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EVENING 'EDITION -NORNING SUN.-ADVERTISE ALT MENTS inserlin the'AIORAING SUN will also aPPPIr in th e EVENIN EDITION sithout any EXTRA CHARGE. DI~~UN~. SUN OFFICE, 112-STRAND. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. mGENERAL POST-OFFICE, AUGUST I, 1839. AILS will be made up in London for MALTA, the lONIAN ISLANDS, and ALEXAN DRIA, to be forwarded Co nvent that for India, via Marseilles, in accordance with the Newon with France, on the 12th inst., 16th September, 14th October, and after that time, on the 4th of .every Month, except when it happens to fall on Sun day, when the Mail will be made up the following day. The uniform rate on Single Letters to and from Malta, the lonian Islands, and Alexandria by this route will be ls. Bd., and so on in proportion. On Newspapers to Malta, the lonian Islands, and Alexandria by this route the rate will be 2d. By Command, W. L. MABERLY, Secretary. ANDAU to be SOLD, good and clean as new, having been but little used. It has the improved head, which opens so completely as to combine all the advan tages of a Britschka. Iras ant axles, C springs, and all the appendages usually attac hed . to highly-finishea carriages. It is suitable for town or posting. May be seen at 43, Crawford-street, Eryanston-square. No. 14,638. SALE EY AUCTION. OLD-ESTABLISHED PUBLIC-HOUSE, AT A GROUND-RENT, SAINT PANCRAS. Al R. WALKER will SELL by AUCTION, A- at Garraway's, on MONDAY, August 12, at Twelve, by order of the Executrix of the late Mr. Absolon, The beneficial LEASE and GOODWILL, for a term of 52 years, at a ground• rent of 6/. 95., of that excellent and old-es tablished full-priced Public-house theWHEATSHE AF, situate in Church-row, nearly facing Brewer- street, Somers Town, a very improving situation. The premises occupy a frontage next the road . of upwards of 40 feet by a depth of 88 feet, and is presumed to be one of the best untried situations round the metropolis, having the advantage of a back entrance from a 'densely-populated neighbourhood. May be viewed, and Particulars obtained ; also of Mr. Ivimev, Solicitor, Rolls-chambers, Chancery-lane; at Gar raway's ; and of the Auctioneer, No. 16, Wardour-street, Soho. . , --1ef.4;7 V E V.l4_,N 11 E , -- y -..1..„. • ' 2- - r` -- - 11. j-ilt." I _ i ./ , i, ,,.*, ' INC •,e 4,ir ', 'l / 4 i - ~.4 216 •4,q • , - . , 41 , -' , C. 4 r-Li ..- . ar .' 4 - ' * - .. 4 I / \ . ..V4rtik .t t k i '--4.--t. . . ''', A - ..e, - --- ' !... I)_We c ...•.- ‘.. . . -..-. . - . - . . . , - , . , .. :,, , . 4., 2 ._, .-...‘ , • • 4 ,.. " '0 8 ,6 ril t ile, N.- 7-iiIP.I ..- . ..,.. _ . • 4. . al. 1 . ,,,,„ , , ~.,_, • ~-55, 5 1. A ... . . P ~ . .:, , , .: -.P. ,, 1 \ ...., ,‘,.._ - ~, - , , ,---,... - ~ . •i • '6 - 7 ,, CI "0.7 7 v,,' -1-t, _ _./ E ~VP r . :4 1 -, A - = "' N - '' / 4- • -- ,, ,, , r,r, ~,,, ,-13 - . 03 0 „,. A )000 , - s ' j -I t n .1' ' ' --.'" --. 3>. '''',... P/ A Di- '" , : i7t , 4 .o° , ' t„, — ' ‘..c..-c PRICE sd. was, as he (the Attorney-General) apprehended, that justice was to be considered only what they (the Convention), or Mr. Collins, thought was fit and proper. That is to say, no one was to interfere but themselves--that was, the Convention ; nothing was to be done to preserve the peace and order of the town, but what they approved. The next resolution was as follows: " That the summai y and despotic arrest of Dr. Taylor, our respected colleague, affords another convincing proof of the absence of all justice in England, and clearly shows that there is no security for life, liberty, or property, till the people have some controul over the laws they are called upon to obey.—By order, . (Signed) "W. LOVETT, Secretary. " Friday, July 5, 1839." That was according to the opinion of Mr. Collins. Now the fact was that there would neither be security for life, liberty, or property, unless the law was respected. Those placards were posted all round Birmingham. He did not mean to say that Mr. Collins was to be held responsible for all that occurred afterwards • but he would as k w h at was the i ntention of the publication ?—and what was its tendency ? He would say that the object was to call on the people of Birmingham to resist the law ; and that was apparent in the allusion that was made to the resistance offered to the police on the 4th July. Then what was the tendendency of the publication ? Whatever might be the secret intention of Mr. Collins and those who sanctioned that publication, it was meant to cause the inhabitants of Birming ham, who had been engaged in the conflict of the night before —it was meant to induce them to enter into a conflict with the police, and to resist as they had done before, any attempt that might be made to put down any unlawful assembly in which they might be engaged. It was to inflame and exasperate the people of the town of Birmingham, and to prepare them for any outrage that might take place. Although Mr. Collins was not accountable for the melancholy outrages that did follow yet that was the tendency of his publication. Mr. Collins was to be defended by his (the Attoaney-General's) esteemed friend Sergeant Goulburn, who would no doubt discharge his duty with all the talent and ability with which he was so amply endowed. But he (the Attorney-General) would venture to say that his Learned Friend would never venture to assert— Here -• the Jury, who had retired, returned into Court to de liver their verdict,which they did as follows:—" Howell, guilty; Roberts, guilty ; Jones, guilty ; Aston, guilty ; Wilkes, not guilty." The Jury was then discharged for the day. The ATTORNEY-GENER A L resumed. Hesaid the gentlemen of the Jury, since he • had commenced to address them, had heard a verdict of guilty presented against four of the men en gaged in the riots ; now, he would ask them if publicatious such as that had not a tendency to produce such outrages ; and con sequently Mr. Collins was answerable not only for what hap pened, but he was answerable for what was likely to happen from such publications. He had been about to observe that Mr. Collins would have every advantage of an able counsel to defend him, and he (the Attorney. General) had been just about to mention the difficulty he had in treating, or knowing what would be the probable topics upon which he might touch ; but he was sure he would not say that a wanton outrage had been commttted by the London police, or that the London police were blood thirsty. He possessed great power of humour and drollery, hut he knew his good taste and good judgment too well, to suppose that this was a case in which to exercise them: He would then proceed to lay the evidence before them. The Learned Judge might direct them, but it was the law of the land that the Jury was to decide. It was for them to say whether the defendant at the bar was guilty or not guilty. Charles Colbourne, examined by Mr. Balgny—l am a partner with Messrs. Knott and Hawler, booksellers and sta tioners, Birmingham. I live in High -street. I resided there in May, June, and July last. That part of the neighbourhood was much excited during that period, in consequence of nightly.meetings held there. On the let of July they met in the Bull-ring, adjourned to Gortu-green, and returned again to the Bull-ring. There was a larger meeting on the night of the Ist in the Bull-ring than on any preceding evening. I do not know whether the people walked in procession. lam not certain whether there were meetings on the nights of the 2d or 3d, but there wa' a meeting on that of the 4th. This witness was cross-examined and re-examined by the Attorney-General, but his evidence was not of importance. Dr. Boothe, examined by Mr. BALGUY—Stated that on account of the disturbed state of the town he proceeded to London for the purpose of applying for the assistance of the police, and on his return to Birmingham, the necessary pre parations being made, the MayOr and he, with . the-police, went to the" Bull-ring, where , an individual was haranguing the people. .I advised them (continued the witness) to disperse.. They ,reeeieed my advice most ungraciously.—(A laugh ) They groaned and threw stones at myself and the police. - The question did not admit of delay,. I .ofilered....the police to--ap prehend the ordtor Ari ithmediate scene of violence com menced. To any one placed in such a scene, it is guise ins msible to describe chabs itself.—( A laugh.) The people attacked the police, and the police retaliated, seeing that there was a chance of the police being overpowered, after consulting with the Mayor, I rode off for the military. I quickly returned with the military. The Bull-ring on my return was tumultuous, but where th e c o n t e st had taken place an op en s p ace had been formed. I rode to that place, where I read the Riot Act. The space was occasioned by the military being seen at my back. After reading the Riot Act, I adjured them, over and over a g ain, to retire, and told them of the consequ ences o f their disobeying me. They were deaf to my advice. They continued together, increasing in numbers, and various demonstrations of hissing, groaning, &c., after the Riot Act. This continued some time. When the military advanced, the mob retired; as the military retired, the mob advanced. It was ultimately decided we should charge them. Cross-examined by Sergeant GOIMBURN—I have been a Magistrate for Bir m i ng h am s i nce t h e c h arter. For a year I did not act ; between the death of William and the accession of her Majesty. I was, before that time, a magistrate for the county. I was not at the Public Office when Collins wrs brought there. I saw the learned personage the Recorder of Birmingham there. —( A laugh.) I don't recolluct having seen that man (Collins) before I had to do with taking bail for him, in eight or ten days after his arrest, on which occasion I had a voice. The usual bail required for felons in the lower rank of life was always ac commodated to the emergency. After some further evidence of little importance witness said written directions were given to the police not to act harshly. Before the poli.e went up to the mob I said to them,.