The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-10-11 00:00:00

nger nbly Mr. eted The )ibi sists :tied ie lg of T, at lave- Pro Jug the Ktra ught raw )ear- large great . e all rtson Ste de lerican p TON ED. !sire to fans of )th life inade m and ; of no nd la s a gain ion In stet - Ref' ;laiv 3 )t. be THE SPECIAL COMMISSION. The three Judges, Lord Abinger, Chief Baron of the Ex chequer, Baron Alderson, and Mr. Justice Cresswell, specially commissioned to try the prisoners now in Kirkdale Gaol, for participation in the recent outbreaks, commenced their proceedings yesterday. Workmen bad been, during the past week, employed in the Sessions-house, making such alterations as were requisite. The benches in the Nisi Prius and Crown Courts were so altered as to allow their lordships all to sit together, if that should at any time be requisite. A dock had also been made in the Nisi Prius Court, in order that the judges may take the cases separately. The magis trates' -room was also fitted up for the reception of one of them. Their lordships arrived in town on Saturday night. On Sunday morning they attended divine service at St. George's Church, when a sermon was preached by the Rev. J. B. Monk. After the service, the three judges remained and received the sacrament. The calendar contains the names of 117 prisoners and six individuals who have been bailed. In addition, there are Peargus O'Connor, the Rev. James Scholefield, the Rev. William Hill, editor of the Northern Star, James Tuck, and a few others who had not arrived or whose names have not been transmitted to the governor of the Kirkdale prison. The prisoners named in the calendar and their crimes may be thus classified :—Riot, 37 ; riot and putting out fires, 4 ; riot and turning out workmen, 8 ; riot and conspiracy, 17 ; .riot and a ssau lt, 3 ; r i o t an d b eg i nn i ng t o d emo li s h m ill s, & c ., 28 ; riot and stealing, 18 ; seditious libel, 2 ; riot and plug drswing, 3. Their LORDSHIPS took their seats in the Nisi Prius Court at a quarter before eleven o'clock. Lord Abinger, of course, took the principal chair, Mr. Baron Alderson being on his right and Mr. Justice Cresswell on his left. The proceedings commenced with the reading of the royal commission ; the other usual forms were gone through, and the following gentlemen were sworn the grand jury : Trios. GREEN, Esq., M.P., Whittington Hall, Foreman. Sir Thomas Whitehead, Knight, Uplands. • M ontague Clinshe, Esq., Grisedale. Richard Edward Alison, Esq., Charnock. William Asslieton, Esq., Downham Hall. William Gilleson Bell, Esq., Melling Hall. William Blundell, Esq., Crosby Hall. Cornelius Bourne, Esq., Stalmine Hall. Clarence Braddvle, Esq., Conishead Priory. Chisenhale Chisenhale, Esq., Arley Hall. William Clayton, Esq., Lostock Hall. William Asslieton Cross, Esq., Red Scarr. Pudsey Dawson, Esq., Hornby Castle. Richard Earle, E sq ., Eden Hurst. James Nowell Farington, Esq., Worden Hall. William Gale, Esq., Lightburn House. George Marton, Esq., M.P., Capernway Hall. John Penny Machell, Esq., Hollow Oak. John Master, Esq., Croston. William Moore, Esq., Greens-hill. Robert Townley Parker, Esq., Cuerden Hall. John Plumbe Tempest, Esq., Tong Hall. Robert Henry Welsh, Esq., Leek. The royal proclamation against vice, profaneness and im morality having been read, the Right Honourable the CHIEF BARON of the EXCHEQUER proceeded to deliver his charge to the grand jnry. The noble and learned lord spoke nearly as follows : Gentlemen of the Grand Jury,—lt is with unaffected pain that I address you upon the present occasion. You are aware of the disastrous state to which this great country has been reduced for several weeks of the present summer ; that law less and riotous multitudes of persons have assembled in the various manufacturing towns of the county, have proceeded to create disturbances, to excite alarm and terror in her Ma jestY's peaceable subjects, and have, with violence, prevented workmen from following their daily avocations. Such a scene of lawless violence it was impossible long to endure ; in deed, it would itself perish by its own infirmity, but along with it might perish the prosperity and industry of the working class of this country. It becomes the duty of the government with all expedition to put down such unlawful and tumultuous assemblages, to preserve the peace and property of the subjects of the realm, and to punish, by course of law, the persons engaged in those unlawful' offences. Gentlemen,—You are well aware that, occasionally, re verses in the tide of prosperity in a manufacturing and com mercial nation must occur ; and that when they do occur they must produce, to a greater or less extent, much disas ter, much privation, amongst the labonring classes. I pre sume that the state of the country for some months, if not some years back, may be traced to some of those ebecks in the tide of commercial prosperity and manufactures have re ceived. Much has been said of the privations to which the Working classes had been reduced, and I doubt not they were co nsiderable, because it cannot be denied that many of the usual channels of our trade had been interrupted ; and there was a general feeling of despondency among commercial men as to the advantage of engaging in commercial enterprises. the result of which was attended with great uncertainty. 1511 t, at the same time, I am bound to say, from the experi ence I have had in the history of this insurrection, in a neigh bouring county, that I believe that distress was greatly e xaggerated. It does not appear from any evidence I have hitherto seen or heard, that the people who engaged in these excesses, either complained of the high price of provisions or of the want of labour. What gave rise to the immediate, occurrence Which was the commencement of these transactions has not, at present, been ascertained. Whether it was owing to the ir oprudence, or to the indiscretion of any of the master ma nufacturers ; whether it originated in the schemes of any Persons who :considered that a general turn-out might be advantageous to their peculiar political objects ; or, whether when it commenced, it was not checked as early as it might have been by greater activity in the magistrates ; all these are matters at present left in obscnrity, and which time alone Must develope. But certain it is, from the information to W hich I have r efe r red, th a t the disaffection of the common People, of the labouring classes, does not seem to have ori ginated in any voluntary feeling, if I may so express my self, of th e i r own respec ti ng th e i r pr i vat i ons , or res p ec ti ng the high price of provisions. They all seem to be sensible, they all hive intelligence enough to know, that the price of wa ges must depend on the price of provisions ; and therefore I think they are prepared to see that those who promise them an increase of wages, by a diminution of the .price of corn, are not persons who are to be trusted. thl3"',gentlemen, it appears to be certain that when once these riots began, when once the people had formed them selves into classes, for the purpose of turning out, by force, the industrious men who were pursuing their avocations in other places, there did arise a disposition among many of them, and those too possessing considerable power and some talent, to make use of that insurrection, and foment it, and Perpetuate it, and direct it to political objects. It seems that society of persons, who are recognized by the title of Char tists, mixed themselves with the unhappy masses of the common people, who had been deluded into this sort of in surrection. Having more intelligence than them, but deeper designs, instead of employing that intelligence to point out' to the unhappy victims of it the delusion under which they were acting, that all the attempts of workmen against their Masters, that all attempts to dictate the price of wages by force, has prevented, must prevent, and w ill ever prevent the designs of the workmen, and that, instead of bettering, proba bly making worse—instead of pointing that out to them, they endeavoured to persuade them that the true remedy for all their grievances was the adoption of what they call their charter, which, it appears, is a partial aiming at a larger reform of parliament than that they have already received. a nd in spite of the promises, and, I have no doubt, the sin cere promises, of those patriots who introduced and carried the late reform in parliament, that it was to be a final, effica cious, and satisfactory measure of reform, they invited the People—for they also were invited to become. of their °Pinion, gathered from what foundation I know not, that re presentation by universal suffrage, the vote by ballot, and th e payment of members of parliament, form the panacea, the true remedy of all these evils. That they endeavoured to inculcate upon the assembled multitudes to whom they ad dressed these doctrines, and they persuaded them that to P e rpetuate that revolution would be the true means, and to Make it universal was the be'st means, of obtaining that charter. Gentlemen, they mixed up with their orations, as you will find in the course of the evidence to be laid before you, many re commendations to peace and order ; but you will find those re commendations accompanied with statements as to the gPieral peace of the country. The people of this and t oe neighbouring county were told that all England was in ar ms ; that Scotland was pouring out her hundreds of thousands; that Ireland was coming to the battle; that t ile men o f Bi rm i ng h am , to the n um b er o f a hu n dred th ousand, were armed with steel, and insensible to the force the ny military execution, were ready to join them and carry day. These are circumstances which intimate that they were endeavouring to delude thepeople with the no tion that their force was becoming universal, and that t hey might effect their object in one month, either by a l arming the legislature, or imposing restraint upon the s ov ereign. Gentlemen—l must say, that if this sort of conspiracy, w ith such obje c ts, had been made the subject o f p ros ecution .9r high treason, I am at a loss to know what distinction there is between a conspiracy to subvert the government and !coPose force and restraint on all branches of the legislature, in order to have a particular measure passed into law, and the crime of high treason. The crime of high treason, by the law of this country, is technically limited to an attempt aimed at the life of the Sovereign, or to raising war upon th e Sovereign ; but the judges have, from the earliest period, ennsidered that conspiracy to employ force to restrain the 11 4 1 of the Sovereign, is an overt act of high treason that, if satisfactorily proved, is sufficient to satisfy a jury, when accompanied with the intention of really imposing restraint upon the free will of the Sovereign, in finding that it was the crime of high treason. I do not understand that the go -I)eernnaent intend to push the indictments that will be brought I fore you on this occasion to that extent. These people, tnink, owe it to the leniency of government that they are riot Put to a hazard by which their lives might be forfeited. rit, however, you will have laid before you indictments o r conspiracy to incite the people to insurrection, to en deavour to prevail on those who were not at work to conti nue in the state of suspension from labour, to compel, Y force, those who were at work to quit their avo eations and to persevere in that lawless state of disorder a nd violence, and, I may say, privation also, till their aGentle m 4 ourite plan of the Charter was carried. en,—lf bills of that sort should be brought before V ) °, and you should feel satisfied by the evidence you hear, bat though great masses of people might not have been dis ;Tiled actually to take part in a conspiracy with that object, th at the re were o th er p ersons among t h em w h o were ac ti ve ~u stin ments to persuade them, you will be justified in finding ii, heir of conspiracy against them, in order to put them on L l' trial. But, independently of that charge, you will find tl ther c ases o f consp i racy to preven t t h e wor ki ng c l asses f rom performing their labour, in other words, to turn the work men out from the different mills, and, as far as they could, Pailuence, or by persuasion, the workmen of. other de d?