The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-01-17 00:00:00

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lik rrui received by the gistrate - that
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_off Orly on Sunday morning, t y re-
, %o preverOny outbreak, an
.ap-
e Mao: , . o septqu.equets
.out on all.llides
1,,Kut,.., W troops in readiness, part hi he
,reer tug ...vA ainder.'at the barracks. In4be
to ~,, ,4. ....- co the policemen were fired upkn,
f4yA4.,... -• *ilres and bayonets, and we regioct
s tr . • ..unds inflicted are of a serious nat..
Walk wliZ, fitp"ln being dressed in a rough coat, it
; ilias mista':en- for a policeman, was fired at, and
pi-dgaly wounde! ;Via .he was conveyed to the In-
i.e.dild twenty slugs :sit been extracted-by the surgeon
i Tack and shoulders. -Others have been much hurt.
itis hat penetrated by stpell, which grazed the upper
Ps scalp, without doineut:ther injury. In the course
wight several were taken p: sinners, and a great qur-
muskets, pikes, daggers, (?:t.s (an instrument with
0 prongs, which is meant to be Wown on the ground to
troy the horses' feet), powder, bals'-,...Ergnadr
~ . :...Tc• were
zed. At one place the police ditovered a regular store of
.ese deadly weapons, and they wfre brought to the office in
coach, the body of which was rtarly filled by them. The
iicquets on the Glossop road met a considerable body of
men marching towards the tom, about half-past one in the
morning, the " shine" of whose spears was distinctly
visible. The picquet apprSached within twenty yards of
them to make certain' and immediately came to the Tontine
and gave the alarm. Onche other road bodies of men were
also seen, but theVrepuations made evidently had the effect
of intimidating them ,:i•om entering the town. During the
whole oft Sunday thf, greatest excitement prevailed in the
neighbourhood of tlt Town-hall, where a troop of the Ist
Dragoons were on duty, and at five o'clock the yeomanry
were called ont,,*who continued to parade the Haymarket
and neighbourhOd during .the whole of the night. Yester-
day a great nuiPJer of prisoners were taken, examined be-
fore . the magytrates, and remanded. Some of the magis-
trates have b nin attendance since Saturday afternoon.
From in ries at the Infirmary last evening, we hear that
the watch n, Howe, who has two sword-cuts in the neck
and ayv nd in the back, is doing very well. We under-
stand stand he. as also fired at several times up the Glossop-road,
but without effect. Henry Taylor, who was wounded beyond
the Twelve-o'clock, by a number of slugs being fired into
his side and back, being a worn subject, otherwise in a worn
state of body, is not doing so well. Taylor says he had no
intimation of the. attack, nor any given by which he could
conclude whence it proceeded. He is said to be a chaitift,
and that he had by some means given offence to his asso-
. ciates. The circumstances under which this last individual
was shot are curious. We understand he was proceeding to
Attercliffe, in company with another man, to fetch a relation
to attend on his wife, who was poorly ; and on arriving at
the first row of houses past the Twelve o'clock, in the Wicker,
he was shot in the back. His companion then left him, and
has not since been heard of. The poor man contrived to get
to a beer-house in the row, and having knocked at the door,
he dropped to the ground. The inmates of the house, who
were just retiring to bed, however came down stairs, and
every attention was paid to the wounded man. Mr. Watson,
surgeon, of the Wicker, was sent for, and extracted a num-
ber of slugs from his body. At five o'clock in the morning
be was conveyed to the Infirmary. There is another rumour
afloat, that he was a chartist, and was shot by one of the
same class whilst running away from the main body.
There are rumours in the town respecting outbreaks in
De-,vshury, Mansfield, Barnsley, Sco.
It appears to have been a generally pre-arranged_plan
throughout the country to have an ourbreak should Mr. Frost
be convicted. The troops at Nottingham, Stockport, &c.,
had rcccivcd notice to be in readiness.