•‘ For God's sake disperse." This was before they proceeded to manual acts, which were reciprocated. Many blows were given and returned ; the police dccided,y had the worst of it. The arms the police had were their staves. ( Here again the Doctor lost his temper.) The conflict began shortly after I had advised the people to disperse. The rush was soon made by the people. The first movement was made by the people, but the police first went shouldering forward, with a view of ar resting the leader then came the contest. Examination resumed by Mr. Balguy.—My advice to disperse was met by shouts, groans, and stones. The groans were be fore I ordered the arrest, the stones were afterwards, and upon the police going forward one stone struck my hat, another struck my horse. bl,,George Martin, Inspector A division, after repeating a number of particulars which had been given by the former witness, added, Dr. Boothe ordered the arrest of the speaker. I went forward with Sergeant Sweeting to execute that order. Several of the crowd stood between me and the man to be arrested. I was struck several times. I attempted tr, force my way by pushing, and did not use my staff ur!,il I was compelled to do so. Then I struck with my staff. I did not succeed in arresting that man, who thr,cended and mixed with the crowd. A regular fight toot place between the mob and police. The mob had stir ,;s. After they re treated stones began to fly. Several of the police were knocked down by sticks and brick_t i ats. I was wounded under the eye with a sharp stone, I was also attacked with sticks by the mob. I had it troth broken, and lost my h a t. M y, coat was cut through with something th a t h urt my shoul ders. I went ur, to Dr. Booth, when I saw a stone strike the Mayor% horse. I advised the Magistrates to call out the Luxton, the man afterwards stabbed, had a prisoner at the time near the monument. In Bell.street there was a great mob, who pelted us with stones. Feeling that we were in danger from the stones, I charged them with four men up the street. As soon as we got a little way up Bell-street, we were surrounded. At length we were forced to get into the Turk's Head. George Laxton, 24 A division, examined.—l am one of the London police who on the 4th of July was sworn in a special constable. On that evening I took a prisoner for striking me. A mob then came before me, one of them had a dagger in his hands six inches long. He held it in both his hands. I parried it with my staff. He then stabbed me with it. The dagger penetrated me. After. .that I arrested him, when he struck me with it on the wrist. The mob then surreunded me and rescued the man who had wounded me. I was cut across the thumb as well as stabbed in the belly. My life was despaired of. I saw Reeson on my right; he said, "I am stabbed." I replied, "I am stabbed also." He was wounded on the hip ; the wound was inflicted by a bayonet. Surgical aid was procured for us. Bennett, 88 A division.—l was on duty in the Bull ring on the night of the sth. I was wounded on the head by a sword. My hat was cut through.—( Witness here produced the sword.) George Hodgetts, 105 A division, said I arrested a prisoner on whom I found a soldier's bayonet. In his pockets there were several stones.—(He then produced the bayonet and stones.) Charles Watson, a printer, in Temple-street, in the town of Birmingham, said he printed the resolutions contained in the indictment, by direction of Mr. Collins and another, and after wards saw them on the walls near Aston. The Clerk of Arraigns read one of the bills, and The ATTORNEY-GE' RAL then said, I here close the prose cution. Sergeant GOULBUR ...-There are other witnesses on the back of the indictment whom I wish to have examined. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE ordered the witnesses to be called. Thomas C. Salt examined by Sergeant GOULBURNE.—I was b4ore the Grand:Jury, and examined by them. I was and I arp a member of the Political Union. I was one of the origi naol delegates of the Convention of the Industrious classes. I bold the office of Councillor under the new corporation. I have no judicial office. At the commencement of the Conven tion Alderman Muntz was called a delegate. He was trea surer and trustee to it. Mr. Alderman Hadley was also a de legate. We held our first public meeting at Holloway-head , on the 6th of August last year. Alderman Muntz spoke on that occasion. Mr. Attwood was present. Mr. Sholefield, the Member, I think, was there. lam not certain I then THE FREQUENT ROBBERIES OF PLATE. CAUTION. It Lavin g been represented to RIPPON and BURTON that several persons are vending a spurious metal asthe their SILVER BRITISH PLATE, that %Ile Genuine Article can only be had at their Warehouses, 12, dells -street, Oxford-street. The Nickel Silver British Plate na nufactdrecl by Rippon and Burton, is, by a chemical process, tendered superior to any other so called, in appearance and du rability ; it is eq u al t o s il ver ; a ll th e articles being solid and of wrought material, they improve with use, and are war ranted to stand the test of that strong acid aquafortis. The following prices are named as a criterion :- 1. d. I King's Pattern Table Spoons Table S poons and For k s , f u ll size, with fiddle handles, and Forks, full size, per 30 0 Per dozen Dessert do. 10 0 Do. Dessert, do. do., per 25 0 Grave fea Sp y Spoons, each oons, per dozen 5 0 dozen 4 0 Do. Tea, do. do. do l2 0 7 0 Do. Gravy, do. do., each Fish Knives, each Rutter Knives 2 0 Do. Fish knives, do. ~ Salt and Mustard Spoons .... 0 6 Do.. 1 3 Salt and Mustard Spoons, ' 3o llp Ladles. 6 6 do Sauce Ladles 1 6 Do. Soup Ladles, do l3 0 S ugar Tongs, each Table Candlesticks, per pair 16 0 Do. Sugar Tongs, do. Ch amber ditto, complete, Decanter, Stands, c ha sed each 9 6 edges, per pair l7 0 Cr uet Frames, Shell Mount- Snuffers do 5 6 ings Bread Baskets, Tea and Coffee Sets to match, &c. Purchasers are recommended to apply, post paid, for a Cata logue, which can be forwarded for a single postage. WARRANTED TABLE CUTLERY. Table Knives, with Ivory Handles, per doz. 145.-Dessert Knives, 12 5.-Carvers, per pair, 4s. 6d.-The Long Set of 50 P ieces, 101.-The same to Balance Table Knives, 165.-Des serts, 14s. -Carvers, 55. 6d.-Large size Ivory-handled Table Knives, 18 s.-Desserts, 16s. per doz.-Carvers, 61.-The same to Balance Table, 21 5...-Desserts, 155.-Carvers, 7s. 6d.- Whit e Bone Handled Table Knives and Forks, 9s. per doz.- Blaek Horn-handled Table Knives and Forks, Ils. per doz.- Desserts, Bs.-Carvers, 2s. 6 d.-The Knives and Forks both warranted. FENDERS, FIRE IRONS, CORNICE POLES, ,BATH &c. DISH- Fashionable Black Iron Fenders from 95.-Bronzed ditto from 125.-Brass ditto from IN.-Polished Steel Fire Irons from 5 5.-Block Tin Dish Covers the Set, I ls.-Improved shape ditto, IN.-Patent ditto, the very best quality and newest shape that is made, 35 5.-Japanned Bottle Jacks, warranted to carry 251b5., 7s. 6d.--Brass ditto, 9s. 61-Brass Stair Rods, 3s. 6d. per doz.-Brass Cornice or Window Curtain Poles, Is. 3d, per foot.-Copper Tea Kettle to hold 1 Gallon, 75.- C opper Coal Scoops, from 10s. 6d.-Tea Urns, from 275.- Shower Baths, with Copper c on d uct i ng T u b es an d P ump , an d with Curtains complete, 110 s. Purchasers are recommended to visit the Warehouses, Wells street, Oxford -street ;or to apply for a Catalogue of prices, whieh can be forwarded for a single postage. Country Orders to contain a remittance. All Postages to be paid. Established 1820. CABINET UPHOLSTERY and BED DING, at the CABINET-MAKERS' TRADING SO CIETY, 71, LEADENHALL-STREET, enrolled agree ably to Act of Parliament ; being the Manufacturers in all its branches. ------ The system upon which this is conducted precludes the pos sibility of competition for cheapness, quality, and durability, as no house in London can manufacture at their prices. The Society wishes it to be thoroughly understood that they do not receive hawked goods for sale, like the baracers and haber dashers, but they make every article themselves, which enables them confidently to warrant their goods of the best materials, and if any fault appears within twelve months, it will be made good free of charge. A trial is earnestly solicited of those about to thrnish, as the only criterion by which the merits and de cided advantage of purchasing at this establishmen teen be fairly estimated. The funds of this Society provide for the members in sick ness, old age, and burial ; they therefore sincerely hope that their humble endeavours will meet with public patronage. Estimates given, and orders punctually executed; and lists of prices may be had, from which the following is an extract • ~,Nleeattogany lounging chairs, covered with leather, with spring „,... each ; mahogany chairs in horse-hair seating, 13s. 9d. each , ; I talaar, 17s. SA. ditto ; mahogany sofas, 90s. each ; 131 ,t ha g a Ly Pe mbroke tables 21 s.mahogany four-post bed ti ....,s. ; tent ditto, 205. , furniture ~ 6 _ ; c h a irs, 2.e.; eane-seat ditto, 3s.. spanned japanned stands and dress ing-tai. 6 " eac h ; japanned ddra;wers, 345. each • mahogany ditto, 441. ;. feather beds and mattresses, varranteh free from dust or smell, or the money returned , Stuffed with horse-hair, fr om 255. soli dl rose-wood chairs, ditto 100 tables, from 4/. To s . ; each couches, 61. 