„l.lPtions, of every sort of manufactures and labour, inclu sc"rg navigators, workmen in canals, hatters, and other de orPtions engaged in manual labour, to quit their work, in uer to join in this grand scheme for obtaining the Charter. ihOentlemen, the mere conspiracy for the purpose of turning aout workmen, the getting together and going to accona- C a b that object, is itself criminal; and if cases of that ti! ti cription be brought before you, I am bound to tell you cnm e by the law of the land, such persons are guilty of a Pan th y b the law, and you will be justified in putting them their trial. etilliere is another class of offences, which, though not of wh ttai roagnitude,is very dangerous,and which must be punished ri ot e r! it is satisfactorily . proved, that is, cases of simple fo r ~ug. A riot, simply, is an assembly collected together 'citne illegal object, in which case it is an unlawful assem iij, for it is by its acts and conduct that it shows some Ae r oPer design. It excites alarm and terror among her so s t eat rs subjects. Such an assembly is a riot, and all per pres,,.,wrio Participate in or, prima o bjectsg. their nav e ' e et or countenance, whateve the multitude may were in view they, unless they are able to show that they aseZrtthi..re innocently or honestly, must themselves be taken said ... , :ipator s in the misdemeanour. A great deal has been an at different times respecting what shall be deemed whi e tz h tlia . wful assembly, and I am sorry to say that events rise to Have taken place in this county have given. in our a great deal of discussion on that subject , both 18 Nrer courts o f l aw an d i n par li a ment ; but one thing tade 3 C lear, that an assembly consisting of such multi and a r to make all discussion and debate ridiculous . and Cul to never could be an assembly for deliberate vib e na discussion. NV ill any man in his senses contend, tim u l l a b e has the means of assembling together three or four rati v a e od Persons, that he does so in order to form a debbe of or to discuss speculative points of law, or ltut ional government ? Upon the face of it it carries with it its own reputation. If an assembly therefore consist of such multitudes as to render all notion of serious debate impossible, or if you find them, by violence, putting down all attempt at debate, if you find that they have only one object in view, which is to hear one side only ; if that is to be their assembly met for the purpose of deliberation, they cannot protect themselves under that exemption. Again, an assembly of such magnitude, if you should find it with out any restraint or authority to put an end to it, having no power either in themselves or in their law of dispersing them, such an assembly, when consisting of vast multitudes, must excite alarm, and terror, and disturbance of the peace. Such an assembly is a riot itself, and an unlawful assembly. It is a riot if you find its conduct is such as to disturb the peace. If you find individuals among them by their con duct, exhibiting tokens of violence and intentions of mischief, that they are not restraining the multitudes surrounding them, but assisting and provoking, by their countenance, that multitude—that partakes of the nature of a riot, and certainly is an unlawful assembly ; but if you find they go farther, proceeding to the commission of acts of violence upon property, and restraining the persons of their fellow subjects, to prevent the free employment of their labour, it then becomes a riot in the worst sense of the word. Those, therefore, who are found engaged in such transactions are engaged in a riot, and it will be your duty to find the bill against them. Gentlemen, I understand you will have laid before you also some cases of violent and inflammatory speeches. Of course you will exercise your own judgment whether the speeches made the subject of the charge of sedition alleged were of a nature to produce that effect. You will form your own judgment when you hear them, and if you are of opinion that they were made to excite disaffection, se dition, and insurrection, you will no doubt think it your duty to find the parties guilty of such a charge,—at least I may not say find them guilty, but that you will find the bill. There is one other case likely to come before you, and that is a case of printing a seditious libel. Whether or not it will come before you I am not certain ; but I am informed that it will. In that case, I have had an opportunity of seeing what the libel is. It purports to be an exhortation from the council of chartists to all the labouring classes to whom it is addressed to continue in their present suspension of labour until the charter is carried. It professes the words of peace and order, but it reminds the people that they are go verned by laws to which they are not parties, that they have not made the laws, and endeavours to persuade those who read it that they can obtain no real security for their rights or enjoyments except by means of an organic alteration in the constitution of the country. Gentlemen, you will form your own judgment of that paper. As 1 have had an op portunity of seeing it, I must say that the impression made upon my mind by it was, that it was full of danger, and par ticularly so at a season when the publication of it must be attended with consequences very different from the publica tion of such a document in ordinary times ; because, when documents of that kind are addressed to multitudes assembled in violation of the law, and who seem to have an opinion that their own force is calculated to carry what they choose, you may easily judge that such an exhortation, to such a meeting, is far more dangerous, and therefore far more cri minal, at one time than at the other. It seems from the arguments used, and the arguments used in many of the speeches of those who addressed the multitude, that their object was to get " a fair day's wages for a fair day's labour;" and that nothing would ensure that object except giving to the labourite: , population an equal, if not a prepon derating voice in the legislation of the country. For this purpose they propose the changes before referred to — namely, the principles of the charter; that is to say, that the labouring classes, who have no property, are to make laws for those who have property ; that the labouring classes, who show by their conduct that they will exercise a tyranny over their fellow-subjects to prevent labour, are to make laws for the protection of labour ! These persons have never taken into their consideration that one of the objects of law and civilized society is the protection of property from the vio lence of one or more individuals, and the protection of man's person from the violence of those who attack him. They show by the example of their own loose conduct and the vio lation of law how little calculated they are to compose such a legislature as that which they aim at forming a part of. Gentlemen, the result of the success of their endeavours would not be a reform in parliament, but a subversion of the monarchy ; because every person who has reflected on such subjects must know, that whenever the people so assemble to elect such a body, it is elected by those persons—the vast majority of whom have no property, but depend upon manual labour—that such an assembly is inconsistent with mo narcy under any circumstances. The first thing it would do would be to aim at the destruction of property and to put ting up an authority of its own, and the consequence must be, it would exercise a tyranny so intolerant that the very people who formed it would be the first to rise against it. Then comes in military despotism, which is their next pana cea, and the liberties of the people are at an end. You will excuse me for uttering this language to gentlemen of your description; but I cannot help expressing my deep concern that some of those persons who propagate these doc trines among the poor, are persons of sufficient talent to know very well the consequences to which they lead ; yet they persevere in them to delude the people, for some private (it must be) object of their own, in the hope that, in the storm, they may acquire some position by which they finally expect to rule it, or from a sort of malice against the successful enterprise or industry of those who have left them at a dis tance in the competition of honourable industry and labour. Who can say, in this county of Lancaster, that labour wants protection from the law? Who can say that the working man, even of the lowest description if he possesses diligence, talent, application, and frugality, will not arrive at the highest honours of the state? How many examples are there of per sons who, in classes of life not superior to many of those who, I am afraid, will be the object of these prosecutions, by their industry, talent, and frugality, have acquired fortunes, and been themselves the employers of labour ! How many have thus acquired honour and distinction ! Gentlemen,—The fair fabric of the British constitution these unhappy men were desirous of destroying. That con stitution is the only one in the world that has ever shown, by repeated examples, that labour is protected, and that the rights of the poor man, if they are but exercised with diligence, sense, and frugality, are sure to lead him to independence andjortune. What country in the world is there that: has protluced such examples ? Yet the practices of these indi viduals would put to hazard all that we enjoy under such a con stitution, and under colour of what? Why, under the colour of giving the poor man greater influence than he now has in the formation of the laws ! Gentlemen, by the law of Eng land labour is protected. No doubt labour is the commodity of the poor man, and ought to be protected ; and, I believe, the law .of England is so framed, that if any oppression takes place.from the master upon the labourer the law furnishes a remedy,. The law does not restrain any man from quitting his master at the termination of his civil contract with him ; if he is dissatisfied with his wages, or the mode of conducting his employment, the law does not give to the master any au thority to retain him ; the law leaves him at perfect liberty to make such engagements as he thinks fit, and when they are terminated, to quit him. There is no restraint, there fore, by the law upon labour; but if the object they have in view is to put restraint upon masters and say they will lay down laws themselves for the conduct of capital, to what a state would this [educe those who possess capital, if they cannot direct and employ it according to their own judgment from the information they receive from foreign countries, or in their own country, on the state of the markets and various other causes that influence capital, if the speculation is to be formed upon some such limited view as labour takes of its own interest ! The very attempt to do that would at once destroy capital, and the result would be, that when capital was destroyed property would be destroyed, and all mankind be re duced to an equality ; and, if all became labourers, what would be the unhappy labourer's gain by it ? Why, the market of labour is like other markets, the more there is the cheaper it is; and if all became labourers, what would be the price of labour ? I rather think it would be very trifling ; therefore, the delusions under which they have been acting, if once explained, are so obvious that one is surprised how men of common sense could be so deluded. One is led to conclude that those who are guilty of propagating among the working classes those doctrines are themselves conscious of the mischief which they propagate, and if they should be detected that they deserve condign punishment. Gentlemen,—l will not trouble you any