parties who had been conveyed there in consequence of injuries received during the outrage , were William Burgess , a police constable , and John Byrne , a labourer , of Bengalstreet . The latter was said to be insensible , but we are unable to ascertain the exact nature of the injuries that either of them had received .
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THE CHESHIRE MAGISTRATES , SIR JAS . GRAHAM , AND THE CHAPLAIN OF KNUrSFORD GAOL . Knutsford , Monday afternoon . The general intermediate session for the county of Chester was held this morning at the Court House , Knutsford , before Trafford Trafford , Esq , chairman , and about twenty magistrates . After the learned chairman bad delivered his charge to the grand jury , the magistrates retired to their private room , when the chairman eaid he had received a letter from Sir James Graham , the Secretary of State for the Home Department , which he would read to the magistrates . Mr . Porrs , the clerk of the peace , then road the following letter : — " Whitehall , May 4 , 1843 .
" Sir , —I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 21 st ult ., enclosing a report of the decision of the justices assembled at the last general Quarter Session 15 for the county of Chester , on the proved misconduct of the keeper of tke goal at Knutsford . It is a matter of much concern to me that the magistrates of the county have determined to retain iu the office of keeper of tho gaol one who has been proved to have so misconducted himself . The magistrates are of opinion upon the case to which I more especially called their attention ( I refer to the case in which the keeper persisted in inflicting corporal punishment upon a prisoner after the interposition of the assistant surgeon , and his desisting to forbear ) that the reprimand of the visiting justices was sufficient punishment . It appears to me that such misconduct , as soon as made known to the justices in Quarter Sessions , should have been punished by immediate dismissal .
" The other charges proved against the keeper , of offences committed by him subsequent to tha * greater offence which I have just mentioned , are considered by the Magistrates as not of much importance , and not sufficient to deprive him of their confidence . Yet ii is clearly proved—and this proof was in the hands of the Magistrates—that these offences , many in uumber attd of various kinds , were in violation of the prison regulations , in violation also of provisions of Acts of Parliament , and such as would have subjected the keeper to indictments for misdemeanour .
The rfsponsibility of these proceedings of the General Quarter Sessions is upon those Magistrates wjio vecommmended and adopted sucii a decision ; bat I feel it to be a duty to declare my opinion , that it is a decision not unlikely to lead to evil consequences , detrimental to tho maintenance of good order in prisons , and calculated te > lessen the confidence which Parliament has been disposed to impart , to Magistrates iu the superintendence aud regulation of gaols . " 1 have the honour to be , &c , " J ; R . G Graham . 11 Trafford Trafford , E . « q ., Chairmau of Quarter Sessions , Knutsford . " The letter having been read , there was a general silence of a few moments amongst the magistrates . One gentleman suggested that no notice should be taken of the letter .
The Chaiiiman said that the first question which he would put to the magistrates was , whether the letter deserved any answer at all ? Mr . Corbett said it was very strange that Captain Williams should have found fault with the governor now , as , if he recollected right , the inspector had , in 1841 , made a very favourable report respecting Mr . Burgess . He wished to kfiow what wore the complaints against the governor 1 Mr . Potts said that tho principal offence was whipping a boy named Trainer . Mr . Potts then read , by direction of the Chairman , the reply of the Court to the report of Inspector Williams on the state of Knutsford gaol and house of correction , to which the preceding letter from the Home Secretary might be considered as a rejoinder . Mr . Shalckoss Jacksdn said rhat he had never heard the governor charged with ; iuhumamty before , but understood thut he was exceedingly kind .
Mr . Corbstt : 1 should make no reply to that letter . Mr . Jackson : It is our business , and we shall act in this matter as we think proper . The Chairman . I have laid the letter before you , because it ib addressed to me as chairman of the Quarter Sessions . Is it the t'eneraJ opinion of the magistrates that no notice shall ; be taken of this letter ? It was then suggested that Mr . Burgess should make an affidavit vopecting the matters complained of in the report of the inspector . After a short conversation , in which Messrs . Townsejjd , France , and others took part , and iu the course of which the magistrates generally expressed their confidence in Mr . Burgess , The Chairman suggested that he ( iho chairman ) had better acknowledge the receipt of the letter . No motion was , however , made on the subject , and the matter then terminated . ______ _ _ ____!
