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      ( Continued from our Sixth page . -fled free ! What doei faction look : for ? Boss it bops to frighten us ? No , never I Weak though I he tH this moment , yet wQl I , with a firm foot mi cheerful countenance , march to- execution , if needful , and , frowning terror into shame , £ 53 upon the scaffold rather than be- driven from the advocacy of your cause . Virtue to the jjjjkithfol h poison . Honest / la terror , and perseverjjee u rein . Your leaden possessed these several attributes , which were calcnlntwi to give effect to yonr jjoble purpose ; and in conseqnenea the -will of tyranny vjj selected them for victims . The monsters knew

      tint it m my intention , as it was my duty , to « U under the dock , cheering on the Chartist prisoners , and ciTm ? them that hope "which my presence has pgrer failed to inspire . This was my crime , and their i ntention was to stop me . In this , as far as Stafford vat concerned , they hare reeeeeded . My physician £ ss seat a certificate there , in which he distinctly forbids my not only going to Stafford , but also prohibited me from coming to London . I send , by this night ' s post , however , fifty pounds , for the defence of the p risoners , which is nearly all that has been received ; and , no doubt , our good and intelligent friend , Mr . Roberts , solicit . * , will see to its proper

      application , under the guidance of a managing comjnittee , who will bear in mind that the money consists < jf the hard-earned pence of the poorest of the poor . Henceforth all sums intended for the Defence Fund must be addressed to Mr . G . F . Pardon , publisher . Jrm ' jtf Star Office , 252 , Strand . In this state of things j hire only to implore of you to rally with increased determination around the EveningSiar and Northern Star yewspa sers , as the object is , if possible , to crush them , and then to mate an easy prey of our cause . I have no more to say , but that I am your ever faithful , fond , and unpurchasable friend , Feaegcs O'Cossob .

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      ^ MR . CAMPBELL'S AKREST . Tzom cm otm London Correspondent we learn the follo wing particulars of the arrest of Mr . Campbell : — About ten o'clock on Friday morning , three policemen , in plain clothes , entered Mr . Campbell ' s shop ^ in Hi ^ h Holbom , and after reading over to him the warrant which bad been placed in their hands , and telling him that they arrested him by virtue of it , they proceeded to search his house . The only property they thought fit to remove wss about 100 blank cards of membership for the National Caarter Association , and a few letters which had jost arrived by the morning ' s post , some of them containing post-office money orders . The letters they retained , but the Honey orders ¦ were returned . Mr . Campbell was then conveyed to Bow-strest , and , after a short examination , committed . He was permitted to nnd bail ; but its amount was fixed at £ 1 , 600 .

      Daring the day , Mr . Wheeler procured an interview with Mr . C . and ascertained the amount of bail required ; but owing to the shortness of time alls wed , (" At . Campbell beiny informed that he must leave for Manchester at five o'clock , ) he was unable to procure it for his friend . About ha ! f-p&st seven o'clock ,-Mr . CsmpbeU in company of two Manchester officers , was conveyed to that town . The cell in which he was kept durirg the day , was one of the most confined and loathsome description . Mr . O'Connor had been confined in as adjoining one , but was , on the certifiicate of his pby-Ecian , removed to one of a more commodious description . So privately were the arrests in London conducted , that until tb . 6 publication of the Evening Star , very few persons in the metropolis were at all acquainted with tie drcnmstarce . From the Evening Star of Saturday we copy the following letter from Mr . Campbell te ~ his wife , and the appended notice to it by the Editor of the Chartis *

      daily organ : — " Station-house , Westminster , Sept 30 , 1842 . "Mt deae "Wife , —I expect to be removed to Manchester this evening or night I have been before the magistrates at Bow-street They demanded £ 1 , 600 bail , and to have it ready by five o ' clock . This I could net do ; so of course I had to decline their offer . The police have behaved very civilly to me . However , I am not a stoic , to be as comfortable here asiif I were at large . I have seen Mr . Wheeler . He sajs that he -Rill see that the shop is looked after while I am in prison . I have many friends in London , amongst the middle class even , as well as the esteem and respect of the whole Chartist public . - Thank . trod , I have never done a wrong aet to ¦ forfeit their good opinion of me . Keep Charles at school until my release . Teach him the respect be

      owes to you , to me , to society , and to himself . I am easy in mind as regards your ' s and the children ' s maintenance whilst I am in prison , because I am sure that the London men will see to that : t&ke care that the ' Democrat' is published regularly ; let but the people support that , and you will be removed from ¦ distress . See Dr . * * *; from the litle I know of Mm I judge him to be a good man , and I am sure he will render you some assistance ; eo will 8 haw , so will Sewdl , eo will Morling , Mason , M'Pherson , Seuthey , Goat , Wheeler , Simpson , Dron , Salmon , Miss Inge , sad many ethers that I know of ; keep up your spirits . I do not know of anything they can charge me with . I am innocent of crime . I feel myself in good spirits . Do not yon fret on any account ; prove yourself a true democrat , and that you are worthy to be the wife of

      Yours affectionately , J . Campbell . Poor Campbell was conveyed , last night , to Manchester , in order to procure bail to the enormous amount of £ 1600 —himself in £ S 00 , and two sureties in £ 400 each . - His wife is in a m * st distressed condition , and we beg to recommend her most particularly to the notice of the Chartist public Under her present afflicting tircnmstances , any assistances they can render will be most acceptable . She keepa a stationer ' s shop , at 180 , High Holborn , where the Evening Star , northern Star , Chartist Circular , and all other Chartist publications are constantly on sale . —Evening Star .

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      A TOICE FROM THE DUNGEON ! " TS £ EDITOH" TO HIS BEABKHS . [ XoTlhern Star office , Tuesday , half-past three . This afternoon ' s post has bronght a letter from the incarcerated Editob to his readers , which , no don !); , they will read wiia great interest . From it they will learn the sort of stuff a patriot shonld be made of , if oppression is to be successfully battled and OTercome . Would that those who have compassed the destruction of the "good ' men and true" now in prison , had seen them at their Sunday labours ! and have learned the futility and inntility of attempting to break the spirit and damp the energies of men so grounded in a knowledge of the justice of their causa ! ]

      New Bailey Prison , Manchester , Monday Morning , October 3 , 1812 . Ht DEiS Fbtesbs , —You have donbtless all heard of my arrest ; and are doubtless til looking for my own acconnt of it Here , then , it is . I shall give you a brief narrative of farts , -without note or comment I «>!« H leave you to form yonr own judgment of the facts ; while I tfooi reserve my comment upon the-facts for a more fitting opportunity . You all know the part I have taken , both individu-» lly and cmciaUy , in xhB discussions tD which of necesaty the late " strike" in the manufacturing districts gsve rise . You will probably , therefore , be not less surprised tian I was to find that I am charged with " intimidating and preventing people from going to work ! " Such however is the fact

