The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-27 00:00:00

MINGHAM CHARTIST.

BIRMINGHAM, Friday Evening.
This morning, about ten o'clock, George White,
the Birmingham Chartist, against whom a warrant
had been in the hands of the police for some days
past, was apprehended under the following circum-
stances : Inspector Hale was proceeding along
Hurst-street, when he accidentally saw White com•
ing out of the Fox public-house. The officer imme-
diately accosted him, stating that he had a warrant
for his apprehension, and took him into custody. He
was cited before the town Magistrates at one o'clock
to-day, and after his trial, and the examination of wit •
nesses, the Magistrates, after duly weighing the evi-
dence, were of opinion that they ought to commit the
prisoner for inditing and publishing seditious pla-
cards, and also for uttering language calculated to en-
danger the public peace. They had some doubt whe-
ther the language proved against him did not amount
to treason. They-therefore committed him to take
his trial at the borough Sessions. They should re-
quire sureties, himself in 2001., and two bondsmen in
1001. each, with 48 hours' notice of the bail offered.
BIRMINGHAM, Friday Evening, 9 P.M.
O'Neill was arrested near Dudley to-day, and com-
mitted to Worcester.

LEICESTER, Friday.
ARREST OF COOPER, THE LEICESTER
CHARTIST.

Yesterday morning, Superintendent Cotterill, of
the Newcastle-under-Line police, and Superintendent
Rhodes of the Handley police, arrived at Leicester by
the 9 40 p.m. train, with a warrant for the appre-
hension of Thomas Cooper, the leader of the Leicester
Chartists, on a charge of using seditious language, and
exciting the mob to acts of violence. The warrant
having been backed by the _Borough Magistrates,
Sergeant Wright, of the town police, accompanied by
Francis Smith, police constable, proceeded to execute
it. Upon arriving at the shop occupied by Cooper,
as a place for vending the publications issued by the
body of which he is a member, and also as a "coffee-
room" for the assembling of parties connected with
the Chartists, he looked at the publications displayed
in the window; When Cooper, looking over the blind,
said—" Sergeant Wright, I don't want you here;
you have no business with these papers, so move on."
Wright went on a short distance, when he beckoned
to Smith, with whom he entered the shop, and after
reading over the warrant, took Cooper into custody.
After hearing the charge against him, he said to his
with—" Pm done now, my wench," kissed her, and
after telling several of the by-standers that he was
" going to gaol," proceeded, handcuffed to Sergeant
Wright, to the station-house.
During the lime our reporter was at the station-
house Cooper communicated the following particulars
of his " lith," which we give in the first person singu-
lar :—" I was apprenticed at Scarborough, in Lin-
colnshire, to a cordwainer, and over the last' (an
instrument used in the business) learnt myself five
different languages. After leaving Scarborough, I
became master of a school at Lincoln, and it was at
that rlace I formed my connection with the Press. A
lecture was delivered upon an interesting subject, a
report of which I furnished to the Stamford Mercury.
After this, Mr. Newcombe, the proprietor, entered
into arrangements that led to my engaging with him
as reporter at a salary, with perquisites, amounting to
nearly 3001. a year. I remained in this situation
about 44 years, after which I went to London, where
I remained about 17 months, employing myself by
supplying articles to various periodicals and news-
papers, and also acting as transcriber at the British
Museum. I-subsequently became editor of the Green-
wich Gazette, but my ideas being too liberal, I left it,
and engaged as reporter to the Leicester Mercury,
which situation I vacated in a few months, and shortly
afterwards took the lead amongst the Chartists, whose
rights I will advocate even if it lead me to the scaffold."
MERTHYR, Tuesday Night.
The political horizon has cleared here to-day. Two
thirds of the men employed under ground at Cy,
farthfa have returned to their occupation. As stated
before, few in the other iron works were affected with
the Chartist spirit. Three were dismissed from Pen
y Darran works this morning for absenting themselves
yesterday. One of them has a wife and four young
children ; another fireman was discharged from Cy-
farthfa for taking a letter, he said he found, round
the works. Many more, it is said are on the black list.
John Evans, Esq., the manager of Sir John Guest's
works, gave 151. worth of beer last night to three
lodges of Odd Fellows, for not joining in the presen
delusion.

A Chartist meeting was held at Aberdare-hill this
afternoon, and another at a room in town, when it
was decided to go to work to-morrow. This has had
a beneficial effect on the inhabitants in general, and
confidence will, we presume, be shortlyrestored. It is
more than probable that many will be deterred from
working at present, if not for ever, here.
WEDNESDAY MORNlNG.—Merthyr be?ins to wear
its work-like appearance once more. The punishing
of the Chartists by the Magistrates will be the next
topic.
POLICE COURT, MERTHYR—FRIDAY, AUG. 19.

Magistrates present, G. R. Morgan, and R. Pother-
gill, Esqrs., and Rev. C. Maybery, clerk.
Isaiah Edmunds was charged by William Morgan
with an assault on his person, on the 4th inst.—Dis-
charged on the payment of costs only.
James Hatfield, coachman to Mrs. Gay, was
charged by John Thomas, Coach and Horses, with as-
saulting him on the 2d inst., on taking passengers
from the railway-station to Dowlais, and it appears
that a little jealousy has existed between them._
Fined ss. and costs.

charged by Margaret Miles, widow, with assaulting
fitter-up, of Dowlais, was
Nathaniel Llewelyn,
her on the 13th inst.—Discharged on payment of costs.
Richard Edwards, a knight of the thimble, was
charged by Thomas Thomas with illegally removing
gocds to evade the payment of rent.—Case dismissed,
and the complainant ordered to pay costs.
Benj. Thomas, butcher, was charged by Mr.
Thomas Jenkins, on behalf of tho Dowlais Company,
with hawking meat about the streets on the 25th ult.—
Fined ls., and costs.

Several other cases were allowed to be settled out
of Court.

MONDAY, AUG. 22.
(Before the same Magistrates.)
Mary Davies, of Pontyshorehouse, an unfortunate,
was charged by John Thomas, engineer, Aberdare,
for stealing from his person half a sovereign, and 10s.
in silver, on the night of the 21st inst.—Discharged
for want of evidence.

TUESDAY, AUG. 23.

Rev. C. Maybery.)
(B
jefaomreesGH.aßrrieAsi,olargboaun;er,
and Edmund Rees, collier,
were charged with stealing apples from the garden of
Mr. Jenkins Rhys, of Aberdare, on the night of the
22d inst.—Fourteen days of hard labour in Cardiff
House of Correction.

CARLISLE, Wednesday, Aug. 24.
Considerable excitement prevailed during last night,
and it was announced that the hatters and the stone-
masons had joined the strike. This morning matters