10s. ; fancy chairs, 7s. ed. each. ogany ditto, 70s. each ; , Window-curtains and bed-furnwares made from the newest de s igns, Old furniture cleaned,_ and re_uiade. Portabl e an d so lid furnitu re for Ship cabins , Yachts, and Steam - boats S sic I gant y 4 71, Leadenhall-street. C. LAVER Secretary F RANKS'S SPECIFIC SOLUT ION OF COPAIBA. "...Hospitals with Within a periodgit-Li-,undred Patients of Two Months were successtnny treated at the u ar la s et o r f o l r" 'Council of the F_RANKS'S SPECIFIC S w. OL , UT F I . O R N s. o , f e C e O e P e A f I r fl h : By Joseph Hoary Green, --,.. Royal - College of Surgeons, Surgeon College, London. to St. Thomas's H°sPit a l s and Professor of Sure in in the King's i . " I have mane trias of Mr. Frank's Solution of Copa'b a, at S t Thomas's Hospital, in a variety of case s of dischar ges in the mal e and female, and the resu lts s;arrant my stating , that it is an erlica „dons remedy, and one which ciOes not produce the usual unpleasant Ciebc o Cepaiba. (Signed) 46, Lincoln's-Inn.fields, April 15, 1835'RS. By Braneby C oo p er , E sq., F . RS., HENRY GREEN. , Surgeon to Guy's Hospital, and Lecturer on Anatomy, &c. &c., and others most eminent in the Medical Profession.' " Mr. Bransby Cooler present/ his compliments to Mr. Gee r, . Franks, and has great pleasure in bearing testimony of the efficacy f hi has proscribed of Copaiba in Gonorrhcea, for which disease Mr. Cooper proscribed theSolutlon in ten or twelve cases with perfect success . Ncw-street,Spring gardens, Apr 1113,1835." Thls invaluable Medicine is confidently recommended in all case of zlonorrhcea, Gleets, Urethral Discharges, Spasmodic Strict ures, Irritas2an of the Kidneys, Bladder, Urethra, and Prostate Gland ; its punt). ,riir effects upon the gentral health render it particularly ap plicable in ai: case s of relaxed fibre and nervous debility, Prepared only by George Franks, Surgeon s 90, London, and in' y b.,. , had of all Medicine-venders in the United King dom, in Bottlesaat 2s. 9s: .4s Est., and I Is. each. Blackfriars-road, CAM ow.—Un eas .. Geoff ^e Franx:, Bla,kftiars road," it engraved Governme n t S tamp it caZ. nct be ge'line. f•• Mr. Frankirmay be consuaed until Trio o'clock daily. /sem.— T a MEETING of the COUNCIL of 11 the CONVENTION, held at the ARUNDEL COF FEE HOUSE, STRAND, on Monday, the sth August, the following resolution was submitted by BRONTERE O'BRIEN, and, after a lengthy discussion, unanimously adopted. Moved by BRONTERRE O'BRIEN, seconded by FEARGUS O'CONNOR. Resolved,—That from the evidence which has reached this Council from various parts of the country, we are unani mously of opinion that the people are not prepared to carry out the " Sacred Month" on the 12th of August. The same evi dence, however, convinces us that the great body of the working people, including most of the trades, may be induced to cease work on the 12th inst., for two or three days, in or.. der to devote the whole of that time to Solemn Processions and Solemn Meetings, for deliberating on the present awful state of the country, and devising the best means of averting the hideous despotism with which the industrious orders are menaced by the murderous majority of the upper and middle classes, who prey upon their labour. We, at the same time, beg to announce to the country that it is the deliberate opi nion of this Council that unless the Trades of Great Britain shall corporate, as united bodies, with their more distressed brethren, in making a Grand National Moral Demonstration, on the 12th inst., it will be impossible to savethe country from a revolution of blood, which, after enormous sacrifices of life and property, will terminate in the utter subjection of the' whole of the working people to the monied murderers of soci ety. Under these circumstances we implore all our brother Chartists to abandon the projeet of a Sacred Month, as being, for the present, utterly impracticable, and to prepare them selves forthwith to carry into effect the aforesaid constitutional objects on the 12th inst. We also implore the United Trades, if they would save the country from convulsion, and themselves and families from ruin, to render their distressed brethren 'all the aid in their power, on or before the 12th inst., towa r ds realising the great and benifieent object of the holiday. Men of the Trades ! the salvation of the empire is iri yopr hands ! MO THE IRISH WORKING CLASSES MO FELLOW LABOURERS, We have struggled in our respective countries, now for the attainment of one man's notion of liberty, and again for an other man's notion of justice. Unmindful of a principle, we have been led in pursuit of phantoms and moonshine, until at length our rulers, depend for the subjugation of public opinion upon the purchase of those men, who have acquired a leader ship by cant professions, and who have invariably betrayed the interests of a confiding people. Irishmen, in speaking of your grievances you have been taught to attribute them to the English people, while you have lost sight of the fact, that in the people there is no representative power, and therefore for the people there can be no legal protection. Those men called the representatives of the people are equally the enemies of the working classes of both countries. We have-no voice in their election, and consequently no responsibility for their acts, while we have all to fear from their injustice. When the pub lic voice is heard upon Irish questions, that voice is ever raised on behalf of justice, not the justice of corporations or police establishments, or arms' Bills, or Government education, or pauper laws, or Church plunder distribution, or clerical discip line, or railway travelling for the rich, or bank charters for the money-monger, or vain and idle hurrahs as earnest of our anticipations from a young and ignorant, though, perhaps, playful and innocent monarch. No, fellow men, we are tired of all expensive baubles, and of the dominion of .mummery. We /ook' for the re-assumption of the judgment -seat by reason and common sense. The mind of man, if unfettered, is capable of better government than that under which we live, and for it, therefore, we look, '• and in -its , pursuit we are. resolved to continue, until justice,. real and sub stantial justice, shall be done to the labourer who is the fountain and the source of wealth, - and should therefote be the fountain and the source of law, as without his labour there would be no property to protect, and consequently no necessity for laws to protect it. When the first Reform Ministry coerced Ireland, was not the voice of the English people to a man raised against them? Have we not over and over again de clared the injustice of a Catholic people paying the sporting Church in Ireland, and have we not pi oclaimed the right of the Irish people to be governed by laws made in their own country, and by men over whom, from residence, public opinion may have its due and legitimate controul ? and yet has not the En glish press and the Irish press circulated the malicious and gross falsehoods of your leader, declaring that the English people have no sympathy for their Irish brethren ? Irishmen, you have got the name of Emancipation, while its benefit has been conferred upon the place-hunter and political trafficker. You have got the name of Reform, and contrast the spirit of the de bates upon Irish questions now, with the debates in those days when your representatives truly represented the genius and the opinions of Irishmen. In 1832, you had a test of representa tive fitness. What was it?—Repeal of the Union—Total Abolition of Tithes—Cheap Government--Universal Suffrage —and appointment of the Magistrates by the People. Such was your catalogue in 1832, and what now is the only test of Irish representative fitness? Hear it and blush, you calling yourselves the brave nation ! It is a blind submission to the will of the base, brutal, and bloody men, who subjected your country to coercion and martial law, and your virtuous wives and fair daughters to the foul inspection in the dead of night of a ruffian police force—to the men who would blot the name of Ireland from the map, and for it substitute that of West Bri tain. Did we not raise our voice against their tyranny, and declare that Ireland should not be stopped in her assaults against Pro testant injustice ? We did ; and what has been our reward? Why the boast of the Champion of Irish liberty, that from the slavish state of the Irish mind, the base, brutal, and bloody Whigs, have been enabled to draft 5,000 troops from Ireland, to coerce England, and subjugate the English mind. May we not, with an equal show of justice, then, declare that the Irish people are enemies to liberty, and opposed to the rights of man ? Yet we make the distinction between base profligacy upon the part of your representatives, and your ignorance of our views and objects, and your Cconsequent adoption of the notions of your tyrants. We have been represented as blood-thirsty monsters and destructives, while, during five years of unparalleled agitation, not a single life has been sacrificed by the people, and not a single law has been violated by them, while in quest of their rights and their liberty. Read the speeches of Irish Members before the blasting Union had impoverished you, and enriched your oppressors, and in them you will find the fire of patriotism and the love of country, while you now select what you call practical men of business, whose only duty is to divide, as strength dire c ts, the common plunder raised from the industrious millions. The Senate-house of the nation has been turned into a temple where Jew-jobbers and money-changers sit and divide plunder. The voice of the patriot is no longer heard. Canada is coerced without opposition, and as if by magic, while the charter of your Moloch occupies night after night, and arouses the latent spark of patriotism in the breast of your cham pion. We I invite you, Fellow-labourers, to crush the system, and i for ever. We do not incite you to arms, while, if the latter should be forced upon us, we will march with them to death or glory, but we tell you that a union of our moral power is sufficient to gain a bloodless victory. To make the altar the footstool of God instead of the couch of Mammon : to make the Throne rest upon the affections of the people, in stead of upon the usurpation of a capricious aristocracy ; and to make the cottage the castle of the free man instead ofd the den of the slave, we invite you to an alliance. Monarchs form conpacts, but depend upon their people to ratify them ; we can form an alliance which not all the Monarchs of earth can frus trate or destroy. The terms of our compact with you are to give every man of 21 years of age, of sound mind, and un tainted with crime, or who shall have atoned for that crime, a voice in the selection of those Representatives who shall make laws, which shall be obeyed from respect and reverence, rather than from dread and coercion—laws which shall be yielding