      On Friday morning , about nine o'clock , going np from my lodgings to the office , to make up the second edition of the paper , I Eaw Superintendent James , of the Leeds police-force , passing down the street on the opposite side of the way , and evidently making signs to &sma one higher np the Bteeet "While looking at him I felt myself very slightly touched on the sh 6 ulder . On looking round I perceived right in front ol me a very respectable looking T "« "i whom I had not previously noticed , and who enquired if my name was Hill ? On my replying in the affirmative , be said , "I * snt you , Sir ; I have a warrast for your apprehension . " I ionr | «« Who are you , Sir ? where do you come from ? and where is your warrant ? " "Ism from Lancashire . " " From Lancashire ! Where do you come

      from , Sir » ' " From Manchester . " " Very well , Sir , Xow foryour warrant" " My warrant ia all right , Sir ; but 1 suggest that you had better walk quietly on to the Police Office , at once . " Jaiies here came np , and « id " If s all right , Mr . Hill ; his -warrant Is properly backed by a Leeds magistrate , and yon haeV better go with him . " Further parley waa neither necessary nor desirable . This was at the bottom of Briggate , jnst by the Golden Lion . Jakbs led the -way np Swine-gate and I followed ; my new friend following Tery . dose » fte me . I afterwards found this person to be Inspector Iatios , of the Manchester " f orce , " We walked on to the Police Office , -where , on my requiring the * &nant to be read , I found it to charge for that "I and various other persons , did on the 17 tb

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      day of August , and at divers other times , at Manchester aforesaid , confederate and conspire together to persuade and intimidate , and with force and arms prevent great numbers of her Majesty ' s subjects from returning to their employment" I was then politely requested to empty my pockets , and place their contents upon the table of the police office . I did so , and Taylor then turned the pockets of my coat , waistcoat , and trousers inside out , and unbuttoned my

      clothes to search for xnmde pockets . Having satisfied himself that he had got all my "traps , "he returned my comb , spectacles , gloves , and pocket-handkerchief ; every other article , my watch , my purse and its contents , my keys , a few papers , and even the ring from my finser , and two bits of sealing wax were all carefully packed up . I waa then handed over by the Manchester officer to superintendent James , who conducted me to the lock-up cell .

      Immediately on being locked up , I said to James , " Well ; here I am . Now , send me pen , ink , and paper . " He replied , "You can't have them , Mr . Hill . " I said , •« But I must at least Bend a note to my friends , to tell them I am here . " " It wont be allowed , Sir . ' And he turned on his heel and walked away , leaving ma in the "Stone Jug " to my reflections . Before taking me down , James took aside the gaoler and conferred with him for some time alone . I heard him say : " You will take care that he has not the least communication with any one . " To which the gaoler replied , " He can go into the women ' s ward

      ¦ where hs will be entirely by himself " That will do , " said James ; and down we went When left alone I was in a small yard surrounded on all sides by massive stone walls , and a curious kind of net-work grating of heavy iron , at the height of some twenty feet over-htad , coining over and across the entire yard , firmly fixed in the wall on all sides and fenced with chevaiuc ie fries Here then I paced backward and forward , like a wild beast in a den , for some time . I had no information given me that this was not the only place to which this yard would lead . The Tain began to drop , and I perceived no place in which I possibly could take shelter , exctpt the privy ; to the open

      aoor of which my olfactory nerves directed me . While musing upon this pleasant alternative , the gaolor entered with a shovel and some fire , observing , that as it waa wet and cold ha thought I might do with a fire . He then opened a door which I had not seen and which led into a cell . He made a fire , and left me . I found my fire to be no acquisition , for the smoke , instead of going up the chimney , earns all out into the room and corrpleteiy filled it Nor was it much better ali day—so that I had the delightful choice of being drenched with rain in the yard , choked with smoke in ths cell —( the floor of which was as wet as a well )—or suffocated with the effluvia

      of a privy . About one o ' clock I was joined by Mr . T . B . Smith , and we continued alternately to stove ourselves in the smoke , till we could bear it no longer , and walk in the rain till we could bear it no longer , all day . To this agreeable occupation I had , however , a Bhort respite in the afternoon being called out to accompany Iospector Taylor to my lodgings , that he might search for papers , sueh as might serve for evidence against me . He made a capture of several manuscript Bennons—a Chartist Circular , a tract , exhorting the men on strike

      to return to labour , and some other papers . He then said that as some of my keys applied to drawers , &c , in the Star office , he shonld wish to see those drawers , & . c -I said I can give you no authority ; you must talk to Sir . Hohson about that However , into the coach we got again , and to the . Star-office ; when , as you kno w , Mr . Hobson refused to allow any search to be made . I was reconducted from the office to the Police-office ou foot , and again turned into my rainy yard and smoky cell , where I found Smith still " cooling his heels" alona .

      About nine at night , we were removed to our sleeping cell—in which we had a very uneoml oitable straw bed for the two of us—and for a chamber-pot a large wooden piil with a hole through the bottom . We had however , plenty of good and clean bed clothes , but no pillow . We were abundantly provided with food ; and I mus ; do the ga&ler and his wife the justice to say that they were very civil , ana I believe as attentive and considerate as their orders would permit At ten in the moraine , we were ordered

      to prepare for our removal ; and , handcuffed together , Smith and I were bandied into a coach , and trundled down to the Railway Station . Inspector Taylor and another policeman , who had accompanied him from Manchester , and a Sergeant of the Leeds Pslics escorted us . We were put in a second-class carriage , Taylor and the LeedB Sergeant leaving U 3 , and the other man taking us "in tow . " My good friend , Hobson , met us at the Station , and accompanied us to Manchester .