TOWN-HALL, MONDAY.
EXAMINATION OF CHARTISTS CHARGED WITH
HIGH TREASON.
The following prisoners were placed at the bar :—Hol-
berry and his wife, Mary Holberry, Booker, Foxall, Booker,
jun., and S. Thompson, most of whom had been taken with
arms in their possession. The large table of the Sessions-
room was tilled with articles taken from the prisoners and
from the houses of the chartists, consisting of hand grenades,
two large balls, a large quantity of other combustible mate-
rials, also great numbers of long pikes, daggers, swords,
spears, guns, pistols, cats, and ball cartridges, giving to an
observer ,a fearful idea of the horrible nature and extent of
the proceedings of the physical force chartists in this town.
Mr. Thomas Raynor, examined.—l am superintendent of
police. 1 am aware of meetings having been held in the
rooms in Fig-tree-lane; on Thursday and Friday evenings
last I saw persons going in and out; from information re-
ceived, I expected that some disturbance would take place
in the town some way or other, but how I was not informed,

About twelve o'clock on Saturday night I went to the house
of olberry, No. 19, Eyre-lane, in company with Mr. Wild
and some policemen ; we saw a female, the wife of Holberry.
Wild asked her if one Hartley lived there : she said, " No
he did not. I know who you want, you want a person of the
name of Otley." In consequence of what she said we went
up stairs, leaving the policemen below. We found the pri-
soner laid on th bed in the chamber, dressed all but his
shoes ; he rose up in bed, and Wild said, " What have you
in your pocket ?" He made no answer, and Wild took a
dagger from his side pocket, whilst he was resting on the
bed with his hand. Wild asked him if he was one of those
persons called chartists ? He said, " I am." Wild then
said, " Are you a moral or physical force man ?" I then
looked at the dagger, and said. " Surely you would not take
life ?" He said, But I would in obtaining the charter, and
in defence of liberty." " Mind, (he said, lam no thief,
no robber ; I will fight for the charter, I will not rest until I
have got it ; to that I've made up my mind." Wild said,
" ou are very candid." I proceeded to search the box, and
the prisoner said, " You'll not find anything there, what you
want is up stairs, and I'll go with you." Wild said, " You
must go down stairs." He still urged to go up stairs." We
took him down and left him with the police. We then went
up into the garret ; the first thing we saw was a horse pistol
placed within reach of a person going up stairs ; it has since
been drawn, and was found to be heavily loaded with shot;
we found also: twelve hand grenades, one and a half dozen
fire balls, made of pitch and tar, three dozen of tin cases
wrapped in tow or hards, three torches, (the prisoner said
they were to light the grenades with) forty pieces of ball
cartridge, a hundred or two of iron bullets, fuse conducters,
iron pot with pitch in it. We brought the prisoner to the
Town-hall. I held the pistol in my hand and said, " Surely
you would not shoot me?" He said, "0, yea, I would, in
obtaining the charter ; I will fight for liberty and the charter."
I have seen a grenade opened ; we cut the strings, and found
first a coat of bards, then pitch covered with small pebble
stones and a bullet; in the centre a blacking-bottle stopped
up with a bit of wood with a hole through it ; a quill through
the hole filled with gunpowder, the bottle was filled with
blasting powder and slugs. Thomas Adcock, a watchman,
was brought in wounded in the arm about two o'clock, and
another watchman was also brought in wounded about four
o'clock; his name is Howe; he was very bad; was brought
in a hackney coach ; he was cut in the back and several
parts of the head. Information was given of a man being
very badly wounded near the Twelve o'clock ; sent down a
stretcher for him ; sent both the latter men to the Infirmary.
The prisoner Booker," the elder, was brought in between
four and five o'clock; he lives in Bennet-lane ; I went there
with Wild, Bland, Lieutenant Nichol, and a party of soldiers
and policemen ; found there the two young men Booker and
Foxhall ; the house is in a yard. On searching the house
found a gun over the chimney-piece ; Bland found another
gun in a cornet in pieces, and Wild found a loaded pistol in
a lower room. The wife of the elder Booker was in bed,
and there was lying at the foot of the bed 391 ball cartridges
in different quantities. Found also two large bomb-shells
about nine inches in diameter, two hand grenades similar to
those found at Holberry's four daggers, and a long sharp
pointed staff, down stairs. When they got to Booker's house,
the two young prisoners were sitting b the file, dressed, and
appeared as if lately come in. There is no other chamber or
bed in the house, but thinks there is a garret.—l went to
search Samuel Thompson's house about seven o'clock in the
morning, situated in the Wicker ; Wild, Bland, Lieutenant
Nichol, and policemen accompanied me. Found .a
dagger in
a basket containing groCeries ; Bland took it ; the father said
they were his sons. In an upper room of the house saw a
very long knife amongst the furniture; it was said to be
the younger Thomson's. Down stairs found in a cupboard
several chartist songs. Since that time, that is, on Sunday
and Monday, a great many pikes have been brought to the
Town-hall. A dagger in a case, finely got up, similar to, that
found at Holberry's, along with two others, were found near
the Dams ; some of the handles to the pikes would be nine
feet long. When Samuel Thompson, the younger, was
brought in, two swords and two daggers were )3rought along
with him. The soldiery were on duty the whole of the night.
I was in Scotland-street between five and six o'clock, with
ten policemen and a division of infantry; also in other parts
all over the town. In Scotland-street saw several persons at
a distance ; ran after three or four of them up a passage,
-ban they jumped over a wall and threw away a pistol • went
with Wild and Bland to a person'shouse in St. Philip's-
; his name was Benjamin Glossop ; it was about ten
.ick on Sunday morning; we found materials for making
,iades, a dagger, and ball catridges ; there was no person
,he house, so burst open the door.
3regory Nance, a policeman, went on duty about ten
lock on Saturday night ; went towards the Dams about
enty minutes past four o'clock ; saw three persons in a
ae past the Dams ' • when he saw them they ran away ; he
irsued ; two of them got over a wall ; saw something in
le hand of one of them ; saw him throw it away •, it was a
alter in a stick ; the one now produced was found close to
he place. When I got to Booker, he had his hand over the
call ; on the other side of which was found, at the place the
,first man got over, a belt; the bundle of cats and a dagger
was found a little further off, and about where prisoner stood ;
gave him in charge to a policeman ; saw another dagger and
a pistol which was found about the same place.
John Hadeock, a watchman, was on duty near the Infir-
mary, between twelve and one o'clock on Saturday night; I
observed a party of men coming towards me ; there were
from twenty-five to thirty of them, most of them armed with
spears ; I gave way for them ; they did not speak a word ;
nothing was said ; they attacked me with spears ; they pre-
sented, thein.to me, and I drew out my, paddle to defend my-
self as well as I could ; in the scuffle I seized one of the
spears, and one of them ,was run through my arm, and ano-
ther cut my cheek.
Several other witnesses proved that they saw armed par-
ties in various parts of the town, and found pistols, daggers,
t:,;o. in the streets after the people were dispersed.
The investigation was adjourned, and the prisoners, in
consequence of the improper demeanour of the assemblage in
rt, were removed whilst a detachment of dragoons, 25 in
• stood round the councillors' table and boxes with
words.