to mercy, and stern against oppression. Under such laws you will have no soldiers to spare, because every man's house will be his sentry-box, and the freeman will be the sentinel, a muster of all, being the national army, which will flock with alacrity to the cry of the State is in danger, while the interest of each forms a component part of the nation's greatness. We invite you to ren der the machinery of government less complicated, more com plete and searching, by giving to Ireland a Legislature of her own, returned by Universal Suffrage. For these sacred purposes we invite you to send eight men, in whom the people shallrepose entire confidence, to join, in such manner as the law admits, for the formition of a Society who shall deliberate upon the best and most efficient means for the accomplishment of our com mon objects, and for the regeneration of our respective countries. We will take no step without your perfect concurrence, because our Union shall be one of honour and integrity, Irishmen, your bards and historians have depicted your land as a paradise, your women as paragons of virtue, and your men as warriors, who would rather die in quest of freedom than live in servile chains. Have you lost your title to such high renown? or are you so far steeped in misery as to have become in love with degradation? Or wherefore stand alone and aloof while the voice of freedom is heard upon each passing breeze ? Oh, they are new days when the boast of Irishmen is the furnish ing of armed mercenaries for the subjugation of public opinion and the prostration of liberty. "Alas, poor country, Almost afraid to know itself!" In your misery and wretchedness your rulers recognize their own oppression and misrule, and shudder as guilty men at the recollection of their iniquities. Rise, Hibernians, rise ! Your fathers never heard the voice of freedom that their hearts did not thrill with joy I They never saw the standard of liberty that they did not vie in the race to reach the goal. And are you a dege nerate race ? Or have you attained all that freemen ought to enjoy ? Or have you forgot the duties of the citizen in the obligation of the Christian ; or how can you separate them ? United we stand, divided we fall ! We are, Fellow men, your faithful and devoted fellow labour ers and friends. Signed for, or on behalf of, the Council, MAT. FLETCHER. Chairman. T. R. SMART, Secretary. PUBLIC NOTIFICATION. I ESSRS. SLOAN and CO., - 1 - 7 - 1 1- the Roy a l C o ll ege o f S urgeons , No. 4, M A ° Argyll-platy, le- Me m bers a c o y f , Regent-street and No. 28, Ironmonger-lane, Ch . e u ap n s t l l de ien ma a y t be consulted from Eight o'Clock in the Momng Night, on every variety and stage of Syphilis with thatdeli- deli cacy and secrecy they have hitherto observed. The trea tment they pursu e is the result o( twenty-two years' extensive and successful p ractice in London, and will not subject any patient to confinement or hindrance from business. Cases of an ex treme nature they eradicate in eight or ten days, or if slight or recent in two or three, without the indiscriminate use of mer cury, and at a moderate expense.. Seminal weakness, Goner rhcea, and Strictures of the Urethra, unhappily so prevalent, are treated upon those unerring principles which have insured to an c1 51 : - Tigl S it io w an ill an b l e Ctitei:ofulaturgree eaxsehratrieenotfepniubeliinctapinat.ronage, N.B.—Letters, post paid, enclosing a fee, will be answered by return, and Country patients corresponded with until re every, s. IL LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1839. BILLERICAY UNION.--The Guardians of this Union are desirous of receiving TENDERS forthe ERECTION of an UNION WORKHOUSE, the Plan and Specifications for which may be seen at the Offices of Messrs. Scott and Moffatt, Spring-gardens, London, from the sth to the 17th of August next. The Tenders (which must include the whole of the work and materials) to be sent, free, to my Office, at Billericay, on or before the 20th of August. The party or parties whose Ter. der is accepted, will be required to enter into a bond, with sufficient Sureties for the due performance of the Contract. JAMES V. PENFOLD, Clerk of the Board. Billericay, July 26, 1839- - AN Opportunity is now offered to those who have a taste for the FINE ARTS, of rare occurrence— that of PURCHASING some WORKS, of the BEST MAS TERS, in their Original State, the present Owner having had them in his possession several years. Among them will be found a Claude, an old Portrait of Shakspeare, by C. Janson, and others of high repute ; a Copy of Macklin's Bible, 7 vols., the Copy right of a curious Biblical Work, and some curious Manuscripts and Books. To be seen for a short time (the Owner being about to leave England) at 30, College-street, Chelsea. HOUSES, &e., to be LET, by JACKSON and CO., in various situations, in the following Trades, and many others :—Tea, Coffee, Chop, and Eating Houses ; Public Houses ;. 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OXFORD-STREET EXPERIMENTAL PAVING.—An impression havin g gone abroad thet the work executed by this Company had failed, it is only necessary to quote the words of the Com mittee (of the Marylebone Vestry) appointed to examine these pavements, viz.:—" The Aberdeen granite cubes laid down by the parish had proved to be in most excellent condition ; that part more particularly which had been set in Claridge's Asphalte, was in a state of superior order, and the stones ap peared immovable." I.ANDS IN NEW ZEALAND. The DIRECTORS of the NEW ZEALAND LAND COMPANY hereby give notice, that Orders for Land may be purchased at their Office, which will entitle the holders thereof to select Country Sections, either at the Company's principal Settlement, or at Hokianga Kaipara, Manukau, the islands ' of, Wai-keke and Paron, the borders of the Thames, or any other part of the territories already purch ase d by th e ompany, as soon as the same shall be surveyed. The holders of such Land Orders will also be entitled to claim from the Company a pas sage to New Zealand, free of cost, for themselves, families, and servants, to the extent of 60 per cent, of their purchase money. Further particulars as to the terms of purchase, may be ob tained on application to the Secretary. By Order of the Directors, JOHN WARD, Secretary. New Zealand Land Company's Office, No. 1, Adam-street, Adelphi, 23d July, 1839. A CHARTIST AND HIS GUN. —A. respectable manufacturing establishment in town, some time ago, en gaged a weaver to work a rich plaid. He brought in his work pretty regularly until within the last ten days. As the plaid was in demand, and no appearance of any cloth coming in, they sent one of their men to inquire the reason. He was informed that the weaver was a Chartist, and that he had bought a brave new gun, of which he was very proud. He was so elated with his purchase, that he had been on the fuddle for several days, and had been boasting of the feats he would perform, when he shouldered his musket, under the command of the gallant Dr. Taylor. But, observed his informant, "he'll soon be at his work noo, for the gun's in the pop.sbop (anglice pawnbroker's), and the siller nearly a' drucken."—Paisley Advertiser. TRAVELLING BY STEAM. --An absurd story is told in some of the newspapers, to the effect that a per son may travel by steam from Perth to London, via Leith, Newcastle, and Hull, for three shillings and ninepence ! The fare from Perth to Dundee is threepence, from Dundee to Newhaven pier sixpence, pier dues twopence, from Leith to Newcastle ten shillings, from Newcastle to Hull eight shillings, from Hull to London five shillings. Thus, the lowest fares make the expense Is. l id., a very incon siderable sum, undoubtedly, for travelling between 400 and 500 miles.— Fyne Mercury. Bill MINGHA AI RIOTS WARWICK ASSIZES. MONDAY EVENING, FIVE O'CLOCK. The prisoners Howel, Jones, Wilkes, Roberts, and Ashton were this morning again placed at the bar, and by desire of the Learned Judge, the prisoner Howel, who has only one leg, was accommodated with a chair. The Court was, as usual, extremely crowded, more than one half the audience being lades. The Jury, who had been locked up on Saturday evening, but had been permitted to go to Church under the charge of the Sheriffs' bailiffs, having been called over, Mr. Justice Lerreeretee then proceeded to sum up the evidence to the jury. The indictment was founded upon an Act of Parliament (although there were many others relating to the same offence)passed in the 7th and Bth year of the reign of George the 4th, intituled " An Act to amend and consolidate the laws relative to the m slicious injury of property." By the B;.h section of that Act any persons convicted of demolishing, pulling down, or destroying any house or other building, or beginning to do so, were guilty of a capital felony. It, was right to remark to them that the law by which persons convicted of this offence should suffer death was still in force. A number of Acts had been passed from time to time to diminish the number of offences to which capital punishment was attached, but the law with regard to the crime under their consideration remained still in force. He need not tell them that the question was one of very grave and serious importance, and in coming to its, investigation, he hoped they would dismiss from their minds all they had heard out of doors as to the state of excitement in Birmingham or any other part of the countrK,lt was nothing to them whether disturbances had_ latay taken place in Birmingham or any other part of the country, their inquiry would merely be as to the nature of the evidence before them as it affected the prisoners. The question for them was whether there had been a riotous and tumultuous assemblage of persons on the night of the 15th of July, whether the public peace had been disturbed, and whether there had been a demo lition and destruction of property on that occasion, and he need not repeat that that-was a subject of very grave im portance. But serious as such an outrage was, they must be satisfied that the prisoners were engaged in it before they could find them guilty. On the