      Arrived at Manchester about half-past one , we were taken , still handcuffed , in a coach to the Town HalL We were there regularly " entered , " as I suppose they call it , on the " charge sheet ; " the name , age , and occupation of each being inquired , and each being gravely asked " How many times have you been in the hands of the police before 1 " Several , indeed most , of my friends , had been arraigned , and remanded , previous to my arrival in court I was but just able to get into the dock in time to hear the words : — " This , then , will apprise all of you that you are remanded until Tuesday next" I inquired upon what ground I was remanded ; there having been no charge

      made against me , I was asked in reply fey an eldrly gentleman , who seemed to be the rtntt "" v of the magistrates , whether I had not heard the warrant read . I said " Yes . " "Then , " said he , "that is the charge against you , and you are remanded until Tuesday . ' I again addressed the Bench , and wished to be " informed upon what authority I had been detained in a damp and unwholesome dungeon tor more thin twenty-four hours without a hearing ? " I waa told that the court had no concern with what had taken place at Leeds . I said " This is , I submit , a most monstrous proceeding for a man to bs dragged from his home and connection—his business arrangmenta interfered with , and himself

      immured in a dungeon for twenty-six hours before hearing ; and then when brought at last btfore a bench of magistrates , to be told that his prosecutors are not ready , and will not want him for four days ! It is clearly a violation of every recognised principle of tbe Constitution , and an outrage on the liberty of the subject ; but if the Court have determined thus to act , I suppose it is useless in me to contend . You will , of course , take bail in my own recognizances . " " At present , " replied the Chairman , " we shall not take bail . Your case will be heard on Tuesday : till then you are remanded . * ' I then wished to be inf onced to what sort of treatment I was to be consigned ? whether to herd with felons , and be treated like them , or otherwise ?

      I was tol-i , in reply , that there was no intention to put me to any unnecessary inconvenience ; that no reasonable indulgence should be denied me consistent with the prison rules ; that I might have whatever kind of food I chose to send out for ; that I should not associate with tbe felons ; and that every facility should be afforded me for consulting with legal friends , or preparing for my defence . I was then committed to the custody of Mr . Walkek , the Governor of the New Bailey lock-ups , than whom I never met with a more kindly-hearted and considerate man in the whole course of my life . Every indulgence and convenience that comported with his duty and circumstances , I believe he has afforded not only to me , but to all the fine fellows who are here .

      I found here , besides myself , the Rev . Dr . Scholefield , Campbell , Leach , Boyle , Arthur , Harney , Otley , of Sheffield ; Railton , Manchester ; M'Cartney ; Norman , Warrington ; AUanson , Stockport ; Ramsden , Salford , ( a lad of seventeen years of age , ) Brook , of Todmorden : Fletcher , of Bradford ; liassey , of Newton Heath ; T . B . Smith , Leeds ; Thornton , Bolton ; making with Mr . Win . Scbolefield—the doctor ' s sonwbo is out on bail , a gang of nineteen jolly Chartists . By the kindly indulgence of Mr . Walkes , we spent the whole of Sunday all together ; and , considering cireumstances , » very happy day we had , Mr . J . R

      Cooper , bookseller , of Bridge-street , an excellent Chartist , sent in a good dinner of roast beef , potatoes , and plum pie , ic for the whole of us . It was eaten with good appetites , and I wish heartily that all good Chartists outside could have fared as well as we did instte . We had divine service celebrated both forenoon End afternoon ; the Reverend Doctor officiating in the morning , and myself in the afternoon , For the forenoon we bad no hymn or psalm-books ; this lack was supplied by the retentive memory of friend Smith , who gave out hymns frorm memory , which were sung not less heartily nor less piously than if books had been in the hands of our persecutors in some gorgeous church .

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      The aspirings of the heart after the pure fountain of benevolence are not leu acceptable for being sent forth under unusual and oppressive circumstances . Oar worship was performed amid , at all events , as great a propriety of demeanour as I ever saw . In the afternoon we were laid under further obligations to Mr-Walker , who besides lending us a large Bible , borrowed for us eighteen hymn books . We are to day divided into wards . I , Doctor Scholefleld , T . B . Smith , Bait ton , and Norman , occupy one cell ; Leach , Campbell , Doyle , Harney , Arthur , and Otley , are in tbe next hole , and the rest in another . We are to come np to-morrow morning at ten o ' clock . How things will go then I know not yet I guess , however , that we shall be all committed , whatever the witnesses , if any , may or mar not say .

      If permitted , I shall write again and tell you all about to-morroWs doings . Till then fare well J God save yon ! and speed the Charter 11 Wm . Hill P . S . —Mr . Walker has at this moment ( a quarter to six p . m . ) informed us of the arrival of friend Parkes from Sheffield .

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      NEW BAILEY , MANCHESTER , TUESDAY , Octobee 4 .

      EXAMINATION OF CHARTIST PRISONERS , Before J . F . Foster , Esq ., ( who presided ) Daniel Maude , Esq . C . J . S . Walker , Esq ., and G . W . Wood , Esq . The magistrates took their seats on the bench soon after eleven o'clock ; Sir Thomas Arbuthnot , Col . Wemyss , Messrs David Price , George CJarke , Thos . TownBend , R . P . Willock , and other gentlemen were also on the bench . The Court was crowded to excess in every part , and amongst the audience were a number of welldressed females , who seemed to evince great interest in the proceedings , as they never left their feats dnring the whole of the nine hours whioh the examination occupied . The prisoners were called up in the following ordiir : —

      James Leach , Oak-street , Manchester , bookseller . John Campbell . Chartist lecturer , London . Christopher Doyle , weaver , Manchester . Rev . James Scholcfield , minister and surgeon , Man chwer . William Scholejield , schoolmaster , Every-street , Man Chester , ( surrendered t ? n bail . ) Mernard M Cariney . book » eller , Liverpool . James Arthur , alias M Arthur , Carlisle . Richard Ottey , tea-dealer , Sheffield . George Julian Harney , bookseller , Sheffield . John Thornton , hand-loom weaver , Bolton .

      John Norman , joiner , Warrington . John Massej / . weaver , Newton Heath . William Fletcher , news-agent , Bradford . Robert Brook , schoolmaster and news-agent , Todmorden . Rev . William Hill , Editor of the Northern Star , Leeds . Thomas Brown Smith , Chartist lecturer , Leeds . John Ellison , powi-r-loom weaver , Stockport . Samuel Parkes , shoemaker , Sheffield . Thomas Railion , joiner , Manchester . Robert Muisden , factory worker , Manchester .

      Mr . Brandt , the barrister , instructed , by Mr . Gregory and Mr . Part , of WJga > n , who conducted the case for the crown , appeared for the prosecution . Mr . Cobbetx defended all the prisoners except Mr . M'Caitney , Arthur , Smith , and Riilton . Mr . Bent appeared for Arthur ; and the others defended themselves . Before the cemmencement of the proceedings , Mr . Cobbett applied to have free access to his clients . Mr . Brandt said he had no objection , but , on the contrary , wished that Mr . Cobbett and Mi . Bent might have an opportunity of speaking to their clients . Mr . Foster—Oh , certainly .