longer with my address ; you will have all the cases laid before you, and you will need no further information from us as to the manner of dealing with them. You will be so good as to proceed as quickly as you can, in order that we may get through the arduous business we arc engaged to perform. The Grand Jury then retired to their labours, and in a short time'they returned into court with several bills. (Before Lord ABINGER.) ASSAULT AND ROBBERY. Rowland Davie s, William Cash, Jeremiah M'Cormick, William Reed, and John Platt, were indicted for having, at Manchester, on the 10th August last, with force and arms, violently assaulted one Thomas Shipman, and stolen fifty loaves of bread, of the value of Is. each. The prosecution was conducted by the Attorney-General, Sir Frederick Pollock, assisted by Sir Gregory Lewin. All the prisoners were undefended. From the evidence of the several witnesses, it appeared that, on the day in question, the prisoners, along with a number of other persons, went to the prosecutor's shop, which is in Deansgate, Manchester. The prosecutor is a baker and dealer in bread. On seeing the mob approach, the family shut the door, but it was burst open with blud geons; and with force, threats, and violence, the party ob tained and marched off with a great number of loaves. The charge of assault was abandoned by the Attorney-General, and confined to that of simple larceny. All the prisoners were identified as having been present at the robbery. In defence they each protested their innocence. The JUDGE, in summing up, told the jury that, if persons were in a mob which, by force, or terror, or fraud, obtained the property of any persons, although the property was ob tained by only one, all of them were, in point of law, guilty, whether they had entered the shop or not. The jury found the prisoners guilty, but the foreman stated that the jury recommended them to mercy. The JUDGE.—Pray, gentlemen, will you allow me to ask upon what ground you recommend them to mercy ? A JURYMAN.—Upon no ground, my lord ; the foreman has taken it upon himself to say that. I do not, for one, coincide in any such recommendation. The JUDGE.—Before I can take notice of the recommen dation, I must know the grounds of it. If there is any par ticular ground on which to build a recommendation for mercy, I shall be glad to take notice of it, but I must know what it is. The FOREMAN.—It appeared that the young men, by their own discourse, considered they were at another place at the time, that they were not connected with the mob at the time. The JUDGE said if the jury were of that opinion, it was a ground for acquitting the prisoners ; if they had a reasonable doubt on that subject they should have acquitted them. The conversation on this subject then terminated, and the verdict of guilty was recorded. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then stated that there was another indictment against the prisoners, along with William Bates, against whom the grand jury had ignored the bill for a misdemeanour, in forcing certain people to leave their work. On that indictment he did not mean to prosecute. A verdict of " Acquittal" was then taken on this indict ment, and the prisoners were ordered to be brought up to morrow, (this day,) for sentence. ATTACK ON A MILL. James Kelly. (28), Andrew Cosgrove, (22), and James Dolan, (40), were indicted fora riot at Manchester, and with having begun to demolish the mill and premises of Messrs. Stirling and Beckton. The Attorney-General and Sir Gregory Lewin conducted the prosecution ; Mr. Wilkins defended the prisoner Cos grove ; the others were undefended. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated the • case The de fendants were indicted for a riotous attack upon the mill of Messrs. Stirling and Beckton, in Lower Mosley-street, Man chester. The attack took place on Tuesday, the 9th of Aug., the very moment when these tumultuous, lawless, , and riotous proceedings commenced in that town. The fact that, Messrs. Stirling and Beckton's mill was attacked by a large mob, and that the mob were compelled upon that occasion to desist from the attack, would be proved beyond all doubt ; and the only question would be, probably, the share the re spective defendants had in that attack. As against Kelly and Dolan there would be abundant evidence of their per sonal, direct, and violent interference, so as to leave no doubt they shared the guilt of that day. With regard to Cosgrove, he (the Attorney-General) at once proposed to relieve his learned friend from a n y diff icu lt y , b y s t a ti n g that be should offer no evidence against him. In the whole of the pro ceedings that had arisen out of the unfortunate events which had produced so much suffering af.d calamity, there had been every disposition on the part of those who instructed him (the Attorney-General) to take the most mer ciful and favourable view of every case brought before the jury, and never to strain the law so as to charge any offence beyond its legitimate proportion, or to present any case that did not appear clearly to bring home guilt to the accused platy. The imputation upon Cosgrove turned only upon the expressions he had used when standing in front of the pre mises, which he had afterwards explained, so as not to bear the meaning which the policeman who heatd them imputed; and as he was in a respectable situation of life, and enjoyed a character which ought undoubtedly to stand him in good stead, he (the Attorney-General) had taken upon himself to offer no evidence as against him. But with regard to the other two, it would be for the jury to say whether they could entertain any reasonable doubt of their being, in fact, the ringleaders in the riot then committing. Mr. Henry Moss, a salesman in the warehouse of Messrs. Stirling and Beckton, proved the attack on the mill on the day in question. Josiah Lythgoe, an inhabitant of the neighbourhood, Samuel Allen Jackson, and Joseph Taylor, proved that both Kelly and Dolan were there, and used a piece of timber, seven feet long, as a sort of battering ram, against the door of the premises. Dolan shouted to the mob, " Come on, lads," and then the windows were smashed. The persons inside turned a water-engine upon the mob, on which Kelly caused stones again to be thrown through the windows. The attack continued till a party of the police arrived, under the charge of Superintendent Stephenson, when the prisoners were taken into custody. Keely, when asked what he had to say, said he was not en gaged in the affair at all, and that he had merely gone to the place to see Colonel Wemyss concerning an old man whom the police had wrongfully taken up. Doran merely asserted his innocence. The jury found Kelly and Doran guilty : Cosgrove was of course acquitted. The JUDGE, in passing sentence, spoke as follows :—James Kelly and James Doran, you have been convicted by a jury of your country of a very great and serious offence. it ap pears you joined a mob, and took an active part, for the pur pose of turning by force the hands out of Stirling and Beck ton's mill, that were then engaged at work. They resisted you ; they were not willing to join you ; and you did not succeed at that time in your object : but you did your best in a riotous, tumultuous, and disorderly manner, to force the gates of the premises, and declared that your object was to make the men turn out, and stop the mill. What right had you, or any of you, to do such a thing ? Who gave you au thority to say to your fellow workmen whether they should work or not? Who has deceived you upon that subject, and told you that you any pretence for it? Surely you could not think you were acting according to law ? You knew you were violating the 'law ' • that you were doing so with an immense multitude; and for what purpose ? For the purpose of depriving the industrious men engaged in their work of the opportunity which they had a right to have, of earning their wages. If you chose to quit your employment; if you chose to live idle, or to live by begging, or by robbery, what right had you to impose this same obligation upon other men ? Nobody would molest you if you chose to quit your work, or ramble about the country, provided you committed no breach of the law. lam asto nished to think that any man living in England, who is capable of any sort of jUdgment, could have the idea in his mind that he had the right to interfere with the labour of another. You ought to have recollected that the poor man who lives by industry and labour has no other property but that ; and that if you by force compel him to quit his em ployment, you rob him of that by which he lives. You either drive him to commit that sort of plunder which might lead him to the gallows, or, as has been proved to. day in another case, either to take bread by force out of the shops, or rob upon the highway or starve. Is this a free country if such things as these should be tolerated ? Surely you have heard, or you ought to have heard, that it is the peculiar blessing of the con stitution of England, that there is no other country in the world in which every private individual has so thorough a dependence upon the law and authority of the country for the protection of his personal liberty and his property. But if what you have been doing is to be permitted, of what avail is the law? What is the use of making laws to prevent the interruption of industry to protect the poor man in the enjoyment of his labour, to prevent tyrany from being exercised over him, if such rabble as yourselves should presume to assume that au thority and turn out your fellow-subjects from their indus trious employments? The law is a law of great leniency and great forbearance; therefore, it does not inflict punishment upon the man who is foolish enough to quit his industrious habits and wander about the streets. Surely it is enough to forbear from punishing such idleness; but it never can for bear from punishing those idle vagabonds who go about com pelling other persons to quit their labour, because they them selves choose to do so. The offence you have committed is one of the greatest magnitude that could have occurred in this country ; but especially in the town of Manchester where there is such a vast population living by industry, and with no means of getting their bread but by labour. For you to join the mob to dismiss them, and prevent them from getting a livelihood, to say, " go along with us, and rob the shops and plunder,"—my imagination cannot conceive any crime of more atrocious magnitude. The law must be vindicated; the right of every man to his personal labour must be sustained, notwithstanding your ferocious and violent attempts ; and they can only be sustained by administering severe punish ment to those who attempt to violate them. The sentence of the court is that each of you be imprisoned and kept to hard labour, in the House of Correction at Kirkdale, for the space of one year. Cosgrove must be discharged. SECOND ATTACK ON THE SAME MILL. John Hickey, 24, Hugh Cavanagh, 18, James Saxton, 15, Matthew Dalton, 19, Edzvard Sullivan, 30, and James Tweedale, 24, were indicted for a riot in Manchester, on the morning of the 10th of August, and with having then and there begun to demolish the mill and premises of Messrs. Stirling and Beckton. The Attorney-General and Sir Gregory Lewin conducted the prosecution. ' None of the prisoners were defended by counsel. