The Express.
London, England, 1848-06-08 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Taste DAY.

BOW.OTHMET.—EXAMINATION OF ANOTHER CHARTIST
LEAD'S- —At half-past twelve o'eLek this day, William
John Vernon, was placid at the bar laore Mr. Henry,
charged with being one of the leaders in the Chartist
demonstration, on the evei..ing of the 29th of May.
The prisoner is known to the public from having
delivered a course of lectures on mesmerism at the
Adelaide Gallery. Mr. Parry, barrister, attended
oa behalf of the prisoner. Mr. Haywood appeared
ou the part of the government. Frederick Town
Fowler depeeed that he was a reporter. On the 29th
of May last be attended a meeting at Clerkenwell-
green. There wire about 3,000 persons present
A person named Williams acted as chairman. The
prisoner was standing; next to witness, and con•equ•ntly he
heard every thing that was said. The prisoner came on the
van about ten minutes after the pr iceedings commenced.
(The witness here repeated the evidence he gave in the cue
of Williams, to be found in the last page.) When the mob
formed in marching order, the prisoner t'ok the arms
of two men who appeared to he his friends Wit-
ness saw the prisoner at various points in the route
of procession. While at Clerhenwell-green, some person
called out " Three curses for the wigs," cr " three
curets for the government," but witness could not say
which. The prisoner turned round to witness and said, "I
do not like these expressions, for curses do not break
bones." The procession was of such a character as to create
alarm, and the shopkeepers closed their shops, se if in fear.—
William Godfrey, 147 C. deposed, that about half-past eleven
o'clock last night he apprehended the prisoner is Sussex-street,
Tottenham-eourt-mad ; when asked if his name was Vernon,
he said, " No."—Prisoner : You asked me if my name was
Richard, I said " No."— Mr. Parry felt bound to say
that a more limy e ise was never made out, and he
trusted that the magistrates would not commit. Mr.
Henry said, he was satisfied that (very person who
took a part in that procession committed an illegal
act, and upon that he should commit. Thomas
Wells, police constable, deposed that he attended
a meeting It.itween 9 and 10 o'clock on the even ieg of the 28th
of May. at a private house in Dean street, Soho. There were
about 200 persons present. The pi is utter was there, and made a
speech. He was speaking in the first piece in reference to
the trial of Mitekel ; be did not consider that he had had a
lair trial. Ile advised them to get pikes, but no• to carry
them beneath their coats, but on their *boulders, so
that every one might see them. He wished that the
Irish would come forward, so that every Chartist might see
them ; for he did not like to see a man like John Mitchel
own out of the country; that every man who did not
some forward ought to be Paned verse than Lord Jobn
Russell who had made himself so active in paring the
Alien lhll. A few hours would show whether Mitchel was
to be released or sent out of the country. No
other person spoke.—After other evidence, the prisoner was
committed for trial, with liberty to put in bell in the amount
of 2jol. himself and two bail in 100/. each.