      Mr . Brandt , then addressing the Court , said , he appeared on behalf of the Crown , to state the charge against the present defendants ; which appeared to him to be one of a very serious and heavy nature . It charged these defendants with unlawfully conspiring together to excite her Majesty's subjects to sedition and disaffection against the laws of the realm , and to cause insurrections , riots , tumults , and illegal assemblies ; and by force , violence , and intimidation , to prevent certain of her Majesty ' s subjects from following their lawful occupation , or to force them to depart therefrom , and generally to disturb the peace of the Qaeen . It must fee quite within the knowledge of the Bsnch that this county had been in a state of great disturbance in the month of August last . Unhappy differences had arisen between workpeople and their

      employers , into which it was not his business or intention to enter ; but the manner of proceeding , and steps taken by the misguided persons who had left work and others , to compel the workmen to leave their employ , were such as could not be contemplated without great sorrow and regret ; they came within the scope of the law , and were , in fact , of a most dangerous tendency . That was the state of affairs up to the 17 th of August , on which day the principal transaction to which he should invite attention took place . It occurred within the borough of Manchester ; but it was so connected with transactions throughout the county , and tbe charge was one which , in its own nature , involved a variety of transactions , all of wbicb were acts done in pursuance of the conspiracy , and which acts being proved , would be evidence against the

      defendants themselves , wherever they took place , whether within the borough , or in the county at large ; and therefore , in order to go fully into ths charge , he thought this case bad been more properly brought before the magistrates of the county , than before those of the borough . Either might have jurisdiction ; but that of the former had a wider range , and therefore was this case brongbt before county magistrates . The court was aware , that the proceedings that took place prior to the 17 th August were characterized not merely by those circumstances which occasionally distinguish turn-outs in this country , but by a violent and illegal mode of turning out the hands who were willingly employed ; setting the constituted authorities at defiance ; and , in fact , usurping their authority ; and until the strong arm of the law was ready to be

      and was in fact called forth , which it might not have been on the first emergency , this county might be said to be exposed to the attacks of lawless force . Happily those disturbances were quelled , but not till the strong arm of the law had been called forth . And during the time this state of things existed , the conduct of the parties now before the court took place , which gave rise to tbe present prosecntioo . Tae charge against them was , that they had illegally combined together to foster that bad spirit which existed , and to excite the body of men who had turned out others by force ; and that they , fey their resolutions and conduct , did foster and encourage that spirit , and even prompted it ; and that they did hold out inducements to those misguided men to go a greater length ; Now , it was well known , that workmen were all at

      liberty , u not content with their wages , to leave their employ . Combinations for that purpose , however dangerous , were still allowed by law ; but no one could believe that it could be allowed by law , that any body of men , not themselves engaged in that labeur , and not parties to it , should combine for the purpose of exciting others to turn out , even if it were only to obtain a higher rate of wages . Bat when that wss accompanied by acts of violence ; when tbe conduct of these parties was not merely to leave their own employ , bnt by threats , intimidation , and violence , by the intimidation of numbers even , to induce those otherwise disposed to continue at work to leave their employ , then every person engaged in that transaction was illegally engaged in it ; and every person encouraging and sanctioning those proceedings was a guilty participant

      But when , superadded to those motives , there was tbe intention—by stopping the labour of the country , by compelling men to leave their employment—to effect a particular object , Which object in itself might or might not ba lawful by such means as were clearly in themselves illegal ; if this were done for any other object than to gain an increase ef wages , it was clearly and indisputably an illegal transaction . And when that object was to make a revolution in the law of the land , to change the established law , by introducing into it that perfection which some parties suppose might be given to it , and that by means like those he had described , Buch a transaction was most clearly and seriously illegal . He believed he should be able to satisfy tbe court , that the conspiracy and combination into which tbe defendants

      had entered partook of ali these ingredients ; that they did , having a knowledge of the violence and illegality of which the rioters had been guilty , sanction and approve of those proceedings , and encourage them to go on , and did avow that the object of those proceedings was to carry what they called " the People's Charter . " If he made it apparent to tbe court , that these , or any of them , were the objects which tbe defendants had in view , it was clearly an illegal conspiracy ; one , too , as it appeared to him , verging upon the highest political offence for which parties could be amenable to tbe law . The present charge , which was one of misdemeanour , appeared to him to be a very merciful view of the subject , to bring it out in that character . He had now to detail the transactions in which these parties stood charged with being participants .

      On the 17 th of August , there appeared on tae walls of Manchester a placaid , a copy of which he now held in his hand . It was headed , " Tbe Executive Committee of the National Charter Association ; " and it waa addressed " to the people , " calling them " Brother Chartists . " He did not propose to read all this placard , because he did not doubt that it would be brought under tbe notioe of the magistrates at the time it appeared ; for they were then actively engaged in their duties of preaervisg the peace , and could not be ignorant of the existence of so mischievous a document He proposed to show , that the defendant * , every one of them , were cognizant of this document ; that they approved of it , and were desirous to publish it , and

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      to act upon it . And he muse say , that more dangerous , mow biood-tbirsty sentiments , as k appeared to Wm , could not be expressed than were contained in that document . When that placard -appeared , the authorities were of course exceeding y anxious to ascertain whence it emanated . The printer , bold enough certainly , put his nam e to the paper ; it was found that It had been printed at the premises of a man named Turner ; a copy of the bill , on which there were MS . alterations marked , was found there , and It was clearly traced home t-j some of these parties . What was this " National Charter Association" ? A widely extended association , and therefore tha more dangaroua in the eye of tbe law . M men wished for a change in the laws ; If they sought such change a in way sanctioned by the laws , there waa no reason why they should not

      suggest , or even press for , an alteration in the laws . But when we find an association banded together and making Intimations like this ; cunningly demised oertalnly , with the appearance of abstinence from violence ; but really with a strong inducement and suggestion to violence ; such an association became most dangerous . It was found that this did really emanate from what waa called » The Executive Committee ef the National Charter Association ; " for they had their committee , their delegates from tHfferent neighbourhoods ; and probably some of the defendants gloried in the name of Charist delegates ; but he hoped , if they had the feelings of men , that glory would be brought down , and that they would feel that they bad been deluding both themselves and others ; and were embaiked In a cause which could produce only mischief and anarchy ,

      and certainly no good to any men or any patty . All the defendants , be believed , were connected with this association as delegates , and two ef them held offioial situations in that association . Tbe defendant Leach was not only one of the Executive Committee , but he was also president of the association . Another party , not now in custody , named Peter M'Douall , was also a member of that committee ; and he mentioned his name , because he expected to be able to show , that the MS . - upon the printed document was in his handwriting . Another of the parties before the court , John Campbell , was secretary to that Executive Committee ; and it included two other patties , neither of whom was in custooy ; making , in aU , five members oftheExecutlve . Campbell , as the Committee ' s secretary , was probably the hand employed in sending forth that