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ing everything that they could lay their hands on . Swing the men who belonged to the ground drawn up near the house , the mob fired upon them—the men returned their fire ; upwards of ten volleys were fired on each side , and the affray lasted fifteen minutes . The mob separated themselves into two divisions , one of whieh stood aloof firing at the men , as above described , while ths other division forced their way into Fletcher ' s house . They broke open the door with a large pickaxe , which they had brought with them for the purpose . Having thus obtained an entrance , the Louse w&s in s moment Riled with tbo mob , all of whom were armed with guns aud pistols . The only persons iu the house were Mrs . Fletcher , and a
poor Irish woman , who i * ad been sheltered , put of oharity , for the last three days . Mrs . Fletcher was on a chair near the bottom of the stairs , and several guns and pistols were immediately presented to her ; she would undoubtedly have been shot , but cue sf them called out— "D—n you , don't kill a woman . " She was , however , thrown down , her head dashed against thd flags , and afterwards dragged out of the house by her hair . One of the ruffians ran up stairs to look for Fletcher , and came down exclaiming '' the b— -y b r is not here ; he's given us the slip . " Mrs . Fletcher was able to identify this man as Michael Bagby , commonly called * ' Big Mick , " and he waa afterwards apprehended on her information . The
poor Irishwoman being observed looking at one of the ruffians was also knocked dovsn and ill-treated . They then smashed the furniture to pieces , threw the bread into the brick-croft , threw a small table upon the fire , and afterwards broke into the office adjoining , which they attempted to set on fire . they also carried off some portions of the furniture . Ail this was going on while the thirteen men were engaged outside with the other portion of the mob , who spread themselves over the ground and attempted to surround Mr . Fletcher ' s party , but with out effect . They were kept off by the continual firing ; indeed , the ' place was kept in a perfect blazo for upwards of ten minutes . The soldier , one of the private watchmen , was knocked down and was disabled ; and another of the party fell into a . gutter , and his gun getting wet he could render no further service . A portion of the mob attempted to pull down the newly-raised kilns , but the firing was too hot for
them , and they were driven off , without doing much damage there . The whole of the' mob at length retreated , those in the house as well ; and it waa fortunate they did so , for Mr . Fletcher ' s little party had expended their last shut in their gallant defence of the property , and must have beeu lalt almost at the mrrcy of the mob . Probably their ammunition was also expended , and hence their precipitate retreat , which was effected at the command of one who appeared to act as their leader . They quitted the croft by the lower end , and took the road towards Eccles , taking their " killed aud wounded , " if any _ along with them ; but owing to the random firing of the men on both sides , less injury wa . s dono than might have been expected from tne number of Bhot 3 . Of the defenders of the property , only two were seriously wounded , Lomas , the watchman , and the soldier , aud the latter only with the but end of a gun .
As soon as the mob were faily out of tbe ground , and Mr . Fletcher had ascertained t \ c little injury which hjs party had suffered , he and Butterwortb , the Sal ford police officer , set out iu pursuit of the mob . After proceeding a little way ou the Ecclearoad , they had halted opposite to Traffjrd parkview ; and Fletcher , and Butterworth , having got behind the hedge , overheard them in the act of counting themselves , or calliug over the roll » from which it appeared they were in sis divisions ,- with leaders to each ; and it seemed they were a great many missing . They then retreated towards Eccles . At Eccles , which is about a mile and a hilf off , tho county constabulary had heard the firing , aud two of them were
coming towards tho spot ; but being warned that a great number of men were coming along the road well armed , they concealed themselves until tha mob had passsd , aud then followed them . When they got to tho lane which turns off toSeedley , the mob separated , the greater portion taking tho road , but three were traced to Eccles and there apprehended . They were not armed , but one of them had his boots full of blood , and was found to have received a wound above his knee , and the boots of another , who was not wounded , corresponded with impressions leftiu the clay in the brick ground . Information was speedily conveyed to the Salford police-office . A party of officers was soon on the spot , and by their exertions two mere prisoners were secured .