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated the case. The prisoners at the bar were indicted for returning to the premises of Messrs. Stirling,. and Beckton, upon the morning of the 10th of August, after the occurrence had taken place which was the subject of enquiry in the last trial. They appeared to have been actuated by motives of revenge, and expressed themselves strongly as to what they would do if they came into possession of the premises, both with regard to the persons of the owners and their property. They were taken upon the spot, and would be clearly identified, so as to leave no doubt about their participation in the offence. In the absence of any learned counsel he did not mean to make any extended observations ; but it would be right to give evi dence of the real character of the town of Manchester upon the night of the 9th, and ori the morning of the 10th of August last. On the morning of the 9th, a large mob marched into the town, took possession of it, marching into different parts of it, stopping all labour, turned out all the hands everywhere, _ and produced a scene of confusion and lawlessness such as one would hardly be lieve could have existed in a town like Manchester so full of inhabitants, who directed' their attention to peaceful com merce and industry. What share the defendants had in any of the original designs, or the ulterior objects of those who were parties to this movement, he (the Attorney-General) knew not ; and he sought not to connect them with the transaction, further than as the evidence proved that the premises of Messrs. Stirling and Beckton had been attacked over night, and some persons taken into custody upon the premises, they seemed to have been actuated by revenge as well as well as particular views of a general object. Evidence was then produced which bore out the statement of the Attorney-General. All the prisoners, except Sulli van, were found guilty. The jury recommended the boy Saxton to mercy, in which the Attorney-General cordially joined. Sentence will be passed to-morrow, (this day.) The Court adjourned at twenty minutes to seven o'clock. CROWN COURT.—YESTERDAY, (Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON." Immediately after the charge being delivered to the grand jury (and precisely at twelve o'clock), Baron Alderson took his seat on the bench. After looking round the court, and before the counsel entered, his lordship remarked that he re membered, when he was last in that court, some years ago, that the position of the witness-box was very inconvenient, and directed one of the officers to make arrangements for the witnesses to be placed—as then—on the left side of the bench, close to the jury -box, where they would be much better heard. His lordship suggestelithat a stool should be placed, on which they might stand, at a sufficient elevation over the heads of the jury. This arrangement was accordingly made. At half-past twelve, the jury having found a true bill against three of the prisoners, whose trials it had been arranged should take place in this court, the business commenced. MISDEMEANOURS. William Lee, aged 21, James Sheridan, 18, and Jane Carney, a girl of only 11, were charged with a conspiracy, at Manchester, to prevent certain of her Majesty's subjects from following their lawful avocations, and compelling them to depart therefrom ; also with a riot, and with having felo niously begun to demolish a station-house of the police esta blishment of Manchester. The pleadings being opened, the ATTORNEY-GENERAL for the county palatine (Mr. Sergeant Acherley) briefly stated the case to the jury. He had the honour to appear before them on the part of the crown. The charge against the prisoners was for a misdemeanour only, the punishment for which was less than for felonly. The jury would be aware that great riots and tumults had taken place. He should not enter into the causes of those disturbances, but should con fine himself to the facts, and endeavour so to call the wit nesses as to show them and his lordship the amount of participation in the offence chargeable against the prisoners respectively. He then stated the circumstances as they aftewards appeared in evidence ; and concluded by stating, that, on the part of the prosecution, there was no desire to treat these cases otherwise than with every lenity consistent with the peace and safety of society ; on the other hand, it was the duty of the jury, without swerving to the right or to the left, to discharge their duty with firmness, yet with that degree of mercy which would vindicate justice and maintain truth. (Mr. Hilliard was with the Attorney-General.) The following witnesses were then called : John Allinson, v serjeant of the Machester police, said, I I was in Blakeley-street on the 10th August, and saw a large mob of about 2000 persons, many of them armed with clubs and bludgeons. The two male prisoners, Sheridan and Lee, were amongst them. Sheridan was foremost in the mob, with a club. Lee was third, and had an iron bar in his hand, like a broken shovel. They went to Clanson and Vaughan's dye-house, and turned out the hands. At Mr. Rothwell's silk establishment they also turned out the hands. They had called at a chemist's and a starch work bcfore that, and at the station-house. The mob afterwards returned to the sta tion-house. They flung stones at the door and windows. Sheridan and Lee both flung stones. One of them (Sheri dan) broke a window. I was the only person at the station house at the time. They broke open the door, and were very rough. Some of them said they would murder me. I went down into the cell with a sword, to save myself. Some threatened to take my life ; others said never mind him. They carried off the whole of the bedding, also my watch, which was hanging up, and two birds' cages belonging to me. I do not know the parties who broke the place open. I af terwards saw the girl Carney, after the damage was done. She was carrying things out of the station. I was afterwards rescued by the police and the soldiers. Thomas Bridges, an exciseman, said—l was in Manchester on the 10th August. The town was in a riotous state. I was in Roger-street, near the gas-works. There were from 400 tc 500 people at a time together; sometimes more. They ebbed and flowed in numbers. They were battering the front of the building ; and, being apprehensive of that part of the town being put in darkness for want of gas, I went to the police-station. I afterwards saw the mob bring desks, furniture, and policemen's clothing ont of the station-house. They broke the articles, and threw the clothes into thn river. Lee had a weapon, with which he battered the door. I saw a large bird-cage in another per son's hand, and he was going to throw it over the bridge. Lee took it from him, and broke it by trampling upon it. I saw Carney up stairs in the station-house, and I saw her throw several articles out inro the river, which is below one end of the building. She remained some time on the pre. mises, and was taken into custody when afterwards running • across the street. Ellen Kelly, a girl, said—l was near the station-house that day, and I saw the girl Carney up stairs at the station-house. She threw some brushes and other articles out of the win dow. His LORDSIIIP said there was no evidence of the conspi racy to go to the jury. The male prisoners being severally asked what they had to say, entered iuto some statements, which, had they been proved, would have shown an alibi; but the witnesses called by them did not appear. The girl, who appeared to be much • distressed and cried during the whole proceedings, said she did not throw a ha'porth of things out of the window. His LORDSHIP summed up ; confining the case as regarded all the prisoners to the riot only. The Jury immediately found them all guilty ; but recom mended the girl to the leniency of the court, on account of her tender years. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL satd that he should, on his own responsibility, second that recommenda tion. He was not before aware that she was so very young ; and he should certainly not press for judgment. The two male prisoners were then put down, sentence being deferred ; and his Lordship, after questioning the little girl, and finding that she lived in Bellion-street, Manchester, and had no friends here, said she must be discharged and taken care of till she could be sent home. Mr. Amos said he should take care that she should be safely sent back to her friends in Manchester. His Lordship, addressing the prisoner in a kindly tone, said, that the gentlemen who conducted the prosecution were so good to her as not to press for judgmer. t against her. They would let her go without punishment, and he hoped she would behave like a good girl in future, and always keep away from any riot or disturbance she might see. The prisoner, with tears in her eyes, said she would, and was given over to M r . Amos. She stated that her parents did not know that she was there. In a few minutes afterwards a young man, her uncle, came into court, and applied to the Attorney-General to have her given into his charge; and the applicant having satisfied the enquiries of the court and promised to take care of her, his requst was complied with. In the course of this trial, his Lordship noticed, as a some what remarkable circumstance, (with reference to the case of this girl and that of another prisoner —James Richardson,) that the ages of the parties appeared to range from 11 to 101 ! The Attorney-General remarked, that in the latter case there was a mistake in the printing of the calendar. The court was delayed above an hour in waiting for a true li bill being returned against parties to be tried in this court. Joseph Shaw, 15, and George Turner (another youth whose name did not appear in the calendar), were charged with riot and conspiracy, and with having, by force and violence, prevented certain of her Majesty's subjects from following their lawful occupations, and compelled them to depart therefrom, at Blakeley. The Attorney-General briefly stated the facts, as they afterwards appeared in the evidence. The prisoners were not accused of participating in the riots in an active manner, but with being present and taking part by countenancing the others. The prisoner, Turner, was found with a dagger stick in his hand. The prisoners (as in the last case) were undefended. Mr. Samuel Crowther said—l am proprietor of bleach works at Blakeley. The hands turned out on the 11th of August, a mob having forced them. On the 16th, another mob, to the number of forty or fifty, with sticks, &c., came and turned out the hands, and turned the water out of the pans. They threatened to pull down the works. They were there about a quarter of an hour. They came again, to the number of about 100, turned the hands out, and raked out the fires. They then said they would make an end of the place. They were strangers to me. I cannot speak to either of the prisoners being there. Joseph Whitehead, who is in the employ of last witness, spoke to the riot of the 16th. The mob came twice, they pulled the fires out and let the pans off. They turned out the hands. This was at ten o'clock. They came again about eleven o'clock, and pulled out the fire a second time. The prisoner Shaw was there. He was looking at me at work blueing the yarn, while the others were pulling out the fires. He did nothing and said nothing. He had no busi ness there. He was watching me work. A person named Cope, said—l was a special constable on the I6th of August, at Blakeley. There were in all at the works and the gate about 200 persons, armed with sticks. At about eleven o'clock I saw the prisoner Shaw with a stick on the private road, returning with the parties who bad effected their purpose. I also saw the other prisoners near him. He had also a stick. I foilowed the crowd with a view of making the two prisoners, gave a description of them to the police, so that they were afterwards apprehended at Manchester. The boy Turner had a sword-stick with him when taken. The other had an ash stippling. Charles C. Stephenson, superintendent of a division of Manchester police, said—l was shewn the prisoners soon after eleven o'clock that day. Turner had this dagger-stick (pro duced) with him. He said he had found the stick. He afterwards said he was a hawker, and bought it to sell again. Both prisoners came from Rochdale, which is eight miles distant from Blakeley. The Learned JUDGE summed up perspicuously, giving the prisoners the benefit of such facts as appeared favourable to them in the evidence—particularly their not being seen to do any violence themselves. There were four counts to the indictment, but the only one on which the jury need trouble themselves was the last—relating to the riot. The jury found both prisoners guilty, and they were put down. John Tear (not in the calendar), apparently about 30 years of age, was indicted for riot and conspiracy, and with having with others compelled the workmen of Messrs. Wilson, Brother, and Co. against their will, to leave their lawful employment at Salford. The case being stated by the Attorney-General, as it ap peared from the evidence for the prosecution, the following witnesses were called : Moses Price, an engineer, said he wae employed at Wilson Brothers, and Co.'s print-works, in Salford. A mob of from 1000 to 2000 were there on the 10th of August, about eleven o'clock, many of them with sticks, and demanded the hands to be turned out. Mr. Edward Wilson directed witness to stop the mill, and to send out the hands, which he did. There had been six boilers and two engines at work. The steam was worked down as soon as possible. After stopping one engine, and he was going to stop the other, he met the prisoner in the middle of the works about thirty yards from the gate. Another man was with him, and both had sticks. Prisoner asked why we had not stopped the engines. Witness said he had stopped one, and would stop the other. He told them there was not a man on the premises, and they went away. Witness followed them. They went to Mr. Heywood's, and there turned out the hands also. The prisoner was with the mob. They (the mob) then went to the railway-station and demanded that the hands should be turned out. The prisoner was leading the mob up when witness saw him. Cross-examined by Mr. Comncrt.., with whom (f or th e prisoner) was Mr. W high.