      document ; and , therefore , there could be no doubt that it did emanate from that Committee . But he would bring it ' more closely to them , because he would shew that Leach had this document posted upon his own door ; that Mr . Scholefield also , by the instrumentality of his son , vras instrumental in having it affixed on his premises ; so that there was , by tbeao parties , a publication of that document to the world . But he should go far beyond that . He should shew , that , on the morning on which that placard appeared , on the 17 th of August , there was a meeting of different delegates , which was attended by all the defendants , and by otViers , amongst them Mr . Feargus O'Connor . This meeting teok place in the cbapol cf Mr . Scholefield , in Every-street ; and all the defendants wers then present . Ho would call the attention of the Court

      particularly to this meeting . It was clear , from what passed , that there bad been » meeting on the 16 th ( the previous day ) , bat he did not give any direct evidence of that meeting ; but from what passed on t ' ae 17 th , it was quite clear that at such previous meeting this matter of tbe placard had been under discussion , for it was then alluded to . At the meeting of the 17 th , a certain resolution was passed ; and , as he had it in print before him , he could more conveniently call their attention to it . Mr . Feargus O Connor was one of the parties then present , and he ( Mr . Brandt ) was sow in a situation to prove that he was the sole proprietor of the Northern Star . Mr . Hill , one of the defendants , was tbe editor of that paper ; and at the meeting it was determined that there should be no publication of what had taken place , except only the resolution then

      moved for their adoption ; and it was determined , that that resolution should be published , and it was to appear in tbe Northern Star ; and accordingly , in the next publication of that paper , after the meeting , this resolution did appear in it . It stated , "That , while the Chartist body did not originate tho present cessation fiom labour , this Conference of delegates , from various parts of tbe kingdom , expresses their deep sympathy with the working men now on strike ; and that we strongly approve of the extension and continuance of the present struggle , till the People ' s Charter become a legislative enactment , and deoide forthwith to issue an address to that effect , and pledge

      ourselves , on oar return to our respective localities , to give a right direction to the people's efforts . " At the same meeting Mr . O'Connor produced an address in his own handwriting , for . adoption by toe meeting ; and , towards the conclusion of the meeting , tkis document [ the placard address of the Executive Committee ] being produced , it was asked by the defendant Campbell , whether the meeting were to understand that he ( Mr . O'Connor ) would print it in his paper ; and ho answered , yes , he would insert it as an advertisement . Hfl would now draw the attention ef the Court to some of the language of this document . Mr . Brandt then read from it the following : —

      " Therefore it is that we have solemnly sworn , and one and all declared , that the golden opportunity now within our grasp shall not pass away fruitless ; that the chance of centuries , afforded to us by a wise and all-seeing Qod , shall not be lost : but that we do now universally resolve never to resume labour until labour ' s grievances are destroyed , and protection secured for ourselves , our suffering wives , and helpless children , by the enactment of the People ' s Charter . " Here was a resolution , as they said , upon oath , that the whole commerce of the country shonld be suspended ; that thousands of workpeople should be thrown into misery , distress , and want , till the laws of the land should be overturned , and a new law established upon the dictation of parties like these . The placard then continued : " Englishmen 1 The blood of your brothers reddens the streets of Preston and Blackburn , and the murderers thirst for more . "

      They could not be ignorant of what this alluded to . The civil authorities in Preston having been scoffed at , abused and resisted , called on the military to act ; and no doubt the military did their duty undsr the direction of tbe authorities of the town . They discharged their fire-arum , by which one or more lives were lost ; and the wonder is , that their forbearance was so great , and that more lives were not lost . These men were called murderers . The placard continued : — " Be firm , be courageous , be men . Peace , law , and order , have prevailed on our side : let them be revered until yonr brethren in Scotland , Wales , and Ireland , are informed of your resolution ; and when a universal holiday prevails , which will be the case in eight days , then of what use will be bayonets against ; public

      opinion ? What tyrant can tben live above the tembie tide of thought ami energy , wbich is now flowing fast , under the guidance of man's intellect , which is noyr destined by a Creator to elevate his people above the reach of irant , the rancour of despotism , and the penalties of bondage ? the trades —[ by which 1 b meant , the nnion between parties to carry out their system for keeping up the rate of wages ] , —a noble , patriotic band , have taken the lead in declaring for the Charter , and drawing their gold from the keeping of tyrants . Follow their example . Lend no whip to rulers wherewith ta , scourge you . Intelligence has reached us —[ so that they were hot ignorant of the state of the country ] —of the wide-spreading of the strike ; and , within fifty mileB of Manchester , every engine is at rest , and all is still , except the miller ' s useful wheels , and the friendly sickle in the fields . "

      And how had every engine been brought to rest ? " Our machinery is all arranged , and your cause will , in three days , be impelled onward by all the intellect we can summon to its aid . " Yea , " intellect" was the suggestion ; the word was used that it might not be said that they were recommending physical force . " Therefore , the whilst you are peaceful , be firm ; whilst you are orderly , make all be bo likewise ; and whilst yon look to the law , remember that yon had no voice in making it , and are therefore tbe slaves to the will , the law , and the price of yonr masters . " They were particularly to remember , that they had no voice in making tbe laws .

      " AH efiicers of the association are called upon to aid and assist in the peaceful extension of tbe movement , and to forward all moneys for the use of the delegates who may be expressed over the country . Strengthen onr bands at this crisis . — . [ Why should these men call upon the people' to strengthen their hands ?]—Support your leaders . Rally round our sacred cause , and leave the decision to the God of justice and of battlo . " If there were any word or expression in that document to show the ultimate meaning of the parties , be thought that tbe last word would clench it This placard was produced at the meeting ; there was no dissenting voice to It ; the sentiments of this doenment were , therefore , those adopted by all present ; and therefore they were all responsible for that which was conveyed by it The address , from wbich he had read extracts , was proposed ; it appeared that an amendment was proposed , differing from the resolution in phraseology , but to the same purpose , viz . : —