one hand they bad to consider what had been done in Birmingham on that occasion, while at the same time they would bear in mind that the lives of the prisoners were in their hands. They should, therefore, confine their investigation exclusively to the evidence before them, as it affected the prisoners at the bar. Now with respect to the offence of which they had been indicted—a good deal of discussion took place on Saturday, and authorities were cited to show that where in the e p x e r e s c o u n t s i a w a e r e e f a t s h s a e t m p b a l e r d p 0 forse a, o f n e e l e p e u y r p w o s a e s , e a e n tn d mi h t t a e t d e w e e a r t e e equally d iguiltyit. o The hef Learnedt. be ud s g i h ef then ny referredhad case from Hawkins' Pleas of the Crown, which had been referred to in the course of the argument on Saturday, and also to a number of authorities collected by Russell. Now, in order to ascertain whether the parties in such a case could t b a e i n fo u w nd ha t guilty e o r i f g t i h n e felony, alinteat intention w o ee u f l t d h be e necessa ry parties was, and a an s d c e h r e . would now illustrate that by two or three cases. First, where the meeting of the parties originally was for a lawful purpose; secondly, where they had met to commit a trespass— thirdly, where the intention originally was to commit a misdemeanour, and fourthly, when they had designed to do some felonious act, and resist all opposers, be the con sequence what it might. He would see how far each of these cases was applicable to the present. He would suppose, in the first case, a number of persons going out to kill game, and there were various modes in which that of some oth er p erson , f rom whom they had received per amnidghtht be the game might be the uponpathrteiiersontwinghlaCnhde e , or it u ciu po n n lifie tha d i mission to kill it. That was the 'first case. The second was where the parties went upon other people's land, or where there was a free warren, without leave to kill game. The purpose in that case would be originally illegal, but that, at o , nly the am p ou ar n t t i e e d a trespass. w to ere a whateh in er s a te , ad an o d f went out armed, by night, for the purpose of destroying w Ca s l u le p l o p s o e a , game—that was a misdemeanour, and that would be the third illustration. The fourth case was where there was originally a felonious intent, as in the case of these poachers going out at night to kill game, and steal poultry, and where they were not provided with a sufficient number of guns, and meant to steal them from the houses of the farmers. The first was a lawful purpose, the second was a trespass, the third a misdemeanour, and the fourth a felony. In all these cases, where, suppose a murder had been committed, the question would arise and would be submitted for the consideration of the jury, first, who the persons were, originally assembled; and secondly, whether the persons accused were of the num ber, because if they were not the indictment would fall to the ground. If that, however, were proved, the next point would be what was the arrangement upon which the par ties originally went out—whether to kill game on their own land, to commit a trespass, a misdemeanour, or a felony, and then the subject of inquiry for the Jury would be who were at the original meeting, what the . intention was, and, thirdly, whether or not the law was a"plicable to the parties who were not present at the time the act was committed. On the present occasion it did not appear to him that that question could apply. The first difficulty was to ascertain who were at the original meeting yi hen the design, whatever it was, was formed. The cases cited in Hawkins, presupposed that the parties had met with some one common design. They might be able to discover who the parties were that did meet, if the meeting had been confined to a few or perhaps one hundred individuals, they might be able to collect from their acts or declarations what the original design was, but :here they found an assem bly of two or three thousand persons, some coming from Dig beth, some from Holloway-head, and some from New-street. Now they were not to infer that all those assembled in the two hundred n d j dre oin p e e d rson t i Bull-ring were at t h e or i ginal meeting—they must na turally suppose th a t t h e numbers increased upon the many road, and thatoriginally at were not , aware of their origi na l d es i gn, if any s h e omr such existed. There might have been and that they were joined in the road by persons who had not the same intentions as those who originally set out. Such might also be the case with those who set out from Holloway head and from, New -street. In addition to the difficulty of ascertaining who were originally present was the difficulto of finding out what was the original intention of the parties assem bled, and what was the intention of those who joined them on their way to the Bull-ring. Then would come the question of what the intention of the prisoners at the bar was, and whether they had been at the original meeting or had joined in on its way to the Bull-ring. Some might have gone to discuss mat ters-of their own, with a good intention, and not even contem plating a riot or any breach of the public peace. Such a meeting by their subsequent conduct might become an unlawful one, but it was for the Jury to ascertain.what the intention of the pasties was when they set out. Some might have aet.out with an intention to overawe or intimidate by saying "'let us show our force," and that to the terror and alarm of the well-disposed and peaceable inhabitants. Some might intend to go further and say, " It will not do to show ourselves, we must do some act to constitute a riot." Some might have gone to see Lovett and Collins, or to hear the subjects discussed at these meetings, without any intention of committing a felony or the demolition of houses. Others, recollecting what had occurred on the evening of the 4th July, might have gone to set themselves in array against the police. All these were perfectly separate in tentions. Others might have gone further and said We will destroy some houses, we will plunder houses and have some burnings. Whether that were so or not they had nothing in the way of evidence to prove—there was not the slightest indi cation of what the intention of these parties originally was. It appeared to him that there was no evidence before them ap plicable to that large assembly, aq it was almost impossible to say who were the parties originating it, or whether these two or three thousand persons had any preconcerted plan. They might be considered to have:meditated something, but to constitute all par ties present guilty of a felony they must have actual knowledge of what the intention of the parties was. It appeared to him that in the present case their inquiry ought to be confined to the particular subject of the felony which was the charge in the indictment. On the subject of felony the law was that it was not necessary to make a person guilty that his should be the hand by which the felony (as in the case 'of murder) was com mitted. It was not necessary to make a mann guilty of murder that he should have inflicted the blow—or that in order to con vict him of burglary he should have broken into the house and stolen the goods. Those who do that were called principals in the first degree ; but those who were aiding and abetting were called principals in the second degree, and They were as much guilty as if they had participated in it. The Jury would con sider whether the prisoners originally contemplated a felony, because unless they were satisfied that their object originally had been to demolish the house, they could not be convicted of the felony. That was the rule in the case of the King v. Batt. which had been cited on Saturday by one of the Learned Counsel. The same rule was observed in the case of an election mob, who pursued a voter to a house, wherein he took refuge, and who broke the windows and doors ; but as they did not originally intend to demolish and destroy the house, the prisoners were acquitted. If the prisoners had any ulterior object in view, and yet in the course of that object destroyed and demolished the house of the prosecutor, they would be guilty of the felony, isi point of law. The first thing they would have to consider was whether the house attacked was the house of James and Henry Bourne, and they had the evidence of one of the part ners upon that point, which appeared to him to be satisfactory. Then the next question upon which some discussion had taken place was whether the house wasp the parish of Birmingham. On referring to the local Act, it did not appear to him that for the there was any ground objection, as, although there were smaller divisions for certain ecclesiastical p urposes, t h at did not destroy the entirety of tin he parish o f Birmingham, and therefore the description was his opinion sufficient. The next point then was, whether there was riotous and tumul tuous assemblage, and they had the evidence of Mr. Bourne on that point also. There could be no doubt, certainly, that on that evening there were some hundred s of persons assem bled in a riotous and tumultuous mannerand ; the next point in the evidence was, that the parties so assembled broke the windows and proceeded to pull down the shutters of the shop_ windows. But with respect to the offence of pulling down and destroying he would observe that the shutters formed no part of the house, and so far as that went the evidence would not be sufficient to convict the prisoners of the capital offence. The Learned Judge then proceeded to read over of the evidence of Mr. Bourne, and observed that • h wit regard to his cross-examination the object was to show that on several former occasions similar meetings had taken place, and that the parties taking a share in them . s had not been, prosecuted. Having gone through the evidence at great length, 010 Learned Judge, left to the Jury to say whether under all the circumstances, they were satisfied that the prisoners • mere gui y of the offence aid in the indictment. The which