The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1839-08-06 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

ARREST AND EXAMINATION OF CHARTISTS AT MANCHESTER.  (From our own Correspondent.)  The authorities appear at length to have aroused from their lethargic state, and have at least made some show of a determination to suppress the Chartist conspiracy. On Saturday several of the more violent leaders, including the Rev. Mr. Jackson, and Mr. Tillman, secretary of the Chartist Society, were arraigned at the bar of the Borough Court. The other prisoners were two men named Linney and Smith. Mr. Brandt appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Cobbett, a radical attorney in this town, made a lame defence for the prisoners. The charge was fully proved against them, and Jackson was ordered to find bail, himself in £3OO, and two sureties of £l5O, and the others in half the amount. In default they were sent off to Kirkdale Gaol. During the Sunday other parties were arrested, and were examined before the magistrates .on Monday (yesterday).—A desperate ruffian, named Samuel Scott, residing in Hulme, was taken after a most violent resistance ; and on searching his house the following were found in his possession :-68 ball cartridges, 168 leaden bullets, lb. of powder, and one fowling-piece. The Court-room was crowded to excess, and a number of persons had congregated around the building. Mr. Beswick stated that in consequence of information he had received on Sunday afternoon, he sent four policemen to the house of the prisoner. Policeman AP Mullen deposed, that yesterday afternoon, he went to the prisoner's house, accompanied by Boothby, Wolverton, and another. When they went into the house, they made some enquiry, and asked if a person of the name of Scott lodged there, upon which a woman called him down stairs. In consequence of his suspicious appearance, they thought all was not right up stairs, and attempted to go up. The prisoner then said, " Before you shall go up I will die,''.and instantly seized witness. Hovenden next attempted to go up stairs, and succeeded after an endeavour on the part of the ; risoner's wife to prevent him. The prisoner struggled hard for some time with witness, but he was at length overpowered. Policeman Hovenden deposed, that when he went up stairs, he saw a large chest of drawers open, in which was a quantity of powder in a paper that was spread open, and the whole of the cartridge, which Mr. Beswick produced, was lying by the powder, as it the person was at work making them. There was also a lot of paper for the purpose of making cartridge. He took them with the prisoner in getting into the coach, which they had provided: there were about 1,000 persons assembled, whose conduct was exceedingly violent. The crowd followed them to the lock-ups at Chorlton-uponMedlock, where they were compelled to take refuge. They were pelted with stones, and the damage done to the carriage amounted to £6. 7s. He was much bruised about the body. Policeman Boothby, said, that he found the gun in a clock case. He asked prisoner where he got it, when he replied, that he bought it last night. His wife said, " I often wanted you to leave this thing alone, 1 told you what would be the end of it." He made no answer.  Mr. Beswick produced a card, from which it appeared that the prisoner was a member of the Political Union in Manchester.  One of the policemen said, that at the time prisoner was secured in the passage, he and his wife called out " murder," and called on the mob outside to break open the door, saying, " Now is your time, if you mean to do it." The prisoner was as violent as any man he met with. She struck him about fifty times. Mr. MAUDE then asked the prisoner what account he could give of himself? and what he had cartridge ball in his possession for ? The prisoner said, " I have no account to give, except that I had them to shoot at a target with. Mr.