      "That the information laid before this conference does not warrant the people in mixing up the Chartist name and movement with tbe present strike for wages ; wbich waa originated , as this Conference believes , by tbe anti-Corn Law League . " What truth there might be in that statement he did not undertake to determine ; but he would say , that if tha members of that or of any other league ever held ont a threat that they would put a stop to the industry of the country , they would be guilty of illegality ; and , if that could be bronght home to them , they

      deserved and ought to stand in that situation ia wbich t&e present defendants were now placed . Bat that waa not the present inquiry . The court would find , that the » eetiug approved of what had been done by the executive committee in preparing this address , and wished it to be carried forward . After almost every one else had spoken '—( and he believed every one did speak )—it was pat to the vote , and the original motion was carried by a very large majority . Therefore , whoever originated tola movement , it was palpable to common sense , as well as law , that those who sanc-

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      tioned it , being a . case of misdemeanour , were equally guilty with its first promoters , and became , in fact , the promoters of it Bnt they did more . He had not found , that those who commenced it had indulged in language like that till that placard appeared ; and the Court would find , that , at the time the placard was bronght to the notice of tbe meeting , they were fally aware of its dangerous character ; for Mr . O'Connor said , "Bid I not tell yea yesterday , that this might be called illegal ? " Its illegality bad been discussed the preceding day ; and Mr . O'Connor mentioned as a proof that bis opinion of its illegality was correct ,

      that , as he said he had jnet heard , the printer of the placard had been apprehended ; and so , in fact , he had been : therefore there was proof , from these expressions , that this placard had been the subject of discussion on the preceding day . It then came forth for the approbation of the other delegates at this Conference , where the illegality of it was again brought under their notice ; yet after this , the meeting requested , that Mr . O'Connor would insert this address in his next paper . Accordingly , in that next paper , they had , in the way of comment , the very expressions used in the address presented by Mr . O'Connor , and assented to unanimously by this meeting .

      " Brothers , these are not the times to hesitate . * * We are fortunate in having an accredited Executive , bearing the confidence of all , at onr head . They , too , have called upon you ; you will read their address ; it breathes a bold and manly spirit . We cannot withhold from them onr support * * From unanimity alone can success be expected . " Therefore , the acts of the Conference and the Executive , at tbe very time , were published and approved by their authorized organ , the Northern Star ; this address was published , which was prepared and received by the whole assembly , which approved of what the executive had done , and of the " maniy spirit" in which it was drawn ; and consequently , they were all clearly participants in the guilt of originating , approving , and publishing that placard .

      Without further observations , he proposed to call the witnesses . He should give some evidence , though it was almost superfluous , ts to the state of the ceuntry , prior to the lfithor 17 th August ; then he would show the posting np of . this bill , at the premises of the Scholefleld a , and of Leach ; and he would then goto the transactions of the 16 th and 17 th August ; and would call a witnass , who was present on that occasion , who would tell the court that all these parties were present on the 17 th ; and what took place . Bat he would rest the case not upon the testimony of any man , but upon the documents . There could ba nothing delusive ia them . If they were csuched in a fair , right , and honest spirit , then these parties had not offended against the laws ; but if , on the contrary , these documents were the dangerous and wicked productions ,

      which he thought them , then the defendants , and all proved te have sanctioned them , were guilty of misdemeanour . If there could be any doubt upon the evidence of the witnesses be should call , it would be removed by a document found in tbe hands of one of the defendants , Robert Brook , when he was apprehended . Notes were found upon his person , in pencil , written in a good hand ; partially rubbed , bnt still legible enough ; and from them it would appear , that the history be ( Mr . Brandt ) had been giving , was entirelv borne out ; because they contained a note of what had taken place on the 16 th and 17 ch ; and that would be evidence , not against the other parties , but against Brook , wbich would show the whole transaction—namely , that they met on the 16 th ; adjourned , and met again on tbe 17 th by

      adjournment ; and then received a report from tha ( iltterent delegates as called upon , who came therefrom great distances , some from Stookport , Newton , Bradford , stating how many persons had attended public meetings held there recently before ; and one of the delegates , Bairstow , from Bristol , stated 220 , 000 persons there to be desirous to aid the movement for the Charter ; but the working people could not cany out the present movement , and so on ; each delegate speaking seriatim . The Rev . William Hill eaid , that the people did not wish to connect themselves with the strike . Aootker delegate , Smith , fram Leeds , said , that there were 80 , 000 at Leeds ; and the feeling there was against tha strike . Having found in some neighbourhoods a good spirit existing , they took upon themselves to foa : er an evil spirit ; for the Court would find in the notes of this

      man—( and thia was very important , though no evidence against Cooper )—that , in the report made , by Cooper , the delegate from Leicoster . he says— " Tht men will cease working if the Conference recommend it , and they want to fight in the Potteries . " That was the language from the Potteries , and he waa afraid that that wish had been carried out to some extent . Tiaere couid bo no fact in question here . He should prove that the defendants were ail present What they did would be established by their own acts and documents , upon which there could be no question ; and therefore , as it appeared to him , there was no room left to doubt—no one who understood the laws of this land could doubt —that these parties had been engaged in a dangerous nnd guilty conspiracy . The Learned Gentleman then

      called—Archibald M'Mullen , Inspector of Police , exami ^ ca by Mr . Brandt , Previous to the evidence being gone into . Mr . Cabbett made an application ^ that all the witnesses might be sent out of Court They were ordered to retire . Mr . M'Mullen then deposed , that prior to the 16 r . h of Augnst there were serious disturbances in Manchester , to quell which a large body of special constables were sworn in , and the assistance of the militury had been called for . These disturbances extended b-yoDd Manchester , to Staleybridge , Ashton , Oldham , and other places . I accompanied Mr . B ^ swick to the bouse of Leach , in Oafe-atreet , en the night of the 17 th of AugusU I uaw a placard on a board in the shop ; n U a bookseller ' s shop ; there were several other placards upon it- It was about eleven o ' clook at night when we He-zed it ; but , having been directed to puss two or three times that day , I saw the board at tbe door : it attracted much attention . We sefzasl and brought away other papers and cards .

      Cross-examine : ! by Mr . Cobdett—I first saw the board , I think , after three o ' clock that day . I cannot say whether the placard was there the first time or not ; but 1 beliuve it was , because there was a great crowd about ; but I was sowell known by them , that I did not like to stay too long . Mr . Beswick had the warrant ; I believe he made an attempt to extcnte it before eleven o'clock . 1 was with him , and in the neighbourhood . The board leaned against the wall , the placard waa towards the wall , inside the wall , whtn we seized it I think Leach had not long come in , when we took him ,- but he misht have been .