the Jury retired, ne arly three h , t 40 4. the 4 In delivery, after Taw. oe 401-IN COLLINS ID sEniTtox, Another Jury having been sworn, John Collins was placed At the - 0 , and which was very voluminous, was read at 1 the indictment, of tiro Arraign's. It nt forth, that the 4th by the Clerk the parish of Birmingham, several perso t of Jely last, in 10,000 and upwards, did asseml)le the 'limber of to wit, sti c k s , c l u b s , an d d a ggers, and With'harmevers ernssive weapons, and flags, and did make a great noise, to the terror and alarm of her Majesty's peaceable subjects. That George Martin and James Henry 'Sweeting, two of the metropolitan police, being theret o f ore sworn in as special const a bl es o f the town of, Birmingham, did, by order . of the Mayor, Mr. Scholefield, and Dr. Booth, one of the Magistrates of the said town, proceed to remove, disperse, and did cause to be removed and dispersed, the said unlawful as sembly. The indictment then charged John Collins, that he being of a wicked, seditious, and disaffected mind, and de siring to oppose and resist the police in the execution of their duty as special constables, and to bring into contempt the said metropolitan police, and to cause divers of her Majesty's loyal subjects to believe that the laws were unduly administered by the persons appointed to administer them, and intending to dis turb the public peace, and raise and excite tumults and disturb ances, and resistance to the law, did, on the 15th July last, write and publish, or cause to be viritten and published, a certain false, scandalous, and seditious libel of and concerning the said police, and of and concerning the administration of the law in these realms. The defendant pleaded Not guilty. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE said he understood from Mr. ser geant Goulbourne that the defendant had no wish to traverse. Defendant—l feel confidence in an intelligent English Jury ; and have no wish to traverse. Mr. WADDINGTON having opened the proceedings, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL states:l the case. It was an in dictment found against the defendant, J. Collins, by the Grand Jury for the County of Warwick, whereby, as they had inti mated, it had been thought fit; that he should be put upon his trial for that offence. Whether he was guilty or not they were to determine. He rejoiced that the case was to' be sub mitted to an intelligent English Jury, for justice, under these circumstances, was sure to be done between the prosecutor and the party accused. Mr. Collins was not charged with any act of demolishing houses or assaulting individuals, but he was charged with a publication which he (the Attorney-General) submitted to them had a close tendency , to instigate to offences of that nature. And if in their judg ment it had that tendency in point of moral guilt, he had as much to answer for, and perhaps more, than those whom he in stigated by such publication, and who actually committed the offences to which such publications tended. It appeared to him, - but that was entirely in their judgment to determine, that the publication with which Mr. Collins stood charged, directly instigated to a breach of the law and the commission of crime. It was not merely a declaration of speculative opinons—it was not merely an expression of censure on any public body, or any class of politicians, either on the one side of politics or on the other ; but he submitted to them that it was directly calling upon those who read the publication to set the law at defiance, and to perpetrate crime. If it were of that description, he thought they would be of opinion that it was a fit subject for prosecution, and it would be their duty to find a verdict of guilty. Publications of that sort, their character and tendency, depended very much upon the circumstances under which they were published. He would state to them, what he was prepared to prove—which was sub s t an ti a ll y a ll ege d upon the record, and which it would be his duty to establish by the evidence he should call before them. The town of Bir mingham had been, during the present year, in a very disturbed state. There were meetings held in the public thoroughfares— they were very numerous and disorderly—they interrupted the public business—and caused great alarm to the peaceable inhabitants. The place where these meetings were chiefly held was in the Bull-ring, the plan of the locality would be proved to them, lest they should not be acquainted with it. It was oppo site St. Martin's Church, and was, he believed, the most public place within the town of Birmingham. These meetings were held almost daily—they were very numerous, and they inter rupted public business, and caused great alarm and apprehen sion to the peaceable inhabitants. The Magistrates, as their bounden duty required, did what they could to repress these evils. They published a proclamation warning the inhabitants and all persons to abstain from attending them. That procla mation produced no effect—they, on the contrary, be came more numerous and more disorderly, and they were continued to be held on the Ist and :11 of July last. They were continuing this from day to day, and Thurs day, the 4th of July, being market day, it was ap prehended that there might be a still more numerous assem blage, and it became the bounden duty of the Magistrates to take precautions to guard against any breach of the public peace, and to protect the loyal inhabitants of Birmingham. The police of Birmirgharn was in a very deficient state; and the Magistrates, acting under the authority of a certain Act of Par liament, proceeded to London, to procure the aid of a body of' the metropolitan police.; The Learned Gentleman then de tailed the facts of the Mayor and Magistrates having gone to Lon thin for that purpose, as stated by him in a former case. The police having arrived at the Railway Station at Birmingham, one of the Magistrates (Dr. Booth) who accompanied them, went up to the town to ascertain what was the state of the Bull-ring, _while the police remained at the - station ; - although "it was said untruly and calumniously, that the Magistrates instantly marched them into the Bull-ring, set them upon the people, and gave them orders to assault, beat, and wound, those assembled. So far from that being true; they were left at the station while Dr. Booth went into the town. So soon as he made his appear ance in the Bull-ring the mob commenced hissing and hooting, although it was well kno,vn that Dr. B. was a Magistrate, and vested with lawful authority under the commission of his Sove reign. The respect they showed him, however, was to hiss, and hoot, and call him a spy. Dr. Booth then proceeded to the station, and, accompanied by the Mayor and the police, to the number of sixty, returned to the Bull-ring. There were then many hundreds assembled, with standards, which were sta tio-.ed near Nelson's Monument. Dr. Booth and Mr. Scholefield went into the Bull-ring, and then, before any thing was done by the police, or any order given to them at all to interfere, Dr. Booth called upon the mob thus assembled to disperse. Instead of dispersing, they threw at him and the police a volley of stones, and one stone actually struck Dr. Booth's horse. Upon that Dr. Booth did what he was bound to do, in the discharge of his duty ; he ordered the police, who had been previously sworn in as special constables, to do what was necessary towards dispersing the mob., The police immediately endeavoured to seize the standards at the Monument. They succeeded for a time, but they were assailed in a most violent manner by stones, brick-bats, and other missiles. They were in the greatest danger of their lives, several being wounded with stones, and more than that he grieved to say (because till lately such things wetroviev.er done by an English mob), two of them were stabbed. One was stabbed in the abdomen, which endangered his life, and for some time he was not expected to survive. An other was dangerously wounded in the hip, and his life also was considered in danger. The police were obliged to retreat, and he would call some of the party before them, who would prove that if they had not taken refuge in a house, it was impossible to say whether all might not have been sacrificed. The mili tary were, however, called out, and the riot suppressed. Many were arrested, and a number of those who had been most active in the riots and disturbances were committed, in order that they might take their trials, and if guilty be subjected to the punishment which their offences deserved. That was upon Thursday, July 4 ; and what then became the duty of all peaceable and well inclined citizens of the State? It was most un doubtedly to assist in keeping the peace and repressing the spirit of insubordination and riot • and if they th oug ht t h ere h a d been any excess on the part of the Magistrates or the police, to pursue those remedies which the laws of England afforded to every man, who supposed himself injured or the laws outraged. It was well known that every individual in that country could put the crilninal law in force, although he himself might not have sustained any injury. I n o th er countr i es it was necessary for ' the public prosecutor to take up the case, but there, if the law was violated, any one might appeal to a jury for the vindication of that law. But what would they think of the persons who, when Birmingham was in that agitated state, should try to in crease it and bring about a conflict which might be attended with consequences the most fatal and dangerous? On the following day, Friday, the sth of July, appeared posted about Birmingham a hand-bill, a copy of which he then held in his hand. He should bring it home most distinctly to Mr. Collins, the de-. fendant at the Bar. He would show that he had caused the manuscript to be printed—that he had ordered 500 topics to be printed and directed them to be posted, and, according to his directions, they were posted in the Bull- r i ng an d about the Public-office, and in all those parts of the town where the people were most likely to be assembled—where they were most likely to be read and to be most mischievous. There might perlaapsbe some cunning and caution in the language, but they would say whether it did not hold out a direct incentive to the inhabitants of Birmingham to assail the police, to violate the law; and if the police interfered at any time, that they should be resisted to the utmost, and that physical force should be resorted to. It was in the nature of a proclamation from what was called " the General Convention," It was entitled, as the Jury might read at that distance, " Re solutions unanimously agreed to by the General Convention." The Jury would hear what these resolutions were, and judge of them for themselves :—" That this Convention is of opinion that a 'Wanton, flagrant, and unjust outrage has been made upon the people of Birmingham." Then it would seem that the dis persion of these unlawful assemblages by lawful means, and under the authority of the law, was "a wanton, flagrant, and unjust outrage upon the people of Birmingham." But by whom was that "outrage" committed ? " By a blood-thirsty and unconstitutional force from London." These po licemen came not voluntarily or upon any agreeable service. They received no additional pay, they were to obey the lawful commands of those under whose authority they acted, and they had always been distinguished for their humanity, moderation, and forbearance, and yet they were held up to the people of Birmingham as a .