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

FFIELD

istrates that
in Sheffield,
.wing, they re-
nreali, and ap-
ut on all sides
aess, part in the
arracks: In the
were fired upon,
ts, and we regret
re of a serious na-
. in a rough coat, it
.n, was fired at, and
conveyed to the In-
racted by the surgeon
have been much hurt.

from n

One had his

which grazed the upper

part of his scalp, Wi11... 2r injury. In the course
of the night several were tam__ ,ners, and a great quan-
tity of -muskets,, pikes, daggers, cats • (an instrument with
three prongs, which is meant to be thrown on the ground to
destroy the horses' feet), powder, balls, grenades,'&c. were
seized. At one place the police discovered a regular store of
these deadly weapons, and they were brought to the office in
a coach, the body of which was nearly filled by them. The
picquets on the. Glossop road met a considerable body of
men marching towards the town, about half-past one in the
morning,. the " shine" of whose spears was distinctly
visible. The picquet approached within twenty' yards of
them to makevertain, and immediately came to the Tontine
and gave the alarm. On the other road bodies of men were
also seen, but the preparations made evidently had the effect
of intimidating them from entering the town. During the
whole of Sunday the greatest excitement prevailed in the
neighbourhood of the Town-hall, where a troop of the Ist
Dragoons were on duty, and at five o'clock the yeomanry
were called out, who continued to parade the Haymarket
and neighbourhood during the whole of the night. Yester-
day a great number of prisoners were taken, examined be-
fore the magistrates, and remanded. Some of the magis-
trates have been in attendance since Saturday afternoon.
From inquiries at the Infirmary last evening, we bear that
the watchman, Howe, who has two sword-cuts in the neck
and a wound in the back, is doing very well. We under-
stand he was 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 hack, 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 cold
conclude whence it proceeded. He is said to be a chailiSt,
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 be was proceeding to
Attcrcliffe, 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 than 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
lie 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
Dewsbury, Mansfield, Barnsley, &c.
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.,
bad received 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 filled 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.-1 am superintendent of
police. I 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 Holberry, 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 the 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 front 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,
"-Y 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 bards, 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, yes, I would, in
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 herds, them 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
arid policemen ; found there the two young men Booker and
foxhall ; the house is in a yard. On searching the house
ed a gun over the chimney-piece; Bland found another
corner in pieces, and Wild found a loaded pistol in
__. The wife of the elder Booker was in bed,
there was lying at the foot of the bed 391 ball cartridges
is different quantities. Found also two large bomb-shells
about nine inches in diameter, two hand grenades similar to
those found at Ilolberry'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 fire, 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 foundin 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 brought 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,
when they jumped over a wall and threw away a pistol • went
along with Wild and Bland to a person's house in St. Philip's-
road ; his name was Benjamin Glossop ; it was about ten
o'clock on Sunday morning; we found materials for making
grenades, a dagger, and ball catridges ; there was no person
in the house, so burst open the door.
Gregory Nance, a policeman, went on duty about ten
o'clock on Saturday night; went towards the Dams about
twenty minutes past four o'clock ; saw three persons in a
lane past the Dams ; when he saw them they ran away ; he
pursued ; two of them got over a wall ; saw something in
the hand of one of them ; saw him throw it away ; it was a
(leper in a stick ; the one now produced was found close to
the place. When I got to Booker, he had his hand over the
wall ; 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 Hadcock, 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 them to me, and 1 drew out my paddle to defend my-
self as well as I could ; in the scuffle I seized ope 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,
&c. 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
court, were removed whilst a detachment of-dragoons, 25 in
number, stood round the councillors' table and boxes with
drawn swords.
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.

a iowei• room

FURTHER CHARTIST MOVEMENTS IN
YORKSHIRE.

(From the Morniray Herald of yesterday)
DEWSBURY, Yoaxsn IRE, JAN. 12.—Last night the town
was taken possession of by an armed body of „,en, and the
private watchmen, six in number, '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 did ; and on 'finding that he would not be
allowed to proceed, turned round and retreated homewards,
.when he was immediately tired upon, hut fortunately without
receiving any injury. The party. afterwards continued to fire
their pieces off for upwards of three hours. Upwards..of 200
discharges were tired. Some trilling damage- has been done
to the lamps and posts, the lights being all- put out, and
stones were thrown through the windows of Mr. Mallinson's
chamber. From 100 to 200 men paraded the streets, and
every avenue to the town was guarded. •
DEWqBtRY, JAN. 13.--'' In my hurried note,' yesterday,
I forgot, to say that about three or half-past three o'clock in
the morning the firing ceased, arid 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
barracks 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 surprisinr,
that no more mischief was done, the whole of our police force
being three—a constable (who is Strongly supected (4' being
a chartist himself), and two deputies. The iphal?itaqu gene.
ralir are very thankful that no attack was :made upou their
property, and attribute it solely to Almighty God, in
not per-
mitting so great a sin, thatthe town was not sacked and burnt.