The Express.
London, England, 1848-09-30 00:00:00

to the Druids Arms, where he said I should hear some anal-
mots that mold satisfy me of the propriety of stathig.
When the last Mild of her Majesty was bum he made ass of
a very olfdisive emersion towards the royal infant sad Mr I
Mejesty ; and shortly Wore the 16th of August he said to
Yea will sem see what we shall do; ws are nearly
ready." Davie always told me ke was a chartist. las not
• chartist, and whoa he wanted me to join the Manila
I ouly ridisaled his. I gave laimmatica of what I could state
to Mr. Roberts, Ms attorney fea the defame, en Thursday.
I hod sees coaversatlon with a maa named Bellows about
Mr. Davis, the great chartist leader at Greenwieb, being a
spy. It wee generally reported in Greenwiek, three weeks
or a mouth ago. that this was the ease.
Joseph Dunn rid: I reside at 128, Landon Wall, and as
a net assaufretuter. I as • chartist, and have been a
ameba of the National Chartist Ammiatioa. I have not
belonged to it sine August, 1846. The card produced is
similar to the one 'anted by the amottiation ia that year. The
plea of the emaciation has beat eonserwhat revised sane that
period, bat then Ms been no material alteration made in it.
I had bees a member from the commencement to 1846, and
took an main than in the mending& I acted as presi-
dent and Manses .1 the City of London branch, end I
always understood the object of the arociatios was to obtain
the charter by legal and coostitutional gives, or elm I
should not have joined it. I never witnessed any secret

peoeeedl
By the Court —Than will delegates at that time but
the plait abating chat-leaden was not at that time acted

up M.
Parry proposed to ask the witness whether the clue-
leaden wets not appointed upon the same principle as in the
Wesleyan connexion.
Mr. Baron Platt was of opinion that such a question could
not legally be asked. It bad nothing to do with the
question.
Mr. K. Dixon said—l am one of the directors of the Na•
(tonal Land Company. and a chartist' by political sentiment.
I know an emaciation called theNittional Charter A-sociation.
lam a member and have been so for eight or nine years.
The card prodneed is a member's card. I always considered
the object of this association to be to °Main the charter by
peaceable and legal means. To my knowledge there is
mains connected with the amociatios illegal, unconstitu-
tional, or otherwise than peaceable, and 1 know of nothing
secret about it. Any one can be admitted who signs his
name and subscribes to the rules of the association. It was
OW. tuwAuita to kel.l warmest ••••••ra.alert» with ether socie-
ties or to ream rebellion and insurrection in this country. It
had no object bat to obtain the charter by legal and constl-