= :—I know the prisoner by sight. He has, I believe, been employed at a warehouse for some time. Thomas Nanson called—l am salesman to Wilson, Bro ther, and Co. On the 10th of August a .mob came there. Two men came and demanded the hands to be turned off. The prisoner was one of them. I and the last witness spoke to him. Mr. Wilson asked him, " What (to you want our men out for ? Our men get very good wages, the same as they have got for the last ten years." One of them said, " Those are the men we want out—they are getting too much." They shook their sticks at xis, and said it would be worse for us if we did net com Pl- The mob reinained out side till the prisoner and the other returned to them. They afterwards joined the mob, and went away with them. Cross,examihed—l never saw the prisoner before. Francis Ellison, a labourer in the concern, said—l was present when the hands were turned out. After leaving the premises I saw the crowd. They were from 1000 to 2000. He corroborated the evidence as to the prisoner being there. He took me by the collar and said' "Turn out, you knob sticking b Cross-examined-LI never saw the prisoner before. It was about sor 10 minutes past eleven o'clock. The mob was shouting hurrah ! I was not frightened. There was no thing to alarm me. I saw nothing done with the sticks. Mr. JAMES submitted that the evidence as to the riot was not sufficient, and also that relating to the alarm. His LORDSHIP said—Was not an assemblage of 2,000 people, with sticks, sufficient to cause alarm in most minds ? Mr. JAMES spoke in behalf of the prisoner, and intimated his intention to endeavour to prove an alibi. He should call from seven to nine witnesses, who knew the prisoner well, and who would positively speak as to the time, and the presence of the prisoner elsewhere during it. Samuel Armistead, a boy, sworn, and examined by Mr. WHlGHAM. — Witness stated that, on the 10th of August last, he went with a cart to move some goods from the house in which the prisoner lived in Manchester. He went several times, and took away several loads. He saw the prisoner there from the time he went first, at about ten o'clock, till he took a second load.—On cross-examination, witness could not tell whether it was on th e T ues d ay or t h e Wednesday. He, appeared, indeed, to be quite confused as to dates. A young man, named Endsforth, said he was in the house assisting to load the furniture. He spoke to seeing the pri soner there on the 10th August, from half-past ten o'cloek till half-past twelve.—On cross-examination, witness ap peared to be very uncertain as to dates, and as to the time when the prisoner absconded after a warrant was issued against him. James Daley, husband of the prisoner's cousin, said he was also in the house on the 10th August, the day after the commencement of the riots in Manchester. He and his wife lived in the house with the prisoner. He (the prisoner) was in the house the whole of that day from ten in the morn ing till late in the evening. The witness also underwent a severe cross-examination. He was present at the examina tion before the magistrates, but did not say anything to clear the prisoner. Mrs. Daley, the wife of the preceding witness, was next examined, and also swore to the prisoner being at home on the 10th August all day till eight at night. The prisoner was absent, she believed, for some weeks afterwards. She did not see him after that night till about three weeks ago. She corroborated the last witness in several points. An Agent for the prisoner's landlord stated that the pri soner was at his house at eleven o'clock on the 10th, the day on which he removed from that house. He saw him there then, assorting some papers, for about three quarters of an hour. He was also agent for the house to which the prisoner removed, which belonged to the same parties. He kept a memorandum book of the rents and dates, but had not brought it with him. A well-dressed female swore to the prisoner's being at home and removing his goods on the 10th of August. Wit ness lived with her father and mother, next door to the prisoner's present house. The police-officers searched her house when they came to arrest him. That was, I think, on the Wednesday morning following. The officers asked when the prisoner removed, and she said on the Wednesday. This witness was also strongly cross-questioned by the judge, and her evidence appeared to be somewhat shaken. A smith, named Nolan, lived near the prisoner's house. He was making out some bills on the 10th of August, and saw the prisoner at his home tbat day at eleven o'clock, and many times during the same day. Mr. Cope (who had before been a witness this day) said, he had known the prisoner nearly five years. His character for quietness is such that it amounts to nervousness, or rather to timidity. He did not believe that he was secretary to a political society, although he had heard it whispered. The Rev. J. Billington, a Catholic priest, gave the prisoner an excellent character as a sober, quiet, industrious man. He had known him twelve or fourteen years. Mr. Philip Grant, reporter to the Manchester Chronicle. also gave the prisoner a g ood charact er , and h a d k nown hint for five years. He had heard and believed that he was secre tary to a trade's club, but that he believed was not connected with riots, but merely for the regulation of wages. The JUDGE remarked that such societies used to come un der the name of combinations, but the statute affecting them wassnow removed, and they were now legal. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL addressed the jury for the pro secution at considerable length, contendixt that the alibi set up had not been sustained. The learned JUDGE summed up the evidence in a clear and succinct manner, remarking upon it as h e procee d e d. The three witnesses for the prosecution spoke positively to the identity of the prisoner. On the other hand, the evi dence of the witnesses for the defence was not only vague as to the precise day on which .everything depended, but was on the whole very unsatisfactory, and not, his lordship consi dered to be depended upon. Several of them bad said they kept books and memoranda, but none of these were pro duced. If, however, it appeared to them that the day to which they spoke was the 10th of August, and that they deemed them worthy of credit, the prisoner would be en titled to an acquittal. The jury consulted for about twenty minutes, and re turned a verdict of Guilty, recommending the prisoner to mercy on account of his previous good conduct. His LORDSHIP said he did not know how such a recom mendation could well be attended to in behalf of a man who was secretary to a union, and had headed a mob. The prisoner was then pot down. There was a remarkably strong likeness between the prisoner and the witness Daly so strong, indeed, that on looking at them when they were standing at a short distance from each other while the jury were consulting, we could scarcely discover any difference in their features, particularly in the upper part of their faces respectively. This was remarked by several gentlemen in court. The court did not rise until a quarter to seveno'clock. MAGISTRATES' ROOM. — YESTERDAY. (Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.) CONSPIRACY. George Thornton, aged 19, Joseph Webb, 27, Patrick O'Brien, 17. and Joseph Melbourne, 22, were indicted for conspiring together, with divers other persons, to collect an unlawful assembly, in order to induce divers of her Majesty's subjects to cease from following their lawful employment and labour; another count charged them with collecting an un lawful assembly; a third count charged them with unlaw fully assembling together in a formidable and menacing manner, being armed with sticks, clubs, and other weapons, to disturb the peace of these realms ; and a fourth count charged them with riot only. Mr. J. S. Wortley and Mr. Pollock appeared to conduct the ease on behalf of the prosecution; the prisoners were undefended. The first witness called was Mr. Francis Preston, who is the son of the owner of a factory at Ardwick Green, in Manchester, and he deposed to a large mob assembling at his father's factory between one and two o'clock on the after noon of Tuesday, the 9th of August. On reaching the factory they broke the windows with sticks and stones. The mob then broke open a small door in the large gates, and several of the mob entered the yard. Thornton, Webb, and O'Brien were there at that time ; and one of the mob was engaged breaking the locks of the gate. O'Brien was in the mob outside, and Thornton and Webb inside, the latter appearing to take an active part. The mob asked for the master, and witness was pointed out. Stones were then thrown, and witness was struck on the head with a stick. There were then cries of " Stop the mill," which was done, and the hands were turned out. Witness then went for assistance, and returned with some military, who took some prisoners a into custody. By the JUDGE.