The Express.
London, England, 1848-07-18 00:00:00

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RIOT AND RESCUE 0;A CHARTIST AT BRAD-
roit».—On Sunday morning a disturbance took place in the
vicinity of Manchester-road, Bradford, a district where a
great number of chartists reside. It appears that the police,
who have been for some tease on the look-out for the noto-
rious •' Wat Tyler, the chartist blacksmith," who bad made
a great number of pikes for iale, had got intimation that he
had returned to his domicile in Adelaide street, Manchester-
road, from which he had been absent some six or seven
weeks. la consequence, four of them went to the place, one
armed, to effect his capture, but no sooner was their mission
made known in the neighbourhood thin a hue and cry was
raised, and the neighbouring inhabitants *era mustered in
a few minutes. The police found their man, and seized
his person, but the handcuffs with which they
were provided proved too small for his brawny wrists,
and they failed to secure them. Wat effected his escape. In
returning to the Court-house the police were very roughly
handled, being beaten with bludetons and hit with stones,
by which they were very severely injured, though they es-
caped with their lives. A number of special constables were
immediately called out and a detachment of the m.litary
were marched to the New Inn, at the end of M. ncheater-
road, to be ready in cave of need. The tied force then pa-
raded up Manchester-road and traversed several of the
adjacent streets, where crowds of person, were. assembled,
and during their renembulations they apprehended five
persons, between the ag,s of lb and 30, for having
taken part in the affray. All this occurred during 'be time of
divine service in the forenoon ; and as the affair became more
generally known considerable anxiety as to the future peace
of the town was felt in many quarters, especially when eon-
eidered in connexion with the c reumstance that on Saturday
last preen placards were posted in the town of Bradford, an-
nouoclng that Mr. John \Vest, "one of the commissioners
elected by the chartists of England," would deliver a lecture
on Odsall-moor, near Wibsey, on Sunday afternoon, at four
o'clock; and that he would also address the chartists of
Bradford in an open space of ground opposite the Philadel-
phia chapel, in Wapping, on Monday (yesterday) evening,
at seven o'clock, on the sulkytt of the people's charter, when
a collection would be made for the defence fund. With re-
ference to this latter assembly the magistrates of Bradford
have caused notice to be given of the illegality of the meet-
ing, and of their determination to prevent it from taking
place. In order to carry out their views the special °rntable*
and military were ordered to be on duty at five o'clock. Some
of the more earnest of the chartists had declined their inten-
tion to persevere in holding their meeting; but it was
cot expected that they would succeed in their objet'. Yes-
terday afternoon, after the magistrates had been to view Ste
site of the intended place of meeting, and to concert withthe
officers commanding the military here as to the most suitable
arrangements to be adopted with regard to the projected
evening meeting, they attended again at the Court-house,
when the several persons who had been apprehended for riot
and rescue were brought up for examination—namely, John
Breaks, of hike, shoemaker, aged '2l; Mark Cockerhem, of
Horton, woolcomber, '23; John Spene-r, of the name place,
mechanic, 22; John Mean, of the same place, woolcomber,
19; and Barrett Long, of the gam, place, mill worker, 18.
The investigation was proceeding when our report was
despatched.
CHARGE OF lINLAWFUL DRILLINO.—At the Brad-
ford Court-house, yesterday, Edward Harley, a chartist
orator, was brought up for further examination on a charge
of unlawful drilling, but, as the case was not made out to the
satisfaction of the magistrates, the defendant was ordered to
he disharged. Harley was, however, immediately arrested
by a constable from Bingley, charged with a similar offence
committed near that place, which is in another division or
wapentake of the West Riding. He was conveyed away in
custody.

CHARGE OF FORGING BAN KERS'NOTES AT LEEDS.—
Yesterday a respectable. locking person, who gave his name
Samuel Battison H Ames, and who was statsd to have been a
solicitor, at Hull, but who has been latterly living in London,
was brought up for examination belore the mayor, at the
Court.hou,e, Leeds, charged with having uttered several
forged dl. notes of the Leeds bank of Beck-ft and Co. The
prisoner was apprehended on Sunday morning by Mr.
Superintendent J..mes, of the Leeds police, at his lodgings in
the suburbs in Leeds, where be bad bt en staying for the last
three weeks.. Several witnesses were examined, who proved
that the accused had purchased goods of them in small
quantities, such as a piece of hem, a bottle of rum, linen
arapory, tea, &c., which he had cleave carried away himself
and bad paid for in notes of the Leeds B.thk, which 1. roved
to be forged, five of the cases occurring on the 7th July, the
day before the forgery was detected. Each of the notes bore
dates the " Ist Jan., 1513," and purported to be signed
" For Beckett and Co., Mr ilium Beckett." Notwithstand-
ing the oaths of the several witnesses whose depaitions were
taken, the prisoner said be was innocent of the charge, and
that as to the eases of the ith July, ho should be ab!e to
prove an alibi. He was in consequence remanded for further
examination on Wednesday next, to afford him an oppor-
tunity of doing so.

ESSEX TENANTS OF THEMUCIIY OF LANCASTER.
The following rents are paid to the crown for lauds held in
this county:—William Wotton, Esq., for the manor of Ded-
ham Hall, and lands within the same, 801. 17e. 9d.; the
Rev. E. C. Ellis, for a piece of lead, part of the garden adjoin-
ing the vicarage at Bcdhem, 11. 10s. per annum; the same
for the site of Dedham National School, one ycnr to Lady-
day, 2s. 6d. ; the Rev. R. S. Grignon, for pieces of land lead
to the garden of Dedham vicarage, and the alto of Dedham
National Scholl, at 41. per annum; the governor of the Free
Grammar School at Dedham, far land used as a garden and
playground, 81. per annum.