Wham' linens.
Mr. W. 0. Cbinnery, clerlito the attorney for the defence,
was then called to prove that he had endeavoured to sub-
poena lour other witnesses from Greenwich, to contradict the
evidence of Davie, but the court rated that such evidence
was inadmissible,
Mr. Dixon wu sculled, and he stated that the banner
which had been produced belonged to the National Land
Comany, and was first used at • demonstration at O'Con-
numbs, in Mertiordshire, one of the National. Land Com-
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pl47i-istate•
This was the tha d !coma
The Attorney-General then proceeded to reply.—He said
be saint be excused for passing over mush that had been
mid by the learned counsel fur the defence, is their speedos
to the jury, and he was happy to say. that with sae
or two exceptions, which no doubt erase Irma the
mel of counsel in the course of the cam, be kW
seating to esuplaia of in the manner is whisk We &Own
Ami beset wawa& He should 13W pressed W 1 WA
Asessalet hese through the widows fee VW /mesa.
Ow% end he Amid that the result most M when
they mosidered the circumstances under wide Om
wee preferred, that they would feel emptied to Oat etE
s guilty of the crime with while itinueZmasekset%
li" appeared to him that the causal fir We
lartated tLe effect of the law maw idea this sharp wee
sa
preferred ; but at all events the semuideft they had made
against the statute ought not to lave say east. That sts,
tate had been paused by the almost nnenthems meant of
all clamors of the people's representatives, and it was now
the law of the land and they were bound to they it whether
it was food or had. A sort of complaint had also Was
made that be should have preferred an indictment for Wed►
mascot se we l m a charge of felony, but it was perfectly deer
that it might occur there were different degrees of guilt in the
waded of the prisoners, and that the eyes of some of them
might be satisfactorily disposed of in the form of a charge of
esiedesseesse. He then proceeded to describe the character
of the charge, and said that he was not there as en apologist
of the spy system ; but what he mid was this, that if such
existed, and were bold enough to brave public epithets
grroue:municating to the government the es'ateeoe of any
treasonable or dangerous conspiracy, be considered that tbe
government would neglect their duty if they did not set
upon it. Did they believe that a rising was intended? If
so, and he appritended the circumstances left no doubt of
the fee, what would have bent mid of the government if
they had permitted the thirteen desperate men under the
command of Richic to have consummated their guilty per.
pose ? If they were not to act upon terZmony of this descrip-
tion, it would be impassible ever to obtain uncontaminated
evidence in such a case until the metropolis was actually in a
blaze. In his opinion the government had done nothing
more than their duty, and, as he before said, they would
have shown a want of arsine*, and have neglected their
duty, if they had net instituted this inquiry. When they
received information that a number of desperate persons
were assembled for this purpose, what could they do but
direct that they should be taken into custody ) and, haying
dove this, to submit the matter for consideration by a
trate, end on his committing the prisoners for trial, it was
possible forth* government to shrink from prosecuting a pub-
lie inquiry into all the circumstances. The Aitontey-Cleneral
then went on to comment upon the evidence given by Powell,
and he said it was part of his ease that having deter-
mined to act so as to obtain information, it was necessary
that he should play a part, and if he had not acted as the
others did—if he had not exhibited arms when the
others were &termini dto resort to violence, if he had ap-
peared to be peaceable, they would have suspected him
directly and would have placed no weadmice in hiss, sad
his mimics would have failed. Was it true that there wee
an organisation to carry out some eject by violence t Had
Powell anything to do witti the meeting of the armed ems
under the command of Richie lathe Orange Tree —had he any-
thing to do with the others who were meeting at the Angel?
ltad he engaged the room for the committee meeting at the
Black Jack ? Was it proved that he had ever invited either
of the prisoners to any acts of violence ? No such thing.
The evidenceshowed they were willing enough to carry oat
the guilty act that was intended. He would now advert to
the subject of the National Charter Asociatien, as
it was termad, and he would meet Nye challenge of Mr. Parry
upon that point, and would beoedly state, and he trusted it
would have the effect of disabusing the minds of those people
upon the subject, that this amociatke wee an Mild
association, and every person YAWN" it was liable to punish- j
meet. What wen the rules elf this emodatios ? The whole
country was divided into districts, placed under laden;
wardens were appointed having the command of a certain
number of men ; there were damn who had certain duties
inkprr • an retentive ; sad other circumstances which,
is opinion, clearly brought the amociatien withis the
scope of the Combination Act.
Mr. Parry : If this association is illegal. the Astiwes Lair
League was also illegal.
The Attorney-O.BmA : He did sot say it was set. Whit
he erred Wee, that all such athwiatiene ea the 000
described,W wen illegal, and he hoped this public statitheth
would have the effect of deterring perms from continuing •
connexion with an association whisk was clearly ilk
and, according to his 'plaice, of the most
dan-
gerous character. The question in the first place wee did
the jury believe there was an intention to rice e in
iniUrreetgli on the night in question? Of that fact he did not
think there could be any doubt, and the only question was,
whether the prisoners were pored, by competent testimony,
to have been couemsed In that guilty Intention. The
Attorney-General then proceeded to p through the whole of
the evidesoi, comesestiog ups it es he promeded, and more
particularly on the eireammentess whisk wan relied spa as
corrobocetin of the teethaell of the scsamplies; sad eon-
Lbcuddy expressing a essideat opinion that they would do
their duty firmly, sad Wide the important pestles that
would be submitted to them, solely urea the evidesee, and
that they would not he actuated by wires is Amour
of the clown, or spies' the primers at
At sir o'clock the ere was again adjourned.