      Mr . Richard Baawick , chief superintendent of the Manchester borough police , examined by Mr . BRANDT —I saw placards like the one produced pOBtod on t'ae walls on the 17 th of August , and I went to the printer ' s ( Turner ) with a warrant on that day , about one o ' clock , and satisfied myself that the bill had been printed there . I got one manuscript there , which I have not at band just now . That night I went with M'JVIuliin to the houae of Leach ; he was in the house , which is divided by a partition from the > hop I tuld him I had a warrant f « r his apprehension , nn < i read the warrant to him . He said nothing particular . I sekrcheci tbo shop , and fonnd a copy of tu « placard

      lying upon the counter . I found also a book , containing the names of the " Provisional Executive Council of the National Charter Association of Great Britain ; Mr . James Leach , president" The book now produced ia the same , and contains other matters . I found some cards ( which have been produced bsfore . ) I saw in the shop a board , six or seven feet high , probably mere , on which a copy of the placard was posted . ] afterwards sent M'Mullin to the shop , and he brought it to the Town Hall . I had passed the shop that morning several times , the earliest time abuut halfpast ten o ' clock , and I saw a placard that appeared to be a copy of the same—it was headed the same , and huD < r upon a board at the door .

      Mr . Cobbett—Is the Bench of opinion that this ia evidence of identity ? I submit that it is not sufficient , and object to its being received . Mr . Foster—It is certainly evidence as far as it goes . Mr . Brandt—Faleat quantum . Examination resumed—A number of persons were reading tlib placard . I did not then rend thu whole of the placard ; 1 bad previously Been and read a copy of it Cross-txamined by Mr . Cobbett . —That now produced is a copy of the placard taken by me at Leach ' G . I have compared several copies with the copy found < A Leach ' s . I cannot swear to it ; but a number of espies were struck off on thin paper for me , from the type in my possession , and to the beat of my belief the copy

      produced is ene of- thuse impressions . I have no doubt of it from the geneta 1 . appearance of ths piper . I received the wr-rrant against Leach , I fancy about noon ; I had a nnmber placed in my hands that day . I sent persons , not connected with the police , to see it he was at home , and from them I received information . I could not iieas ef his beiag at home at ftH , aad was not aware be was when I went to search bis house about eleven o ' clock at night , and found him there : I am not aware at what ticie he came home . That book was on a small shelf , beneath the counter , on the right as yon enter . I fonnd there other papers , and one or two other books in MS . It appeared to me to be p « t there for the purpose of being constantly aged . The counter was covered with papers and pamphlets for sale . He sells penny and half-penny publications , and newspapers of all Boxts .

      Mr . Cobbett—As I shall want to refer to this book in order to prepare for the defence of those men , I trust there will be no objection to my having access to it at any time . Mr . FOSTER—If you have any application to- make , you had better mention it afterwards . Mr . Brandt—The proper time will beat the end of the case . Tbe book Is not in evidence . Nathaniel Higgins , a policeman—I know Mr . Scholefleld ' a chapel ill Every-street . On the 17 th of August I waa facing It , between eleven and twelve o ' clock in the forenoon , and I saw a man coming from Ancoats Lane with some papers like bills under bis arm ; he went into Mr . Scbolefldd'ii surgery , adjoining the house and chapeL Mr . Scholefleld ' s son William waa at the door of the surgery at the time . The man went into the surgery , and William Scholefleld went In with him . They remained a few minutes , and then the man came ont , followed by William Scholefleld , wbo had . a large bill io his bana , which be posted on the outside wall

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      next the street of the burial-ground which Burrounds the bail ling . I read some little of the bill ; not muck ; it was something similar to tbat ; I read the heading , and it was ( be some in sizj and appearance : the printer ' s name was Turner . It was pasted upon the w . 11 . I was near tbe premises again about flve , or a little after , that afternoon ; I saw about thirty persons go in ; amongst others Peter M'Douall , aurt the prisoners Doyle , Liach , Ellison , and Campbell Tcose were all I kuew . That gentleman ( pointing to M'Cartney ) I believe was there . I cannot speak to any otber prisoner . In tbe morning I saw tbe eider Mr . Scholtflsld come out of the anrgery door ind to the gate , four or five minutes after the bill bad been posted , and about a coupie of yards from the place ; but he might not see it , as he did not come outside .

      Cross-examined by Mr . Cobbett . —It was on Wednesday the 17 th ; I know it was . because the rtay before I saw Feargus O Connor go into Mr . Scholefiold ' a , out of a coach . I hava been in the police about a month or five weeks ; I was not in at that tiuio . I went to see Mr . Feargus O'Connor I was no acquaintance of hia ; I never saw him iu my life before , but I saw him there . I heard he w » b going there f rou . people about the town . It was reported he was comin g in the morning . There , were many people outside waiting to see him . I sa . w him at last and wa » much gratified . I went next day the same as other fo . ka to see ¦ whether the monument [ Huat ' 3 ] would he pu : up or not . [ Uproar in tha court . Mr . Foster ordered silence to be preserved . ] Crowds were going , and I went with them . It aiight be n- fortnight after , I became a policeman . It was not my auxiety about Hunt ' s monument , but my character , thirteen years' servitude under

      one master , tbat got me into the police . I was out of work , perhaps thr « e or four moutbs . I left the last place I was in of my own accord . I fell out with the manager of Mr . Binns , in Ancoats lane . I was a weaver and overlooker . Mr . Irwin got me appointed a policeman . I showed him my character , und he took : uu to Sir Charles Shaw ; and the ; made me a policeman . I mentioned to Mr . Irwiu what I saw at the chapel , before 1 waa asked to be a policeman ; but I did not think I should be asked about it now . Sir Chsrles Shaw was present whtn I was examined about it ; and it was after that that I was appointed a policemnu . I was taken to the Town Hull and there examined by some gentlemen , whom I do not know . When I saw the man come to Schokfleld ' a with the bills , William . ScholfcfieM was standing at the door . I was standing on the other side of the street . There wore other bills on the wall , but not just there .

      By Mr . M'Cartney— It was on the 17 th that , to the best of my knowledge , I saw you enter Mr . Scholefield ' s premises . I will not swear it To the btst of my knowledge , you are the person I saw in Every-street ; but I cacnet undertake ' to Bwear-it . I saw a person very like you . —( A loud groan from tho back of the court followed this answer . Mr . Foster Baid , that if that were repeated , the coutt should be cleaved . ) I said before , that I believed it was you . I am not ttware of m / name being on the police-book before J was appointed . I did not apply till Mi-. Irwin asked me if I wished to bo one , and I then produced my character The long dark hair 13 tbe only thing I can judge from , that the man was like you . The person wore a cap . I have been known to Mr . Irwin some years . M'Cartney—I wish to know under what circumetanccea you first became acquainted with Mr . Irwin t Witness—I cannot sir .

