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

PROVINCIAL.

AFPREHENSION OF DR. M'DOUALL, THE CHART-
tor.—Dr. M'Douall, the chartist, and lately a member of
the National Convention, was apprehended during Sunday
night at his lodging., the °delftllows' Arms public-house,
Ashton-under•Lyne, on a charge of unlawful assembling,
sedition, and riot. The time of his apprehension was several
hours after midnight, and a rescue having been talked of,
he was taken to the town-hall under an escort of police and
military, and a military guard was placed before the hall.
Yesterday he was brought for examination before the mayor
and magistrates, when the court was crowded with people,
and the large open space in front of it was also filled with
working men, but all appeared to b • peaceable. The wit-
nesses were policemen, and the tenor of their evidence was
that a gathering took place on the previous Monday night
at the Charlestown Chapel,Ashton, when M'llouall delivered
a lecture, from which all reporters and police.
men were excluded, and that after the meeting
was over, M'llouall headed a procession to the Odd
Fellows' Arms, from a front window, of which he
addressed his followers, urging them to arms, and inciting
them to acts of violence. The witness said guns were after-
wards discharged, but behind the house. After the evidence
of several policemen had been given as to what al'llouall had
uttered, Mr. Newton, deputy-constable of Ashton, produced
the placard calling the meeting in the Charles Town Meeting
House. In consequence of the placard he thought it his
duty to attend the meeting. Had been to the chapel be-
fore, and was not prevented. It said " admission one peony."
He did not offer money, because they did not allow Lim to
enter so far as where the money was taken. The meeting
purported to be a lecture. They prevented his entrance by
force, and said neither he nor any other constable could go
in. Ile said it was not " Mr. Newton thi y refused admis
sion to, but the special constable." M'Dousll afterwards
came and was allowed to go in, and he attempted after that
to go, but was again refused admission. Saw no one refused
cut the constables and a little boy. There have been various
oti'er meetings of the chartists out of doors, but he bad not
atteteded any in-door ones. Was of belief the inhabitants
were alarmed, and had been told by them if a stop
n a- .rit put to these meetings, there would be
1 bad result before long. They had a tendency
to induce people to organise and arm themselves. Was
also trld last night that it " we had gone to the meeting we
should crrtainly have lost our lives." He apprehended tle
misoner tills morning, and showed hint the warrant pro-
Loud, charging him with unlawful assembling, sedition, tad
riot. head it over to him afterwards at the office. He raid
the warrant wu filer el, on account of erasures and altera-
tions, and insists. that it should be produced in the some
state. and it was. Amongst the articles taken from his
pocket was a pocket-boot. There are dates which start with
Manchester, July 2 " : it has the names of twenty towns;
it appears to be a list of engagements, partly ful-
filled anu partly to be fulfilled. There was a Song horn the
RUA Mot. in It There were no love letters ; Mr. M'llouell
told him whit a ere love letters. and those were returned.
Among the letters was one dated ' Thomas street, llradfcrd,
July 14," which said that a person named William Bateman
had been apprehended; that he dad been a drill-
master, to whoa, they had given money to keep
away, but he had delivered himself up. There
were other letters also. Cross-examined by Mr.
Roberts: Went to the chapel to hear the lecture. West
for the purpose of giving eviu,ence if he heard anything sedi-
tious. Sent his officers lot the same purpose. Supposed he
was not admitted because the parties did not like it. Was

not bound to answer the question when the information on
which the prisoner was taken was laid. The warrant was
placed in his hands on Saturday.—Re examined: Recol-
lected a meeting some time diem to appoint a deputy to the
National Convention, and MTh:mall was appointed. Had
not seen him attend any other meeting since till the present.
—By Mr. Roberts: 'lnc fear of the inhabitants WWI not only
against out-door meetings but secret in-door meeting.. Had
heard there were several hundred pike' produced. One
person wu pricked, and it was thought it would have been
fatal.—By the mayor. Had never been reused to attend
publichouse meetings, but had been told that he would be
in future.—This concluded the case, and Mr. Roberta, the
attorney who had mom-examined the witnesses, said M'Douall
himself would addre,s. the magistrates. hi'Dausll then
spoke for upwards of half-an-hour, denying that he had
urged violence, but said he had expressly cautioned the
people against it. He was proceeding to call wilneues when
our report left.
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THE LEIGIf PEERAGE CAGE.—Barnett, the prin-
cipal witness in the late charge of murder agsinst Lord
Leigh, at Warwick, died about fifteen miles from Man.
cheater, on Sundae. An inquest was holding yesterday, the
result of which will reach us to-morrow.

RACE ROUND lEELAND.—The Liverpool Albion
state; that a novel match, for 2501., has been made by Mr.
Naylor, the bank •r, ar.d Mr. Thomas Ripley. Mr. Naylor
has backed his cutter yacht, the Sultans, of 100 tuns. tn
against Mr. Ripley's iron barque Panic 400 tons.
coast of Ireland. Oa Saturday, s...out 11007-
started on their novel crui.e, •L,:..artis. koic' ...ar
North-west Light-ship. "..ere _ote-se-' am
board etch of the rive.: iAtrocas .ad't.. star meae tr.
gallant style. Ti-e ova' .;,sea ea, ,„.,ae t.z sans
course round goins, .1 we v:...serr: moan' returnin4
by the nortnern .hs steam-tug, which took
out -et Satt.raav, r Arty .cinueast .o witness the start,
returned abo,* ewe-. o.act't :no evening, aa.l reported
that, at tr.e um• ,tt .eft the rival craft, tke cutter yacht was
tufty ,even rcl.ss t. :me windward of the barque. The
as tai= tne N.h.rod, Cork steamer, saw the yacht about
halt ast s!x an Sunilay morning, and the barque a little
...tier: ten, the former being about four hours' sad in advance
of its opponent. The fineness of the weather, so far, of
course, tells powerfully to the advantage of the yacht. The
match, from its novelty, excites considerable interest. The
time of return will of course be eat:rely dependent on the
weather and the winds that may be met with.