‘ bloodthirsty " force. Had they done anything to justify such charge? They had shed no blood—they had been brought into the Bull-ring with nothing but their staves—they had no deadly weapons 'with them. They were assailed by deadly weapons, and their blood did flow in the streets of Birmingham. But they resorted to no vio lence—they protec'ed themselves with their staves, the only weapons with which they were armed. Well, then, after such an agitation, and ferment, and excitement in the town of Birmingham, which they were aware had a population of upwards of 200,000, was it a fitting thing to de nounce those who had acted under the constituted authorities for the suppression of tumult—to denounce them as " blood-thirsty ?." Ave, but unconstitutional ! He had thought that under the. Constitution of England they should only resort to military force in the last extremity. In the last extremity it might be resorted to for the preservation of life and property ; but was it not better to have the con stables general or special, to try and preserve order, and put down riots, before they called in a detachment of foot with fixed bayonets, or a troop of cavalry, to use the sabres with which they were armed? There was just as little pretence to say that this force was unconstitutional, as to say that they were "blood-thirsty." It then went on to say that they were " acting under the authority of men who, when out of office, sanctioned and took part in the meetings of the people, and now, when they share in the public plunder, seek to keep the people in social slavery and political degradation." Then it appeared the people were to be considered " in social slavery and political degradation," because they were not al lowed to violate the law when the lawfully constituted authori ties required an unlawful assemblage to disperse, and when in the exercise of their bounden duty they were proceeding t o preserve the public peace ; and because those who had s*nded against and violated the law were arrested and brought to trial for the offences of which they stood charged. That w as " moral slavery and political degradation," and all who wished to see the law enforced and maintained were to be considered slaves and held up to public exc(r. - stion. What could be the tendency ofsuch language /' et to excite the people to set the law at defiance, S":l' 3 to - create outrages and disturbanM of the. most serious character? The resolutiosia then proceeded thus---" That the people of Di rn d ls& are the best judges of their own right t o meet in „tiam i te - Bull-ring qr elsewhere—have their own feelings I r., consult respecting the outrage given, and are th e or-ST JUDGES OF THEIR OWN rowER, AND DESOIJECn TO DETAIN JUSTICE.'' Th ese l as t words were pla., in large characters to render them more im- Pres 2 in and conspicuous. They were the best judges of their own feelings when called upon to disperse, and to set the law at defiance. They were to act accord ing to their own feelings and judgment in such cases, and were to pay no respect to the authority of the law. j Now, what were the feelings there expressed ? It was pointed out to the people that they were not to judge of the law, or to .submit to it, but to set th emse l ves a b ove t h e l aw . The ft ''The ATTORNEY-GENERAL objected to the question, as being quite irrelevant to the case before the Court. Mr. Sergeant GouLeouttn insisted on his right to examine the witness on the subject of his harangue on the Gth of last August. The Arroutsmr-GENERAL contended that the course o f ea amination pursued by his Learned Friend wa s irre g ul . „. . Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE said he did not hod.,' that it was evidence, but still appeared to him to ariser:ut of the natv re o f the case relating to the placard, but he affirmed the Attorney_ General's objection. Examination resumed.— The Judge read the placard.) Knew Mr. Collins. 7e have often had persons breaking in on our AI eotivigs; using violent language, and speaking of phy- sk 3 4l fox . i have always h eard Mr. Collin s on every occasion as"+ i - hat such language must be suppressed. 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It had been shown that the prisoner was a man of an excellent character ; that he was a peaceable man ; that had been shown already by the Attorney- General's own witnesses ; but he (Ser geant Goulburn) would show it still more by a witness that he would call, and such a witness that they would not object to.- It was true that he was a man of extreme polities, and of poli ties. that he (Sergeant Goulburn) did not approve of ; but ,the last witness was going to tell the Jury all this, when the Attorney General put him down. Who could ever have thought this of . a Government func tionary, coming down to prosecute a poor working man— with all the w ea l t h and i nfluence of the Treasury at his com mand, that he would close the mouth of a witness in his favour. But if any one wanted to know the reason he (Sergeant G. ) could tell them it was because the prisoner was a poor working man. If you would be on good terms with a Whig Govern ment you must never find any fault s you must approve of all their acts. We all know what they are in office, and what they are when out of office. Had they been out of office they would have said the language of this placard was the voice of the nation; and, to talk of prosecution—they would have laughed at it, and called it the whisper of a faction. If the At torney-General, as plain John Campbell, were out of office, they would find him in the middle of the crowd, tossing up his cap in the air, and telling them that the people had a right to meet. He (Sergeant G.) would give them chapter and verse for this, and when told by the Magistrates that he was placing the peace of the town in danger he would smile and say, do not tell me about breaches of the peace, or torches, which are no more than farthing candles. It appeared to him (Sergeant G.) to be very hard that men, who all their lives had preached up and supported sedition, should now call on a jury to send one of their poor brethren to prison for doing the very acts that they had themselves indulged in. The Attorney- General had given them a history of the riots, which had nothing to do with his client, for he was not near the spot, and if they had put the Mayor into the witness box, he e ould have told them that there was not a more peaceable man in the town. The Mayor had himself ac tually called on the man and requested him to address the mob ; and they would learn, that to this interference might be attributed the preservation of the peace of the' town. But they dared not to put the Mayor into the box. Why was the riot introduced into this indictment, but to influence the prejudices of the Jury ? His client was not in the riot ; he was accused of publishing a seditious libel. He was opposed de cidedly to the riot, and that was well known to the Mayor. The Attorney-General in addressing them, had said, in a very so lemn tone of voice, that the prisoners had perhaps more to an swer for than those who had committed the riot. The Whigs merely wanted as much agitation as would keep them in office. Why had not the Learned Attorney. General flown at higher game, if he wanted a prosecution and conviction for se dition. Where was Mr. Attwood, and Mr. Muntz, and Mr. Scholefield who hail uttered again and again more violent things, than ever Collinsirad uttered.—(Laughter.) They had done so repeatedly, and in the face of day, but many of them were men of influence, and some of them had that valuable commo dity, a vote in Parliament—( A laugh) —and were of great influence and station. It would be very awkward to prosecute where two votes in Parliament were concerned in a majority of two, as some times happened. Attwood and Schofield would just do.--(Much laughter.) Prosecute them ! Aye, that would be a troublesome proceeding, and Sir John Campbell would soon be down to plain John Campbell.