The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-09-13 00:00:00

WIGAN.

EXAMINATION OF THE CHARTIST THOMAS GERARD.
(From our own Correspondent.)
WIGAN, MONDAY NIGHT, 5 o'CLocic.—A special meet-
ing of the magistrates was held, in the Town-hall, yesterday
morning, at nine o'clock, for the purpose of continuing the
examination of Thomas Gerard, who was remanded last
Monday, on a charge of being concerned in the disturbances
of the 15th of August last.

Mr. Scott again appeared on behalf of the defendant.
William Bryham was the first witness called. He stated
that he was manager at Mr. Case's coal works, at Rose-
bridge, in Ince. Oni the morning of the 15th August, at
about 8 o'clock, or a little after, I was at the works and saw
a mob coming towards them. They were armed with sticks.
I asked them what they wanted, and they demanded that the
works should stop, and said they would have the men out of
the pits. I gave the signal for the men to come up, and the
mob waited whilst they did come up. They then went away
towards Hindley. A few of the mob again came to the pita.
when the great body were passing, at noon. on their road
from Hindley to Wigan. I cannot say that I saw the pri-
soner among the crowd, or in the course of that day.
Other witnesses deposed that the number of the mob was
from 8.000 to 10,000 men—that they brandished their sticks,
and had a very alarming appearance—that Gerard was there
reading a paper to the multitude—that they turned the men
from the mills, and knocked out the plugs from all the
boilers. After the evidence had been gone into for some
time, the magistrates adjourned, and when they again assem-
bled at four o'clock, three other men were placed in front ofthe bench along with Gerard as implicated in the riot. Their
names are William Catterall, stone-getter, and John Wil-
kinson, sawyer, and William Mills, carder ; but the evidence,
so far as it had been gone into when this report left, merely
implicated them as having been present at the riots, and that
Wilkinson had used some exciting language. The examina-
tion is now proceeding, five o'clock.)

PRESTON GUILD FANCY BALL.
The following ladies and gentlemen of Liverpool and the
neighbourhood were among the company at this grand fancy
ball :
Addison, Miss, Neapolitan peasant.
Addison, Mr. R., French court dress.
Atkinson, Mr. Jonathan, a chevalier of the reign of Charles
the Second.
Atkinson, Mrs. Jonathan, Gertrude.
Atkinson, Miss, Wallachian lady.
Atkinson, Mr. Joseph, West Indian planter.
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Benson,Benson Mr. Robert,
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Mr. R. Wilding, in the uniform
Mr. J., Spanish nobleman. of the 57th.
Crossley.Mr. H. W.. Sir Charles Grandison.
Bushby, Mr., a Tyrolese peasant.
Bateson,
of Charles I.
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Cannel', Miss, lady of 17th century.
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Cannel', Miss Margaretta, consortl7*
Cannell, Miss Mary Ann, flower
Clare, Mr. J. Legh,
Case, Mr. George, a Pk air.
tribe.
Dodd, Mr. Edward, Greek one of the Albanian
Eastwood, Mr., Sir
Eastwood, Mrs fa Falter Raleigh.
Farrar, Mr. William Ile)? dress.
port of Juddsh. , Hadjee Abdallah, Captain of the sEA-
Forshaw, Mr. R . ~ •
Grimshaw, M ~ court dress.
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Henderson, Mr.,* Circassian cnief.
Hughes, Mr. inenthligainr:.
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South American chief.
Lamb, M B., Greek.
Laird r. J. port admiral of the blue.
, Mr. W. Waverley.
MiCheane, Miss, Julia Ma.nnering.
M`Cheane, Mr. William, jun., a student of Madrid.
Millington, Mr., as a Turk,' and, we ought to say, a Grand
Turk.
Panatt, Mr. J., military officer.
Panatt, Mrs., fancy dress.
Taylor, Miss, Scotch lassie.
Swainson, Miss, an Austrian lady.
Swainson, Miss Eliza, a Greek lady.
Swainson, Miss Diana, an Austrian lady.
Swainson, Mr. George, an old English gentleman—looked
the character well.
Shand, Mr. W. Walcott, Greek.
Syers, Mr. M. R. Grand Master of Knights of St. John.
Syers, Miss A. L., Lady Ann.
Thompson, Mr. G. 8., Swiss dress. •
Thompson, Mr. Walter, courtier.
Tyrrell. Mrs. G., court dress, George Iv. -
Woodburn, Mr. T., as Rob Roy, and he
personation of the outlaw. made a capital
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"Leeds LOINERS."—Ha Jack lad; said a Leeds Joiner,
the other day, if thear wor nobbat thee an me it wurld, we
cud bye horses rare an cheap at Lee-gap
On Wednesday evening, as one of Mr. Waddell's coaches
fair.
was changing horses in Ock• street, Abingdon, the lightning
flashed very vividly at the time, which caused the leader,
which had been attached, to take fright and start off. The
horsekeeper stumbling over a post was unable to stop the
animal, who dragged the coach along High-street and Stert.
street, when, coming in contract with a house, his further
progress was arrested, fortunately without doing ally damage.
There were no passengers on the coach at the time..--Oxford
Herald.