—The mob bad been at the place about half an hour before he went for assistance. They were at that time breaking the windows. John Reed, a person in the employ of Messrs. Preston, stated that he recollected the mob coming to the factory on the 9th of August. There was at first 600 or 700 persons in the mob, who were making a great noise, and calling out " turn them out." M. Preston, jun., told the mob that the men were willing to work. The mob then broke into the factory, took some hammers out of one of the rooms, and broke the windows and window frames with them, and also the gates of the factory. Witness addressed the mob and said they had done quite sufficient mischief, and it was no use of doing any more. Melbourne turned round and threatened to strike him. About 50 or 80 of the hands were at work and were willing to continue at work, but the mob said if they did not turn out they would mill them. James Daggatt, a spindle-maker, stated that he worked at Messrs. Preston's factory, that at the time the mob came to the mill the hands were at work and willing to continue at work. Shortly after the mob came up, witness saw Mel— bonrne jump through one of the windows of the factory, take up a hammer, and break the lock off the gates. James Wright M'Knight, one of the Manchester police, was then called on behalf of the prosecution, and was asked in what state the town of Manchester was in on the day in question, and what kind of people seen in the streets, but his Lordship said that could not be gone into, except it could be shown that the prisoners were connected with it Mr. WORTLEY said he could not connect the prisoners with the state of the town, and after the intimation of his Lordship, he should not pursue the examination. This closed the case for the prosecution, and the prisoners being severally asked by the learned Judge what they had to say in their defence, most of them made statements to the effect that they were accidentally present in the crowd, and forced into the yard of the factory by the military, when they were taken into custody ; and Webb called three witnesses, who stated that the prisoner was in their company, at some distance from where the riot took place, from half-past one until three o'clock. They also gave the prisoner a good character. A number of written characters were handed in, but his lordship said he could not take notice of them. The learned JUDGE then summed up the evidence of the jury, and retired for about a quarter of an hour, when they returned into court and pronounced a verdict of "Guilty" against all the prisoners for a riot and attending an unlawful assembly. They, however, recommended O'Brien to mercy. The prisoners, Thornton and Webb, were again arraigned, together with John Cannon, 19, James El arrington, 47, James Healey, 19, Thomas Whitehead, John Galvin, John Fallow, 18, Edward Mitchell, 17, Thomas Berry, 13, and Barney Collins, 19, on a similar charge at the factory belonging to the Oxford-road Twist Company, on the same day as that mentioned in the last case. Mr. S. WORTLEY, in stating the case to the jury, said that as the present case was precisely similar to the last, and after the decision of the jury, he shonld not trouble them with inquiring into the charge of conspiracy, but would merely call their attention to the charge of attending an unlawful assembly and riot. After stating the facts of the case, the learned gentleman called the following witnesses : Henry Cook, partner in the firm of Cook and Co., who have a cotton-mill in Oxford-road, Manchester. On Tues day, the 9th of August. about half-past three o'clock, witness saw a mob, of about 1000 persons, making towards the fac tory. Witness orderechthe gates of the factory to be closed, which was done. The mob, on reaching the gates, struck them with their sticks. Shortly afterwards witness went to the gates, and saw George Thornton, one of the prisoners, in front of the mob. He asked what they wanted? and Thornton replied, "To have the hands turned out." Wit ness then said he wished to address the crowd. Thornton then held up his hand, and there was silence, and he told them that if the crowd would be quiet the hands would be turned out, and that they were then leaving the factory. Af terwards Thornton became impatient, said the hands were not all out, held his stick over the head of witness, and swore unless the doors were opened he would break witness' head. Witness shortly after found the mob had broken into the factory : but the military coming up, the mob ran away in all directions. Witness had also seen Harrington taking a con spicuous part in the mob. In about ten minutes after Thorn ton was taken into custody at the gates. The military took a number of prisoners. Miles Foster, book-keeper and cash-keeper at the mill of the Oxford-road Twist Co.—Witness first saw the mob coming up Charles-street. He got into the lodge of the mill a few minutes before the mob reached it. The mob were very noisy, and threw their sticks up. Witness then cor roborated the testimony of the last witness, adding, that he saw Thornton, Cannon, and Harrington in the mob. Thorn ton was foremost of the mob, and Cannon and Harrington were along side of him. Thornton and Cannon bad sticks in their hands. The hands left the factory through the lodge. The mob afterwards became impatient, and forced their way into the factory. The three prisoners mentioned were the first to enter. The large gates were opened, and the mob entered into the factory yard. In about four or five minutes Mr. Preston arrived with the military, and 'the crowd broke the windows to escape by. Witness saw several persons taken, but could not say whether the prisoners were among them. He, however, saw them in custody about half an hour after. From 900 to 1,000 hands were turned out by the snob. He (Francis Preston) accompanied a troop of dragoons, under the command of Colonel Wemyss, to the mill of the Oxford-road Twist Company. He saw the military take a number of persons into custody. The military had no one in custody before they reached the factors-. Gearge Luke was in the lodge of the - mill when the mob came. He identified Thornton and Harrington as taking an active part in the mob. Witness saw all the prisoners, ex cept Thornton, in custody in the factory yard, about a quar ter of an hour afterwards. - By the JUDGE.—The military must have taken them in the yard. No more of the mob entered the yard after the military. Edward Hemmingway, door-keeper of the Oxford-road Twist Mill, saw the mob in the yard. He identified the pri soners, Thornton, Cannon, Harrington and Stones, as tak ing an active part in the mob. Heard Stones call out, " Turn the hands out." _ _ Archibald M`Mullen, inspector of the Manchester police, was at the mill in question about four o'clock on the day of the riot. The prisoners were all delivered into the custody of witness. Mr. Cook was recalled, and asked whether he saw the prisoners taken into custody. He said the military had the prisoners in custody; and Colonel Martin asked in their presence if he (witness) would take charge of them. He said he would, and the whole of the prisoners were then de livered to witness, who gave them to Inspector McMullen. The prisoners, being called upon, made a similar defence to those in the last case. The Learned Judge having summed up the case, the JURY, after a moment's consultation, found all the prisoners guilty.—Sentence deferred. Joseph Thomas, (a man of colour) 40, John Oldham, 36, John Edwards, 19, Ellis Hall, 19, James Richardson, 101, Thomas Booth, 24, Michael Clarke, 27, Thomas Clegg. 18, John Lover, 45, Potrick O'Brien, 17, and John Holmes, were all indicted for a similar offence committed on the same day, at the factory of Messrs. Birley, in Oxford-road. Manchester. Sir S. WORTLEY stated the case to the jury, and called the following witnesses : Nicholas Wetherall, book-keeper at the factory of Messrs. Birley, in Manchester, said on the afternoon of the 9th of August a large mob visited the mill. About 1100 hands were at that time at work. The gates were also closed at both mills, but this was at the old mill. Witness took his station in a passage which looked through the lodge. There was a great noise of shouting, and stones were thrown at the gates, and the windows and the window frames were broken. There was from £3OO to £350 damage done to the mill. Witness saw the prisoner Lever in the mob from whence stones were thrown at the lodge window. It was stated that the police were coming, and witness and some others sallied out and took Lever into custody. The mob were at the mill not less than from an hour to an hour and a half. The fire engine was turned on them, and drove them back a short time. Witness, after the engine commenced, saw Clarke throwing stones. The police had then arrived, and he was taken into custody by Inspectors Maberry and M'Mullen. Joseph Thomas, Hall, Edwards, Oldham, and other prisoners, were identified as taking an active part in the mob. After the Judge had summed up, the jury acquitted Booth and O'Brien, and found all the other prisoners guilty. Sen tence deferred. The court adjourned at a quarter to eight o'clock. SCIENTIFIC CONGRESS. — Upwards of 800 men of litera ture and science are expected to attend the scientific congress at Strasburg, which was opened on the 28th September. The town council has voted a sum of 8000 francs to be ex pended in the entertainment of these numerous and illus trious visitors of all nations. According to the programme, and the list of questions to be discussed in the several sec tions, which has been obligingly forwarded to us by the secretary, Professor G. Ph. Hepp, it promises to be a meet ing of great interest.—Athenceum. QUESTIONABLE FOOD.—The blind traveller Holmao stated that at Fernando Po a couple of lambs, grown to of more than six inches long, were served up to him by order on the King. Galen reports of swine, that their flesh possesses no less than fifty flavours, and is greatly assimilant in kind to human flesh. Du Chatelin relates that in his days dogs and cats were eaten at Paris as they now are in China; indeed Sir Joseph Banks and Dr. Solander affirm that dogs flesh is the sweetest imaginable. At Rome, camel's heels were the choicest tit-bit for an epicure's tooth. Whale,s tongues ranked among the delicacies feasted oar in the middle century by Europeans. The Caflre eats his lion for food, and the traveller Bruce among them ate his lion-steak with gusto. At Rio Janeiro an ordinary dish is a monkey pie ; and the head of the ape is left to appear above the crust for ornament in the style of he feet in our pigeon-pies. A REAL JACOBITE.—Among the inmates of the poor house of the parish of St. Nicholas, there is one Kirsty Fraser, who has reached the age of 103 years. She appears to be in the enjoyment of excellent health, and says that, if she could get " a wee drap o' tea an' a sma' bit tobacco, she might waddle on a good while yet." Kirsty was seven years old when the battle of Culloden took place, and describes the appearance of the field on the day after with all the gusto of a real Jaco bite. " Muckle stir and muckle fae was there," she says •, " the trenches o' the dead heir' as high as a house, and covered wi' earth." She was acquainted, too, with the cave in which Flora Macdonald concealed Prince Charles, having explored " it ae day wi ither twa lasses, when Flora and Prince Charlie were out at a walk." Kirsty came to Aber deen about GO years ago. "It was a guid Aberdeen when I cam till't," says Kirsty—" plenty o' wark for baith man and woman; but noo there is naething but poverty an' teetotalism, an' ilka ane fechtin' wi' his neighbour.—Aberdeen Herald. MODE OF INCREASING THE GROWTH OF POTATOES.— greater Early iu than October The flowers being cut off as they appeare d on the plants, the number of potatoes wasproduced unt ouc m he a d c . h the blossoms had remained the stems and leaves of the plants w h ich had b orne flowers were strong and green ; the oth ers y ellow a nd in a state of decay. The plants which ha d been stri pped of flowers pro duced (on the same space of ground) about four times the weight of large potatoes, very few small ones being found. Those on which the flowers and fr uit were left, produced but a small number of little ones, from the size of a common filbert to that of a walnut.—New Genesse Farmer. CHESTER SPECIAL COMMISSION. CHESTER, Friday. This morning Lord Abinger took his seat in the Crown Court, Mr. Baron Alderson in the Nisi Prius Court, and Mr. Justice Cresswell in the Grand Jury Room. CROWN COURT. (Before Lord AairGER.) The trial of William Moorhouse and others was this morning continued; James Wild, who had yesterday tra versed, being also placed on his trial along with the others, at his own request, the jury being re-sworn. The following witnesses whre then examined : Giles Chadwick proved the handwriting of Robert Wild, in a letter written by him from Manchester, giving an ac count of the delegate meeting there. James Buckley, a labourer, deposed to attending a meeting on Mottram Moor, on Sunday the 7th of August; at which Moorhouse was chairman •, an.] the defendant, Wild, took part in the proceedings. The witness then deposed to the proceedings of the mob at different places during the follow ing days; that they had held meetings, at which they resolved not to go to work until the charter was the law of the land ; and, from these meetings, had gone in procession from Ashton to other towns in the neighbourhood, stopping ail the works and turning out the hands. They determined not to go to work until they obtained the charter as the law of the land; and when one person attempted to make the question one of wages, he was ordered to be pushed out of the cart. The Judge.