      How did you know it was Mr . O'Connor whom you saw go to > lr . ftlholefleld's house ? I only know it was him from having heard puople say bo . I never siw Mr . O'Connor before that d .-iy ; I eaw him in the- morning , and I have seen him once since . ' . . When ? When ?—On the same day , in the afternoon ! By whom were you first asked to give evidence ? I was applied to by Sir C . Shaw , in the course oi my duty as a policeman , to stato the partisulars of what I saw ; but I cannot say what day , but it is about live weeks siuce . In tbe event of my conviction , and those whi > are with me , da you expect any gratuity or reward ?

      I do not I may be turned off , and have to go to work again . I hsve nothing offered for my eviu ^ nce . I hate not . the remot . st description by which I can positively swear that you ure the mun whom I saw in Every-street on that clay . I did not swear that I saw Mr . O'Connor at an open window ; the ¦ window was shut It waa the house window . I believe the houae is a square one ; I believe it was the first story froc ting to . Every-street The wail on which the bill was posted is a low wall ; I do not know the height of the wall ; it may bo as high as my head . The window where I 6 aw Mr . O'Connor is above the wall , but I cannot say whether the entire of the window is above the wall , or only a part of it . I cannot stand ciose to the wull and look over it ; but I was on the opposite Bide of the Btreet , which caused me to see better ; 1 cannot swear whether Mr . O'Connor was aitting down or standing up . Mr . M'Cartney—Will you swear that you positively balievft I am the person you saw ?

      Witness—I will swear that I believe it , but nol that you are positively tbe man . Mr . Beswick re-called—I produce the copy or proof sheet ( No . 2 ) of the placard with MS . corrections upon it , which I found at Turner ' s house , and a eorvented copy ( No . 4 ) of it fouud tbxre ; and also I found at Leach's house , the-card marked A , one of a large number I found there . It rs inscribed "The National Chartist Association of Great Britain , James Ltjucb , president ; John Campbell , secretary . " The pW-ard No . 6 , now produced , is the one I fouud on the counter at Leach ' s shop .

      M'Mullin recalled—I produce tho placard maiked with my initials , taken from the board fonnd at Leash ' s I also found a number of cards similarto that marked A , untde up in a packet . —[ The card produced was a card of membership in " the National Charter Association of Great Britain . " ] William Grifiin was next called . Mr . Cobbett said , before he was sworn , be would aak if ke believed in a state of rewards and punishments after this life . VS itnass—Yes . Ho waa thoa aworn , and examined by Mr . Brandt—I b ; ive bsen a reporter for the Northern , Star Brilish Statesman , and the Evening Star . On the 17 th August , I mvm co a Conference of the National Charter Association ; it was a Conference of the delegates . I * enfc there with Bernard Bl'Cartney , to Mr . Scholyflt-ld ' s Chape ,. We got there beetween nine and ton in tha morning . ' I should' think upwards of thirty were

      present ; a person was sitting in the capacity of chairman ; they called him Arthur , an elderly gentleman . I do not recognise him as now present . Feargus O'Connor was present ; the Rev . William Hill , —the Rtntlomim with a pencil in his h ? nd ; James Loach , Julian Harney , John Campbell , James Cartledge ( not a I > v ! soaer ) , Christopher Doyle , Thomas Railton ; a person named . Parkes , from Sheffield ; and Ellison , of Stockport ; . llr . Scholefield was not there as a debate ; he tvas in the room . 1 do not k ow Thornton or Norman by name . I cannot swear to the prisoner iNorman ) now shown me as being there . The prisoner next M'Cartney , Railton , was there . Thornton was there . [ A . rather curious scene for a Court of Juries was hero presented ; the prisoners were called forward by name , nnd the witness was requested to look at them , and if they wjre there—he having all the names of the delegates , but not being distinctly acquainted with the persons of each . ] The man with long hair ( Brook ) was there .

      Mr . Brandt—The prisoners pushed him forward as Thornton . . Mr . Cobbett objected to the course of telling the witness a nume , and pointing out the man , and thus enabling the witness to tell the truth or commit pt / jury , as he might please . Mr . Maude ( in Mr . Foster ' s absence ) directed that all the prisoners should ba shown to the witness in succession ; Ir . w iu placing his hand on a prisoner's head , and the witness being required to state whether be recollected tbat prisoner being present Examination-resumed—I believe this person ( Otley ) wan present : I took him for Arthur . I will not swear he wa 3 in the chair . I cannot recognise that

      yuuug man ( Norman . ) - M'Cartney was there ; ce went with me . Thomas Railton I know . Campbell was there . That man ( John Thornton ) was present , in a diffareut areas . That man ( Christopher Doyle ) was there . Tbat man , who called himself Parses in the Coiifetunca , was there . I cannot recollect tbat gentleman . ( Puinting "to Mr . Arthur . ) Arthur—I am much , obliged to you . Witn&ss-r-I will not swear to this one ( William Fletcher . ) ¦ ' . Hurney—What is my name ? lo&k at me straight as 1 look at you . . Witness—Julian Harney . Harney—Ayo , that's right .

      Witness—I will not swear to the boy ; there was a young boy present that represented the " Youths , " and called himself Ramsden ; but I won't swear be is the person . That man ( Robert Brook ; was there . James Leach was present Tbat man was present IT . B . Smith ); the Rev . William Hill was present So was that man ; I think his name is Mossey . Mr , Scholefield was present , but not as a delegate . During the Conference , he came into thechapei . When I got there , the delegates rose in turns , and gave in a report . Some spoke perhaps five minutes ; some perhaps not so leng . A man who answered to the name of Cooper spoke : I am not prepared with my notes here ; but he supported the resolution which was proposed by Mr . Bairstow . It was bearing upon the strike , and recommending its

      continuation . It attributed the strike to the corr -law league ; and , in tbe word * following , it recommended the people to take advantage of that strike in advancement of the Charter . Feargus O'Connor recommended a word being altered to make it legal . 1 am on my oath ; I will swear to my notes , bnt not from memory Soon after ( the next morning ) I got a printed copy of the resolution . It was put to the vote . F . O'Connor suggested that the word " recommend" should be altered to " approve , " to make it legal . It was originally to recommend the continuance of the strike ; and Mr . O'Connor recommended it shonld be " That the meeting approves of the strike . " Tbe resolution , as amended by Mr . O'Connor , was passed . He afterwards produced an address , which was laid before the meeting and approved of ; and it was afterwards slated at the ( Continued in our Eighth page . )

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 8, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct908/page/7/