This morning Beven prisoners were brought before the magirtrates at the New Bailey , charged with having taken part in tbe attack , but were all remanded . The police are on the look out for others of the turnouts , many of whom , it is suspected , were wounded , aud will be traced without much difficulty . The Late Outrage at Manchester . —Thero were no fewer than twenty-three bricklayers arrested at Manchester on suspicion of having been concerned in the late outrage&us attack on Messrs . Pauliug and Henfry ' s croft , and after an investigation which lasted nearly four days , eight of them were committed on the evening of Monday last , before Mr . Maude , to take their trials at the next Liverpool Assizes . Six others have been remanded to afford time for further evidence to be obtained against them .
HUDDERSFIED . —Death of Mr . Thomas Vetj . rs . —Oa Friday mornintr , the 19 th inst ., this veteran in 'he cause of democracy , breathed his last , after a short ilness , which had confined him to his room for a few days . Mr . Vevers ' s attachment to the principles of universal liberty was not of mushroom growth . For half-a-century has he known what it was to brave the " battle and the breeze . " Ho was a " Jacobin" in the the days of " Church and King Mobs "; a "Reformer" in the days of Home Tooke and Hardy ; a " Radical" in the
days of Hunt and Cobbett ; aud a " Chartist" in the present day of Whig and Tory persecution of stern stubborn principle . All the the time indicated by the above rapid sketch has Mr . Vevcrs espoused the cause of the labouring poor ; and been in the foremost ; ranks of ' ' extreme" principle . As a matter of course , persecution , reproach , odium , and obloquy has been his portion . Of all these he had to bear nis full share But he bore them manfully , swerving r . enhrr to the right hand nor to the left ; con ^ cirtus that the cause ot human progression called for pacr / fice and entiurauce ; and willing to do his pan iu hastening on the happv time
" When man to man , the wida world o ' er , Shall brothers be , and a' t : \ at . " He died respected by all who knew him ; and his loss regretted by those with whore ho was associated , and who knew how to appreciate the value ol ' his services . In accordance with the request from some of the surviving relatives , the occasion of his death will jbe improved oa the evening of Sunday next , ia ( ho Hudd-jrefhld Hall of Science , by a Funeral Sermou , to b" preaciicd h \ Mr . Joshua Ilobripn , from the tcxi?— li Let me < io the death of the righteous ; ani let ray last end be like his . " " His end was peace . "
MANCHESTER . —On Monday evening , two women were differing in Berry-srreet , Bank Top . The name of one of them is Heaton : the name of the other we have not learned , but she Jive 3 in the cellar under the theatre , licaton ' s husband came home shortly after iu a state of intoxication , aud another woman of the name of Jane Duhianey came up and interi * rod . Mrs . Heaton desired her to go homo and inind htr own business . Soon after Hfaton came out in a passion and ordered her home , and made a kick at her . At this time Dunlaney ' s husband came from his work , and asked what was to do . ThevDeijjhbours told him that it was only the women diff-ring ; npon whieh he said they might differ as long as they liked , b-at he would not
stand to seo Heaton abuse his wife . Heaton then made another kick at Dunlaney ' s wife , and Dun-Ianey himself then ran across the street and struck at Heaton . In the scuffle which ensusd , the pallisading of the steps £ avo way , and precipitated them all three into the cellar beneath , Heaton and Mrs . Duulaney falling underneath , and Dimlanev himself , with his forehead upon one of the steps of tne cellar , by wr ich his skuil was fractured in a < most frightful manuer . He was immediately conveyed to the Manchester Infirmary , where he lingered until ten o ' clock , when death put an eud to his sufferings . He his leit a , wife and two children . Heaton wa ? placed in custody to await ; the result ot a coroner's inquest .
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HURRAH FOR FREEDOM TO IRELAND I EVERY Irishman now residing in England should read No . 120 , of THE CHARTIST CIRCULAR , ( Price Oae Penny , ) Which contains an Address ( written exclusively for the Circular , ) from F . O'Connor , E < = q ., to hi 3 Countrymen , who for want of Protection at Home , have been compelled to look for shelter aud a Livelihood in a Foreign Land!—B . OLvaphiea ! Sketch of the ! a . te Samuel Holberfy—The Peop ' e ' a rft ; " i ^ h ?* the Land ! !» -Tae Faoory Child—Thd Chartists' Trial—Richard Pilling Spoech—Tho Spirit of Despotism , &c . London : Clkave , 1 , Shoe-lane , Fleet-s ' reet ; Hobson , Siar Offioj , Iieywood , Maneiu ^ . er ; Gutsx , Biramifchain ; uuu all tbe Agtnia tui U-. c Stai 2 \ .. v ? 5- > paper .