—That's the deliberation of these assemblies ; they meet for discussion, and knock down all who oppose them. Samuel Garside, constable, of Hollinsworth, was then called, and deposed to seeing several of the defendants at meetings held in Ashton -and the neighbourhood, from the 7th of August, and for several suceeedin,g . days. Several other witnesses were called, who deposed to the state of the manufacturin ,, districts during the recent out break, and to the part the prisoners had taken in the dis turbances. Mr. YARDLEY addressed the jury at great length for the prisoners, who were found guilty of a conspiracy only. ATTACK AT MR. SHEPLEY'S MILL, AT GLOSSOP. Thomas Winterbotlom, Oliver Fry, John Smith, Hugh Winterbottom, and James Kinder, were indicted for a riotous attack on the mill of Samuel Shepley, at Brookfield, near Glossop, and with beginning to demolish it. The particulars of this attack were detailed in the exami nation of the three first-named prisoners in our paper of the 16th ult. There was not sufficient evidence against H. Winterbottom and Kinder; they were acquitted, and the others found guilty of riot only. Sir F. POLLOCK appealed to the bench on behalf of the prisoners, who - had been wounded in the affray, and trusted the bench would be as lenient as was consistent with the ends of justice. The court then adjourned. . NISI PRIUS COURT. (Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.) The Learned JUDGE disposed of a number of cases in this court, all arising out of the recent outbreaks—namely, for attending unlawful meetings, for riots, and for conspiracy in preventing persons from following their lawful occupations— but none of them were of public interest or importance. CROWN COURT.—SATURDAY. (Before the LORD CHIEF BARON.) CONSPIRACY. James Thorpe, Samuel Ferns, George Taylor, William Wylde, and James Hague, were charged, with unlawfully conspiring together to prevent her Majesty's liege subjects from pursuing their lawful employment. Ferns and George Taylor pleaded guilty. From the evidence adduced in behalf of the prosecution, it appeared that the defendants were members of a committee which sat regularly at Ashton-under-Lyne, and propounded laws and regulations respecting the mode in which the working people should conduct themselves during the recent turn-out. The prisoners were all found guilty. ATTACK ON THE STOCKPORT WORKHOUSE. James Derbyshire was then charged with an attack on the Stockport 'Workhouse, the particulars of this outrage will be found detailed in the report of a case tried before Mr. Jus tice Cresswell, where the whole of the facts were developed. The prisoner was found guilty, and a previous conviction having been proved, he was sentenced to be transported for life. CONSPIRACY. William Turner, Samuel Kay, and Robert Robertson, were found guilty of having conspired together, with a num ber of other persons, to prevent her Majesty's subjects from following their lawful occupations. SENTENCES. Joseph Smith, Moses Smith, William Rook, John Webb, and Matthew Baker, convicted of stealing money and pro visions from the Stockport Workhouse, were sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment and hard labour. Thomas Wild, James Wild, Witham Maorhouse, Stephen Shirt, John Fairhurst, Samuel Lees, James Buckley, and several other prisoners, convicted,of conspiracy, were then brought up for sentence. The Lord Chief Baron, in passing sentence on them, said they had all been found guilty of con spiring to overturn the existing constitution by force and violence, and had endeavoured to bring that about in,A riotous and turbulent manner. The offences of which they had been convicted derived additional importance from the organisation for mischief which had been proved to exist amongst them. He could tell the prisoners that they owed it to the lenity of the Crown's legal advisers, that they had not been placed upon their trial for high treason. The go vernment were making an experiment of conciliation, an d he knew not whether it would be successful, but they were anxious to give the working classes time and opportunity to recover from the delusion which had caused so much mis chief. Even if their labour did require further protection, which he very much doubted, they had taken the very worst course for redress. His Lordship then sentenced the two Wilds, rVloorhouse, Fairhurst, and Lees, to two years' im prisonment and hard labour. Shirt to eighteen months. Taylor, Thorp, and Joseph Hague to one year each. Kay and Robinson to one year. Fry, Winterbottom, and Smith, who had been wounded at Mr. Shepley's mill on the inter cession of that gentleman, were sentenced to three month's' imprisonment, and Lees and Buckley to one year and hard labour. This concluded the business of this Court, and shortly af terwards the Lord Chief Baron left this city for Liverpool. NISI PRIUS COURT.-SATURDAY. On Mr. Baron ALDERSON taking his seat in this court this morning, the whole of the prisoners who had been pre viously convicted before his lordship were brought up for sentence. Mr. Baron ALDERSON, in addressing them, observed that they had all been convicted of very serious offences injurious to the public peace, and formed sad examples of the bad consequences of young men following evil counsels. If they had exercised common sense, they would not have been led away by persons who supported themselves by exciting others to mischief and outrage. By such offences as they had com mitted, the greatest injury resulted to themselves ; for it they succeeded in effecting a general cessation of labour, the pro perty on which they hoped to live in idleness would soon be exhausted. His lordship was willing to believe they had sinned through ignorance, but still it was necessary, for the protection of society, that the law should be vindicated. Cartwright had been convicted of preventing others from following their employment. Turner, John Drabble, and Isaac Drabble, had stopped machinery, although the stand ing still of that machinery was ruinous to it; and'thus, while professing to wish for freedom, exercised a most despotic power over others. The prisoner Jas. Gorsley was a farm ing labourer, and could have no interest in the turn-out ex cept a wish to promote dangerous political changes. Joseph Dove had been convicted of endeavouring to interrupt the railway traffic. He (the Lord Baron) should, however, in flict on all the same punishment, which was, that they be imprisoned in Chester Gaol for one year. The prisoners Michael Norris, Charles Harrop, Saml. Shepley, and Saml. Gosling, found guilty of rescuing one of the delegates from the officers of justice, were sentenced to IS months' impri sonment. The prisoners Joseph Taylor, Wm. Smith, Jas. Kershaw, and Wm. Martin, convicted of attending an un lawful assembly, and stopping the traffic on the Peak Forest Canal, which offence was felony : the sentence on Taylor was that he be imprisoned 15 months, and upon the others to 12 months, and hard labour. ATTACK ON THE STOCKPORT WORKHOUSE. Thos. Hough, Wm. Wright, John Charlesworth, Jas. Lee, Noah Layfield, Anne Hibbert, Wm. Stringar, Joseph Falks, James Hatton, James Horsefield, Thomas Smith, John Rhodes, and Jos. Harrop, were indicted for the attack on Stockport workhouse. Hough, Charlesworth, Wright, Lay field, Talks, Hatton, Rhodes, and Harrop, were found guilty. Hough having been previously convicted, was sen tenced to fourteen years transportation. Wright, Charles worth, Layfield, and Talks were sentenced, the latter to 7 years transportation, and the first two to 2 years imprison ment, the rest to one years imprisonment. Smith, Horsfield, and Stringer were then indicted for a riot, the two former were acquiited, and the latter being found guilty, was sentenced to one years imprisonment. This case terminated the business of the Special Commis sion. GRAND JURY ROOM.—FRIDAY. (Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.) Several cases were tried before his lordship in this court during the day, but as they possessed no interest beyond the mere fact of their arising out of the recent disturbances, we do not think it necessary to report them. SATURDAY. ATTACK ON THE STOCKPORT UNION WORKHOUSE.— Francis WarHirst was charged with breaking into the Stock port Union Workhouse, on the 11th of August last, and stealing therefrom two tons weight of bread, 201bs. of meal, 201bs. of mutton, 201bs of cheese, and two pounds in money. The facts of the case were briefly as follow :—On the 10th of August last, it was determined that a meeting should be held at Hyde on the following morning, and accordingly about 20,000 persons assembled and marched towards Stock port. On their arrival a large portion detached themselves from the main body, and went about demanding and extorting money and provisions from various parties. Shortly before the mob arrived at the Stockport Workhouse, they stopped at a public-house called the Windsor Castle, where a great quantity of bread was thrown out of one of the windows to them. The prisoner, who was in the mob, then called out, " Now lads to the bastile !" and accordingly they went there. On arriving at that place, the porter, thinking it was intended to turn out some persons who were employed at the work house, in obedience to the demand of some of the mob, turned out the workpeople. They, however, were not con tent with this, but demanded admittance into the house, which the porter refused. Some of them then got over the wall, took the key from the porter, opened the gate, and in rushed the mob. There was immediately a cry of " Where is the store-room ?" and the mob went to that place, ransacked it, and carried away all the provisions, c onsisting of about 700 loaves of bread and other provisions. They also took from the room of the relieving officer a quantity of money. The prisoner was seen among the crowd, and was observed getting over the wall into the yard and making towards the store-room. The jury found the prisoner guilty. Matthew Baddeley, John Hesketh, Thomas Hilton,An thony Daffy, Joseph Wright, William Hargreaves, than e Swan, Thomas Summers , William Stoner, L Greenall, Robert Brooks, John Siddell, Stephen Simpson, and Err Hadfield, were indicted for participating in a similar offence. They were all convicted, and the learned Judge, after a severe reprimand, sentenced them to twelve months' imprisonment each and bard labour. John Smith, Wm. Mellor, Jas. Smith, Charles How ar d , Joseph Cohen, John Silva, and William Seddon, were then brought before his Lordship to receive sentence. The sen tence on John Smith, William Mellor, James Smith, Joseph Cohen, and John Silva was, for the first offence, that they should be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for one month, and for the second offence, namely, robbery in company, that at the expiration of that period they should be tran sported for ten years. Howard and Seddon were then sen tenced to one month's imprisonment, and then to be tran sported for life. Francis Warhurst was then placed at the bar to receive sentence, and after an address from the learned Judge, who pronounced him a confirmed thief, he was sentenced to be transported for life. • This terminated the business in this court. ROBBERY OF DIAMONDS TO A LARGE AMOUNT. —Mr. De Wolf, a diamond merchant of Berlin, wen t to Covent garden theatre o n W e d nes d ay night, accom p a nied by two friends, and whil e s itti ng i n t h e b oxes ' he observed c lose to him a person with whom he had been, during the early part of the evening, in conversation, at a coffee-1110P in the city. On his leaving the theatre with his friends he missed a tin box containing naked diamonds, value £9,000 from his person. LIVERPOOL STA:\II)ARD / f a' thik? t! A.., Tt4 - 4 VIA \ , 4 CORR E P OAi'b kNeE, TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—The time is now drawing on when