The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1848-12-19 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

ATTORNEY- GENERAL in a very perspicuous speech  stated the case aga  John Latimori, of AshCon-under-Lyne, examined by 'Was a member of the National Guard, whose organization he described, and swore to the prisoners amongst others being members. They used to meet in the Chartist-rooms in Bentinel,  Ir. Weisby  ,t, where  they were drilled, sometimes by a man named Milligan, and sometimes by Constantine and Stott. Had seen all the other prisoners being drilled except Kenworthy. The witness proceeded to detail the proceedings of the Guards at their meetings, &c., the evidence being nearly similar to that given by him in the Ashton murder case, reported and fully proved the arming, the making of lg all  elsewher  the prisoners with one or of  her of these practices. On /ewers', and se the Sunday before the 14th July was veral of the prisoners were present.  Iheir objeCt was to  o " manage" the cannon in Mr. Hindley's park. They were to get horses arid draw the cannon, four in number, to the Mosley-road and plant two each way. His section was to stand a little higher up and when the soldiers came up to retreat and let the cannon give them a volley. The other sections were during this to form barricades with bales of cotton from Pickford's warehouse. The Districtßank wa3 to be barricaded ~,k_ as a place for them to retreat to and fire through the win dows. The magistrates were all to be taken into custody and the police caught. If they resisted they were to be run through. The entrances to the town were to be barricaded after they had beat the military. They were told at the meeting by Milligan that all other towns would be up on the next day. The day was fixed upon by a man from London, one from Halifax, and Milligan. Met next day at Bowers's, on the forenoon of the 14th, Constantine and Stott, Ratcliffe, Winterbottorn, and Bowers were there. Milligan came to them at 5 o'clock, and told them n to be ready t ' character from his minister, His Lordship having intimated that that was a question for consideration in a higher quarter, addressed the prisoners in a very impressive manner, congratulating them that they were not placed in the same position as the other unhappy men, upon whom he had just passed sentence. He urged them in earnest and feeling terms to discard such associations as those with. which they had been connected and which might have led them to stain their hands with blood. What would the charter—what would universal suffrage do for men in their sphere ? What they would most benefit by was universal work, universal virtue, and universal temperance and sobriety. Any good which they could expect must come from themselves. They must improve their minds and become virtuous men and good citizens. There was no man in this oountry who could not obtain property and advance his position ; but the sure way to effect this was by the paths of industry, virtue and sobriety. Again he would impress upon them the fact that all the advantages within their reach must come from themselves. He observed that Wm. Winterbottom had been proved to have been in company with two of the murderers, although it was fortunate for himself that he did not appear to have participated in, or been privy to their crime. He should be imprisoned one yeas, and give bail himself in £lOO and two bondsmen in £2O each, to keep the peace for am year; Edward Harrop, having been employed in drilling, 6 months imprisonment. and  ins own recognizance for a year; Edivrd Tetlow, who had drilled, 6 months and ditto; Jepson, who had not drilled, 4 months and ditto ; Bolton, who had drilled, 4 months, haying been in prison •, Thomas Huntland, not drilled, 4 months; and Healy and Jas. Harrop, 3 months  kNCIIESTER