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MILITARY OUTRAGE IN MANCHESTER . ( From the Guardian of Wednesday . ) We regret tc have to record a disturbance in this town , which , though fortunately so far unattended with any loss of life , may be productive of most serious consequences , if the spirit of disorder manifested by a number of soldiers , be not promptly quelled . These disturbances arose out of the trifling occurrence of the quarrel of two soldiers , privates in the 15 th regiment of infantry , now lying in the barracks , Tib-street , who were drinking in the beer-shop in Bengal-street , Oldham Road , and after disputing about the repeal of the union , got to blows . Information of this occurrence was conveyed to the Oldham Road police station , about eight o ' clock on Monday evening last , and some of the police were despatched to tbe beer-shop , which is kept by a man
named Atherton . On the police attempting to take tbe wJdiers into ccstody , they , as well as others in the house , commenced an attack on the police , taking off their belts , with which , and the brass plates thereon , they struck the police in a furious manner , very severely injuring some of them . Tho police retired to the station , and being reinforced , apprehended the soldiers ; while conveying them to the station , a considerable crowd having collected , threw a number of large stones at the police , and also attempted to rescue the prisoners . Ultimately , five soldiers , all of them belonging the 15 th regiment , were apprehended ; and also two men , whose violence had distinguished them in the mob .
The prisoners were brought up at tbe Borough Ccurt yesterday , before Daniel Maude and C . J . S . Walker , Esqs . when their names were stated to be William Davis , Daniel Oliver , Alexander Burroughs , Hamilton Hall , and William Tytler , privates in the 15 : h regiment , and John Bower and John Delaney , civilians . They were charged , the soldiers with having committed a violent assault on a number of police officer ? , and the other two men with having assisted in attempting to rescue the soldieis ^ after they were in custody . Superintendent Stephenson stated the circumstances of the case as we have given them , and his evidence was corroborated b _ 7 that of Sub-Inspector O'Neile , and other police officers .
Mr . Mande , after conferring for somo time with his brother magistrate , and with an officer of the 15 rh , who was on the beoch , said , he thought it was likely that the soldiers would receive some punishment on their return to the regiment , but they roust be taught that they were not to be permitted to commit such brutal assaults on the peace officers ; and he would fiue all the prisoners in a penalty of 20 a each , and in default to be committed for a month . We understand that the soldiers , in pursuance of this conviction , were committed to the New BaiJey , and in the course of the day , we believe , somo of them were released , on the payment of the penalty ; and we heard that a sergeant , who was present , Ba . id in the hearing of Mr . Walker the turnkey , that there would be a row in the tonn that ( last ) night .