it will be the di4ty of every' conservative burgess, so entitled, to exercise his privilege of voting for a representative in the Municipal Council ; it is highly necessary that the person to whom he delegates this trust should be not only of ability and re spectable standing in society, but of unswerving principles. Not having heard anything to the contrary, I presume thist it is the intention of the conservatives of Great George and West Derby Wards, to again put in nomination their retiring councillors, viz. those honest, consistent conserva tives, Mr. Thos. Robinson and Mr. John Smith. By adopting this course, they could not : possibly take a step more calculated to stultify themselves and their party in the eyies of every honest-minded man, no matter to what party or, sect he may belong. Ido hope, therefore, that they will bang forward other candidates—men more worthy to advo cate the cause; who are really of true protestant and con sekvative principles, and, knocing. dare maintain them ; who will not be turned aside by the canting liberalism which, I : am sorry to say, has characterised not only the above mentioned, but other individuals in the council-chamber, pOfessing the principles of conservatism. As I stated previously, let them bring forward men worthy to tight for the cause. I Would suggest to them Mr. John Rigby, Mr. Peter Hope, and a host of others. Above all, let thedi be bestirring themselves early, (as they are now doing in St. Peter's and Castle-street Wards,) recollecting that the odds against them are 10 to 6, and not to rest content with merely replacing the number that re tire,. but to add to the majority now in the Council. I am, Sir, &c. A CONSERVATIVE NON-ELECTOR. • Liverpool, sth Oct. 1842..: LIVERPOOL LETTER-CARRIERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—My particular attention has been drawn to a letter addressed by " A Letter-Carrier of many Years' Standing" to the editor of the Liverpool Chronicle, and inserted therein on the Bth instant. I feel surprised that this subject has been so long neglected, for, from personal experience and the information of numerons mercantile friends, I feel as sured that the safety and regularity of commercial, mercan tile, and monetary transactions, in a most important mea sure, depend upon the prudence and good conduct of this laborious but ill-paid class of public servants. When such is really the fact, the respectable and discerning public can not but admit that 20s. per week remuneration is most in adequate to the importance of a letter-carrier's services, and maintenance of his family. It is no great wonder that an occasional felony or misdemeanor takes place by one of these public servants abstracting a sum of money from a money letter, when daily and innumerable temptations are thrown in his way, perhaps too when having a numerous family to provide for, or where sickness may have reduced him to destitution ; for where is the protection from such casual ties ? It would, in my opinion, be a judicious act to make a classification of the letter-carriers ; and those of long stand ing, irreproachable conduct, and superior intelligence, to receive a more liberal remuneration. By such means the merchants, tradesmen, and public would secure the best. most honest, punctual, and indefatigable exertions of this useful and indispensable class of men, and at the same time they would be placed beyond the reach of temptation and necessity. lam the more induced to make these observa tions, from the pride I feel in the honesty, regularity, and civility of the present carrier in my district, which is so much at variance with some of his predecessors and others. If such general services can be permanently secured, both the post-office establishment and the public will assuredly de rive an acquisition and advantage. No class of individuals can be more interested in the ho nest and regular distribution of their publications than the proprietors of newspapers ; I therefore trust that the various editors, of whatever political grade, will advocate the cause of these individuals, and thereby secure their own and the public interest. With such interest no doubt something, almost anything, may be done to alleviate their circum stances ; and if a proper , application also be made in the right quarter for such a reasonable purpose and beneficial result, I have no fear it will be attended with every success ; and as the Lords of the Thasury have the power of promo ting, classifying, and pensioning off superannuated servants in the Customs, Excise, and other establishments, the New Postage Act will similarly empower them in this branch of the revenue, and it is confidently to be hoped they will exer cise their discretion accordingly. Oct. 10th, 1842. • JUSTICE. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, Om 1. The following members of this university have been admit ted into holy orders by the Lord Bishop of Salisbury : DEACONS.—A. Barrett, of Worcester College ; T. H. House, Worcester College ; E. H. Burnett, Merton, Col lege ; A. P. de Tessier, Corpus Christi College ; E. A. Fer ryman, University College ; T. Bayly, Magdalen Hall ; B. B. G. Astley, St. Alban Hall. PRIESTS. — Rev. C. Bedford, New College ; Rev. W. Bushnell, University College ; Rev. T. G. Clarke, Queen's College ; Rev. E. W. Pears, Magdalen College ; Rev. G. M. K. Ellertun, Brasennose College. And by the Lord Bishop of Exeter : DEACONS.—C. H. Archer, of Balliol College ; H. Edwards, Lincoln College; R. L. Bampfield, Trinity College; W. E. Vigor, Worcester College ; W. C. Clack, Worcester College ; W. N. Richards, Wadham College ; F. E. B. Cole, St. Ed mund Hall; J. L. Harding, New Inn Hall. PRIESTS.—Rev. W. F. Everest, Magdalen Hall ' • Rev. C F.D. Lyne, Pembroke College; Rev. S. Joh ns o n , Merton. College ; Rev. E. W. T. Chave, Worcester College ; Rev. J. F. Kitson, Exeter College , • Rev.M. Tylee, St. Edmund Hall. Colonel H. Vyse has presented the Rev. G. S. H. Vyse, of Christ Church, to the rectory of Pilsford, Northampton shire. .The Rev. W. Pedder, of Bilsennose College, has been appointed Nicc-principal of the Wells Diocesan Theological College. The Rev. F. M. Knollis has been appointed to the curacy of Costock, Nottinghamshire. CAMBRIDGE, OCTOBER 1. TRINITY COLLEGE. NEW FEI.LOWS,:—SIIOrtIy after nine o'clock this morning the following gentlemen were announced as having been elected fellows of this society _—Henry Augustus Marsh, Richard Pike Mate, Charles William King, Robert Watt, Theodore Preston, Edward Cope, Arthur Cayley. At the same time the Rev. George Adam Browne was elected vice master, in the place of the Rev. John Browne, resigned. THE CHURCH. The following appointments have taken place : The Rev. Charles Badham, 8.A., of Emanuel College, to the curacy of St. Barnabas, Liverpool. • The Rev. C. W. Lamprell, of Clare-hall, to the perpetual curacy of West NS , ickham, in the county of Cambridge. The Rev. Ashby Blair Hazlewood, 8.A., of Christ's Col lege, to the curacy of St. James's, Westminster. The Rev. Thomas Wm. Irby, 8.A., of St. John's College, to the rectory of Rushmere, Suffolk. Value, £217. ORDINATIONS. On Sunday last, the 25th of September, in the cathedral church of Salisbury, by the Lord Bishop of Salisbury : PRIESTS.—Rev. Thomas Burbage, 8.A., Trinity College ; Rev. Francis Randolph, 8.A., St. John's College • Rev. John Josiah Day, 8.A., Corpus Christi College ; Rev. R. Peace Baker, 8.A., St. John's College. DEACONS. — Edward Birnie, 8.A., Queen's College ; Jas. Beck, M.A. Corpus Christi College; Be n j am i n Whi te l oc k , 8.A., St. John's College; James Joyce Evans, M.A., Tri nity College. On the same day, at Exeter, by the Lord Bishop of Exeter : PRIESTS '— Rev. George R. Pryan, B.A.,St. Catherine Hall. • DEACONS.—Charles Edward Parry, 8.A., Christ's Col lege ; Alfred R. Tayler, 8.A., Trinity College ; Edward Ramsay Prother, 8.A., Magdalen College. On the same day, at Peterborough, by the Lord Bishop of Peterborough : PRIESTS.—Rev. Wm. Henry Beauchamp, 8.A., Christ's College. Rev. Philip Brett, 8.A., Emmanuel College ; Rev. Alexander Douglas, 8.A., Magdalen College; Rev. Wm. Elcoll, 8.A., Queen's College; Rev. Alexander Grant Ilildyard. M.A., Pembroke College ; Rev, George Powell, 8.A., Trinity College; Rev. Joseph Edward Rose, 8.A., Trinity College. DEAcoNs.—Henry Smith Anders. 8.A., of Caius Col lege; Joseph Watson Ayre, 8.A., of St, Peter's College ; William Bennett, 8.A., of St. John's College ; Reginald Bryan, 8.A., of Trinity College ; William Syme Powke, 8.A., of Queen's College; William Gardner , 8.A., of Queen's College ; William Mignott Kerr, 8.A., of St. John's College ; James Sutherland, B.A. of Queen's Col lege. On the same day, at Carlisle, by the Lord Bishop of Carlisle :- PRIESTS.—Rev. Charles Anthony Oak, BA., of St. John's College ; Rev. Taylor White, 8.A., of St. John' s College. DEACONS.—Christopher Barker. 8.A., of Emmanuel College ; John Halifax, 8.A., of Corpus Christi College. CLERICAL PROMOTIONS. Rev. Benj. Harrison, M.A., late Curate of St. Swithin's, to the Rectory of All Saints, Worcester, vacant by the re signation of the Rev. Erskine Ne ale. 'Rev. John Henry Carnegie, M.A., formerly of Catharine Hall, Cambridge, to the vicarage of Cranbourne, with the Chapelries of Farewood and Beveridge annexed, in the Rural Deanery of Piroperne, and Archdeaconry of Dorset, vacant All Saints, North by the cession of the Rev. F. H. Pare ; patron, the Marquis of Salisbury. Kerr, to the Curacy of Trinity College, Cambridge, North ampton; mp t ßev. on ;andßeginald te B R r y e v s! w , to in i t a h m e CuracyAi ig n o tn k ofReSt.v.SP William ulcl Sep ulchre ,eu'r Curate t Foster,e o f near Melton Mowbruaryc r a k rt v h f e ° w r d Wilson Leeds, to the Vi carageen u d e f v o . r formerly Samuel s y nhebl y s, —,, late , Leicestershire. Curate Lancashire, o h f ir W e, a v d a t i n n g t t h ol y i, th to e , iß M m al: of the h a e pme ß li to e h v f pro R. N. Whitaker. t h m D o i t i s t o r i n e lson ; patron, the Rev. Rev. W. Bennett, to the C ' k; the Rev. W. L. Fowke, 13. A uracy of St. George's, Whitvfie to the Curacy of Stonesb -of Queen's College, Cambridge, 8.A., of Queen's College, Sutherland, Y ; and the Rev. James __ Cambridge, to the Ctiracy ofFleck ney, all in Leicestershire. itev. Henry Smith Anders 8.A. 0 f Caius College, , Cam bridge, to th e Curacy of Feirthing”s t ; Joseph Watson the Rev. Watson Ay re , B.A ,• of St. Peter's Colle ge, Cambridge, to the Curacy of Wellingborough ; the Rev. williayn Gardner,. of Quee n ' s College, Cambridge, to the c u racy of Rowell, with Orton • and the Rev. Thomas He nr y Manning' 8.A., of Trinity College, Dublin, to the Curacy of Naseby, all in. Northamptonshire. Rev. C. W. Lamprell, formerly of Clare Hall, Cambridge, to the perpetual Curacy of West Wickham, Cambridgeshire patron, the Earl of Hardwicke. Rev. Hugh M'Diarinid, to the Church and Parish of An charade,in the•presbyteri o f Mu ll and county of Argyll. Rev: John. Earle, to be Chaplain of Her Majesty.s Settle ments on` the Oubbia. Rev, Henry Howe 11 Griffiths, Perpetual Curate of Llan _ samlet, Giamorganshir e, to the perpetual Cur acy of Ll anw i_ nio, Carmarthenshire. Rev. William Sherwood, to the perpetual Curacy of St. James, Bradford. Key. G. H. Scott, to the Vicarage of Ifieldeu urux, vacant by the death of the Rev. S. J. Lewin. Rev. Edward Francis Manley, to the Perpetual Curacy o f Poulton -le-Sand, Lancaster. Rev. Wm. Yarker, formerly of Caius College, Cambridge, to the Curacy of Wriham, Cumberland. Rev. John Cresswell, to the Perpetual C Wernetli, Cheshire. Curacy of St. Paul's, Rev. Henry George Bailey, to the Perpetual C ac Hurdsfield, Cheshire ; patrons, the Tr ustees y of Ch a rity. rustees of Hyndman's Rey. James Hargreaves, to the Rectory of West Tilbury ; Rev. William Jackman, LL.B bridge, to the Vicarage of Pal •, of Trinity College, Cam the death of the Rev. Job _. kenhatn, Suffolk, vacant by celior. n Edgar ; patron, the Lord Chan- Rev. Thomas Roe, B.A that Rectory, va cant b • , Curate of Osre, Somerset, to y the death of the Rev. J. Blackmore.