--( Roars of cang d hter.) Why had not these cases been met fairness and lour r ? ) Why had the Attorney-General condescended to pick and choose, and take the humblest offenders when others, a hundred miles beyond them in violence, had been passed over.? He could not endure to think of the opposite conduct of the Whigs when out of office and in office. The 'uestion his Lordship would put to the Jury would be, was th e document that had been read a seditious libel, and if they found and knew in their consciences that others had uttered and published things' of much greater violence, persons in high stations, and filling the Magisterial office, could they for very shame sake, could they from very conscience sake, hnd the defendant guilty, who had merely, at a very humble distance, uttered the truths that had been passed over, aye, and lauded in the mouths of higher and more responsible persons? The present was a most extraordinary trial ; it had been conducted with all the— " Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war." But it might be that the Attorney-General was not speaking in his own person but in that of some one else, because he had known an instance which had occurred a great while ago in a certain prosecution in a Court of justice for libel,that a man was indicted, who was a great friend of the then Attorney-General, who was in fact one of his most most intimate friends. The poor man found himself indicted one day, the draper and friend of the Attorney-General found himself suddenly at the bar, and he was a good deal astonished to find that his chosen and par ticular friend was about to be the prosecutor. He wrote the Attorney -General a letter, and a reply was sent which was so curious that he had procured a copy. It stated that the draper and some others in the town had been under a slight mistake in supposing that the Government had had any thing to do with the prosecution, which in truth was not a Government one at all. That he had been one day merely as a private barrister sitting in the Court, when he had received a brief to apply to the Court of Queen's Bench for a criminal information against the party, that he hail been obliged to snake the application in the discharge of his duty as any other gentleman of the bar would have these, but that in addressing the Court he had spoken, not in his own person, but according to the- instructions he had re ceived.— (Laughter.) He hoped his Learned Friend was not speaking in-his own person that - diy—pOssilily he might, but if not he was merely following the precedent set on a former oc casion. As the circumstance was matter of history he really thought the Attorney-General should state in hat capacity he was speaking. Why, if he was not mistaken, the Attorney- General had himself addressed crowded constituencies, and he did not quarrel with him for that, and had urged them very feelingly to combine for the obtaining of their rights. He might therefore possibly be now speaking from his instructions. There was ene part of the case which had been ingeniously shut out, and which must have great weight with the Jury. It was the most unfair and unjustifiable way in which his client had been dealt with. They had gone before the Grand Jury with one case, and they had tried another. One class of cases had been selected in the first instance to pro duce its proper impression, and they must have observed the stage effect with which the verdict of the jury had been intro duced in the course .of his opening speech by the Attorney- General. They could not forget that piece of acting. He was about to show them an act which he had good grounds for say ing was without precedent in a Court of Justice. Here was a poor man of the working class, one of the most respectable of that class which the Attorney-General, when the occasion served and suited him, was in the habit of commending. He was a man who worked for his bread, but who chose to cultivate his mind and to discuss all the public questions freely and fairly. He was without wealth or means, and he was brought before the Magistrates and put upon his trial by the following means. The Magistrates get the Learned Recorder of Birmingham, a gentleman of twenty years' standing at the bar, to come upon the bench for the special purpose of cross-examining, when he was without counsel, attorney, or a creature to advise him. That Learned Recorder bad thought it becoming to put a quantity of questions to him framed wills ingenuity, and drawn up in such a way as to entrap the most crafty mars alive. Not a single witness was called; but upon that eresss-examination was that poor man committed to gaol, and for eleven days sub jected to the greatest severity of treatmept. He was about to say that it was a case without precedent,;mt he recollected what he had heard from his Noble and Leatied Friend Lord Den man, and of course it was a Whig pr ecedent--( A laugh. )—it was that of Michael Angelo Taylor, Who was presiding at the Quar ter Sessions at Newcastle, I . .nd he was putting questions to a prisoner which induced ("Ounsel to interfere, and say that was not the usual course of proceeding. Th e rep l y o f Mi c h ae l Angelo " Hold oury tongue. May I not try my own prisoner own way ?" That he believed was the pre cedent on which Mr. Hill had acted when he cross-ex amined Collins, and he believed a more unfair or unjustifiable PrePseclent was never acted upon in a Court of Justice. He - would say it was French, and not the good old English custom which required a man to be proved guilty in the face of a Jury of his country. He confessed he was astonished at his Learned Friend the Recorder of Birmingham, who, like Nell, the cobler's wife, was no sooner in the golden bed, than he cried out, " Bring in the prisoners, that I may cross-examine and convict them." Why had not the whole of Mr. Collins's cross-examination been read over ? Because even in it there was something favourable to the de fendant, which it was endeavoured to keep out of sight. The Learned Sergeant here read several extracts from the answers of the defendant, as taken down before the Magistrates, and dwelt particularly on the one in which Collins denounced the meetings in the Bull-ring, and never having taken part in them. He would now say a few words on the alleged libel, which was said to have had a tendency to incite the people to a breach of the laws, if not resistan ce t o th em . Al t h oug h t h e i nst i tut i on of the Metropolitan Police was a most excellent measure, it did not follow that it was wise or prudent to bring them down to a crowdedtownwhichwas then in a state of great political excitement and ferment, to introduce without any previous notice, persons who were said to be foreigners, and to let them loose and to lay about them, or, as Dr. Booth said, to permit them to in dulge in manual acts toward the people with a great deal of reciprocation.—(Laughter.) Dr. Booth had merely said " Disperse," and then, having raised his arm, the police rushed in and attacked the mob. He contended that such conduct was quite enough to raise the feelings of any man like his client. The Learned Sergeant then proceeded at some length to comment upon the several resolutions that had been read to the Jury, and contended that there was nothing in them beyond a fair expression of opinion upon the conduct have the police. He w as aware th a t hi s L earne d F r i en d wou ld h a R N EY-G"TElRycoAaineuLstidadabeWienlilisislne and better times, but he relied upon the uprightness and the advantage of a reply, which he would not have had in otb Intel ligence of an English Jury to protect his client from . the unfair and improper proceedings that had been adopted against him. The following witnesses were then examined. Mr. Scholefield, Mayor of Birmingham, examined by Mr. Sergeant GOULBURN.—I knew the defendant for the first time about three months ago. So far as I knew him his character has been that of a quiet and peaceable man. lam not aware of requesting him to address a meeting, but I recollect re questing him to use his influence to keep the people peaceable. That was about the middle of May. I believe he did so on that occasion. I applied for the use of the Town-hall to enable the t parties iona p belonging ointsto w t h o ie t h h e t hCeoyn referred, p t o pr d o i v sc id u e s d s t t h h e e y se di c d on so sti i t n u. ; proper and peaceable manner. I addressed a letter to the Commissioners, but got no answer. 1 was not present 'when by Mr. Clarke, the Magistrate. Collins was committed. The document handed mviei:lne'ssisgnealnly que T s h: on A s. TTO Joseph G illett—l know the defendant. Pe rlie . b in as ak w er o . rked He w h ith as me more than six years. i 'His chaia:cter has I th d e on peace. t think him a personbe been T en h e i an A at T a r every 10l journeymanßlit.;kreeEsl respect E d a l s l :t l u n r A b L thsearo"lie, ti lainst depositions were defendant that anything he taken down, it was stated to said would be used in eviden-ce Sergeant GOULBUItIi "said if that was so it ought to be proved, ".auch if suehwas the case. r but he doubted ve John Joseph Ja era g ex amined. I was present when Col ins was asthere before the examination commenced, and, to the be-, t " of my knowledge, he was not cautioned. I heard c examined, and he was cautioned. Collins was present, ',at I don't think he was considered as being present, because Lovett was called forward and examined separately. Lovett was cautioned against saying anything that would criminate himself. That caution was directed to Mr. Lovett solely. I am satisfied that Mr. Collins was not cautioned. Cross-examined by the ATTORN EY-GENERA L.-1 have not my short-hand notes—l have destroyed them. I was in the office before Mr. Collins was examined, and remained in it during the examination. hoped he should not be betrayed into any warmth unbecomingted by his The ATTORNET=GENERA L then addressed the jury. a Court of Justice. He thought the line mop of his profession, party. Lord Erskine, that great .. ornament t Goulbuin—but he was was as zealous and as ardent as Serjean Learned Friend was one which would not be approved . ofyany always gentlemanly and polished—he attempted to draw him (the Scur rility and Billingsgate. He had reoa of politics, why had be Attorney-General) into the a for several years a Member of the disappointed. He had been never d b e u se t ei h id e ed sh t o o ulde r h d e t l h m e d se be ni en att th er e s re very silent. -Why Lord Jol n Russe:l, cr even the humble in dividualnot there impeached Lor The present wasthenroet— h the first time assailed, but certainly i Illiandulstee of f o Cn t brought nlmons, fe b re "-t a h high o ffi ce which n he more mea sured terms, and the of abuse, although in filled was fre- . quently made the more IP assured the present j occasion. 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