The Express.
London, England, 1856-01-21 00:00:00

IFFORVA77ON AGAINST MESSRS. JOHN
BRIGHT AND BROTHERS.

Oa Friday, at the Rochdale petty steeioas, a oats
was heard mast ewe of two taformatioas laid by Mr. C.
Patrick, factory anlvla for or the distil*, aphid
Messrs. Jolla Bright sled We ar/a of Roadsls. The drat
informatics charged the de/sadists with having had in
their mill, at Wardiewerth, on the 12th November, a hurl.
natal shaft, in modem. aad driving a scatebar, width shaft
they lad " wilfully Bugles ad war* to ham," whereby
they bad blamed • peachy * net tans thaw U. nor were
than 101. The eassailisermatisa sealabaed, is additha
to the Miegatioas of the Ora, the seatemsat that, in caw-
imam of the *glom. Thomas Illthelold had nistased
serious bodily Wary ; whereby the asesadests had incurred
• penalty of not less thsa 1111. aw salve than 1001. The
magistrates spas the bomb were Moms. Ow. Ashworth
sitietyailizesa), Fate., Abraham Brumley, A. H.
sad James Chalet*. Mr. R. B. B. Cobbett, of
Mamebesese__. Mr the prosseacha ; and Mr. N.
Baste, of lifirs.serailtar le the Natioacd Association of
Fastsey Occupies, (smem d by Mr. B. Whitworth, the
aseretary), for the who are members of the
assallatioa. Mr. Paid* was *meat, an was also Mr. Jamb
Bright.
Mr. Cobh*, after inmeiblag the eirctunateacas *aiding
the molds* S. Belmaid, eel that the muntrashaft might
* have been has* la same way, whereas it was sot famed
in nay war. Afilmag ells & lad bosa made to plass the
impostors is a mammy. Tie factory oarspien, or some of
them, said, " Toe require ate fame ; tall us what to do."
The Jasmine nplisd, "That is not oar blather ; but we
will tell yos what we nesinmeod"—aamely, restnagalar
hooks. Bat those who rendered promention usseesary—
who twisted apes gobs en without *lag anything to meet
the requireamats of the act—used the Wallet possible math
than as show that the impactors' resommeodatlon was bad,
without, however, sinking any suggestios of what they
thiamine thought would be better—la fem, they adopted
a mans of resist's*, merely. The appliesties of recta.
Nor books, the inspasters said, was (marl ;" they
by as Maw said that it was the relyir, possibk - kind
of fesielag ; bat they had said, " Do thud we will
take our thaws whether, technisally speaking, It is fearing
or not." The hocks were very morally mad ia Yoskthire ;
sad it was a fact that, with them, no accident had hap-
Posed. As putlansa of gnat maritiflo attaiaments, mina
famarms IMO* my—. Ws know better than your imps*
tosegil we de set think ewe of year hooka" Bat wrest
If did net. It wield be say a matter of good theta,
:dAge~siweeds these whom it was the ebb of
the * game* item very tearful ascidents, U,
the manadastarers submittad to Um elvesms*
of Om Obis Oil dig airt thiak equal to thems and
*Spied Sip pies is print the mislaid whits sadoithtsiUy
occurred.

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neasmilassi sse lielsoileld and ether witnesses imolai been
e,
Mr. Basle addressed the heath for the defendants. They
bad that day (he said) hue teat for the first time is the
Watery of melt seers that the we of books wee a (mortise
within the memaing of the not He bad slugs before
heard that what vies required wee a mould feacksg—
meths, se something thatameant to It. Bat be
deeded that books woad Misty Mr. Horner mod the sub
hoposeen ; for, sum time mine, whoa it was asked whether
kooks would be tits eithorele smalrunest, the .weer
was, " It 'moot be sold whoa may ultimately be required ;
the ass of beaks is 'Ely a saggestion." Bat sus after
that eaggesties az imperlent sue MY Melt at Sal-
ford ; in whisk the meth swimugliness deleted UNIT
wasvictite that the leo of heat would pride* tames
non dew tbsa shad km kook. the *We hero.
Ups. that seldom, Mom. Toter WI inset
the iftemedes, owatilsebe that its shah ereedeM
as to he awl of yeah wawa of meets,
week, It wee few * teased within the =soi of the
Mot eestlea. The seamen were maim sad weeld ha
glad, is abide by the decides of the mem 'dust sr
Omen that scald he found; and ender the 43rd motion
Mr. Esther had power to obtain the °plaice of oath gee-
dames with regard to anything be Right Wok dangerous
la a mill. Bury is. must WNW the sesideat that had
etwarried ; bat the witnesses Ilse the proraertioa clearly
proved that it was eatirelY des is disobedience, or Ma-
ritimes, oa the part of Schofield himself. It bad been
asked of the masters, "Why den% you briag in a bill to
.spiels the list section r i Vida hi replied that that
was the duo of the goverammet If the gevernmeat sham
to say, "Ts shall materially hoes every portiere of
year tosehisery sad mill rooks, whether such foam
be weeeteery or sot," the litrawte mast submit, so
far se regarded tbe adakdo of the la.; bat he did
net 01141111 die It pod.** he the heavers to be lereaght so
leftist so gross es kieedeatowe employen. la tide eau lb*
shaft was, fee .11 the power contemplated is the act,
securely kneed by hie yeeMeo, 10 feet free the 11,301. It
Mr. Honor's wtoWwe'et the act was right, end be was
detorseiloi to esferee 11. he was besot' is iseinea all neuters
without illatimaden ; M he waited uatil an widest °sparred
in a mill, he was morally tespusible for the Wary outsized.
But Mr. Berner no doubt felt that, salmis he could aims
before maghtrates sad appeal to their sympathies with the
details of an aesident, the deeisks at moo would be, " We
see no armed for say's( that this hostas of yoan is gear I
eery; thereioth, we dismiss the eau." Masers. Bright had
sot hese guilty of segleetieg to foam a shaft; they had
sated apes the beet opinion thecould obtaia; and they bed
dose that which they believed best for their workpeople.
la reply to the abalones,
Kr. Berle maid that the demurrer in as. of the cases sow
before the Curt of Quota's Beach distiusly »Med the
questien Illhattuat the height el shafting could be regarded
se mew Maw
Mr. Phloem Malawi a reply spa the legal puts of Mr.
Rade% Wesel; but Mr. Earle objected that it was seetrary
to palm The ease had boo mooed apes bets sad law,
sad me miasmas had bee. sailed ter the deism° • le aster
botera lutew a wilily stained soder sub eirmunstamic
Mir a eawelledwe, the CIIGIROSII said that the law
dean seen of that there was se right; bat the
beagle wsiid hear Mr. Cobbett as • matter et esartszy.

Ile. &VW. troornithg7-4"prieri ;To er. sis•—th;e4tehtos
tolthede sad won absinth the a quarter at sa hwy.
Os flobeetass. tho Claim= said, "TM Wash soul-
wethly Billie to Wind= sho an."
Kr. Waal rid ha would witithrhw the mead inform-
Borh—Bilthithether Grarthisse. Throe of the stove anis.
Mt" Ith..lßowen. Ashworth. Brlerley, sad Cluidelt.
aro athAstotharens—Messuthethr Courier.

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