About half-past four o ' clock yesWday afternoon , while Captain Willis , chief constable , and the superintendents of the borough police were asdpiblcd at the police-office , Town Hs' ! , transacting some business , information was brought to th > m that the soldiers had avowed an intention of taking revenge on the police that evening in diffarent parts of the town . Captain Willis accordingly gave orders that the numbers of the police at the various posts should be doubled , and that there should be a reserve force at all the staxion-houses . Superintendent Stephenson proceeded te the station-house of hi .-. ( 13 ) division , in Oldham Road , and as it was approaching the hour at which the night-force assetnble , and as he expected no disturbance for several hours , ho
dismissed all the officere of the day-force except five , and was in the Btation-house with this small force about a quarter or half-past five o ' clock last evening , when a number of soldiers of the loib regiment suddenly came out of Poland-street , Bengal-street , ? maU streets branching off from the main street ( Oldham Road ) , with a large mob armed with sticks , and also well provided with stones and other missiles . The police-officers of course , on finding the mob coming , closed the window shutters , and fastened the doors . The mob , to which the soldiers appeared to act as ringleaders , made a furious attack on the police , first attempting to burst open the front door ; but this being purposely constructed of great strength resisted their efforts . They next tried to get at the lower window , but the shutters being lined with iron plates , again baffled them . The rioters , however , Boon demolished nearly all the glass in the windows , and even the frames are almost
wholly destroyed . The weapons of destruction were sticks , bludgeons , stones , bricks , Ac , and we saw one ponderous piece of stone , which must have been brought to the police , for it was impregnated with some metal , apparently iron , bo as to render it a very dangerous missile . Finding they could not force an entranee into the station-house the mob , after damaging the building as much as they could , went away , and commenced attacking the policemen whom they found singly patrolling the streets in their usual beats . One of these , named Burns , with difficulty effecied his escape , by getting into a house in Oldham-road , and sppuring the door . Some women in the house assisted htm to escape ^ t the back , and the mob , inniu- " at his escapp , broke the windows of th > house . Wh-n the mob had directed their attention PiS'wh'rp , a policeman . \ n dist ; uiso was despatched ' o eon-vvy m . ormatjyu to the policeoffice of ihis outrage , and to obtaia reinforcements
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ATROCIOUS AND ALARMING OUTRAGE . Manchester , Wednesday . —About eleven o ' clock last night an outrage of a most alarming character was perpetrated in the immediate neighbourhood of this town , by a party of between 300 and 400 persons , chiefly brick-makers , armed with blunderbusses , guus , pisiois , bludgeons , and almost tvery description of weapon , who a a mos . sivage
manner forcibly entered the brut-croft of Messrs . Pauling and Henfry , with the evident intention of destroying the property , and either murdering or maiming every one who mi&ht oppose their violence . Some dispa . es which arose betwixt Mr . Pauling and his workmen , 6 ome months a ^ o , Jed to a turn-out of the brick-makers . Their piaced were of course supplied by other men , ai . d ever bince a > system of annoyance and intimidation , accompanied with occasional acts of violence , has been practised towards the new bauds .
Tho brick-croft , which has been the sceHe of this outrage , is bituate on the right-hand S ! - ! o of the Ecclea-new-road , about 200 yards beyond the Crosslano toll-bar . It runs for about a quarter of a mile along the side of the road , and in perhaps 100 yards in breadth . Near tho centre of the ground is a cottagp , which was occupied by Mr . Raiph Fletcher , the manager and overlooker ; also a stable , and another small building called " tho offioe . " Close to the house are two lar ^ e kilus of brick s containing about one hundred thousand , which they had just commenced burning . A third kiln , at a little distance , contained about 50 , 0 'JO more . On the night in questiou there were eleven men on the premises , along with Mr . Fletcher , who had been led to apprehend that an attack on them would be made . Two of thes ? were private watchmen , one , Isaac Lomas , late of the Manchester polico , the other a soldier named Peers , who had been
discharged from the 35 . li regiment ; the remainder were workmen employed on the ground ; and about ten o'oloofa thid small force was augmented by Butterworth , ono of tno Salford bea . d . lea , befog sent up , on a representation from Mr . Fletcher to Mr . Diggles , the deputy-constable , that danger waa appre hended . Th-. s the whole forco for tbe defence of the property cwisi-r . 'd only of thirteen mon , twelvo of whom were i mied , ihoy having among thc < n tout blumlerbi ^ scb , five guns , and three brace of pistols . li was aV ^ u ' , ' . un minutes after e . even when i ' i . c attack wad made . Tne parties on the ground were fiiatulnriL- . 1 ii } heari .. h' hyo guna fired a . rhu t ; poi vho crofi , the miii iioiiresi Manchester , lloports wi . ; - .-i > ::. : at iijiervala for ten minutes after , ' . vh < - > n l-jtvMiiii IV 0 and 100 m u , all amed , f ricu-. y ru __ . _ d u ^ uii tuo mouT ..., ui . d ovcrsprtad it iu a ! directions , tra __ . p ;;_ 7 ^ do « u tha bricks that , wt-ri lyiii ^ in a soft siate , upon , the ground , and . destroy-
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THE NORTHERN STAR
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 27, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct970/page/5/
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