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At a late hour on Monday all was tranquil, and the town
presented its usual appearance, with the exception of the
soldiers patrolling in the principal streets.

FURTHER CHA
OR KS IS
MOVEMENTS IN
YE.
(Prom the Morning Herald of yesterday)
DEWSBURY, YORKSHIRE, JAN. 12.—Last night the town
was taken possession of by an armed body of men, and the
private watchmen, six in nnmber, obliged to fly. Mr..
Matthew Hale, merchant, who was out as an inspector of
the watch, on going towards the Leeds-road-end, was stop-
ped by about twenty, with muskets and daggers, and bid to
stand, which he dial; and on finding that he would not be
allowed to proceed, turned round and retreated homewards,
when he was immediately tired upon, but fortunately without
receiving any injury. The party afterwards continued to fire
their pieces off for upwards of three hours. Upwards of 200
discharges were fired. Sonic trifling damage has been done
to the lamps and posts, the lights being all put out, and
stones were thrown through the windows of Mr. Mallinsou's
chamber. From 100 to 200 men paraded the streets, and
every avenue to the town was guarded.
DEWSBURY, JAN: 13.—" In h •
my hurried note, yesterday,
I forgot to say that about three or half-past three o'clock in
the morning the tiring ceased, and the chartists left the town.
Almost every one of them was armed with a gun and a bay-
onet, and the party_parading the streets was headed by a fel-
low crying out, " Hurrah ! the town is our own. Death or
glory !' The magistrates, who reside about a mile from the
town, and who had not been informed before daylight (so
great was the terror of the inhabitants that no man durst
venture out), met in the morning and sent over to Leeds
harraCks for a detachment of soldiers, and about 30 of the
,
dragoons, arrived here in the afternoon. All has been very
quiet since,,. but rumours are abroad that to-morrow night a
.general attack will be made upon the town. It is surprising
' ' thatim more mtschief was done, the whole of our police force
being three—a constable (who is strongly supected of being
- . Artist himself), and two deputies. The inhabitants gene 7
• • 11Fxry thankful that no attack was made upon their
' ." • rty, 41F4.44trilinte it solely to Almighty qod, in not per-
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.2.ale • thatth e town was not sacked and burnt.
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