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the capital charge.—Mr. Sergeant Byles having acquiesced in 
this view of the case on the part of the prosecutor, who, he said, 
‘as hy no means anxious to press the charge against his mis- 
Buided relative. The prisover was called on to make his defence, 
oh id in a long and energetic appeal to the court and jury, 
detailing his grievances and accusations of anonymous as well 
as direct injuries of a pecuniary character which he alleged he 
had received at the hands of his uncles. These may be resolved 
into a claim, on his part, to certain information touching the 
management and disposition cf his father’s property by them, 
and a refusal of any such on their part. Concerning these dis- 
putes, asthe prisoner stated, certain Chancery proceedings had 
ely been instituted by him against them. His Lordship, at the 
close of the prisoner’s statement, which was very lengthy and 
discursive, calmly submitted the evidence to the consideration 
of the jury, who would say by their verdict whether that count 
was proved which charged the prisoner with having fired at his 
uncle with intent todo him some grievous bodily harm. 
injury indeed would appear to have been received by that gentle- 
n ut the prisoner might well have intended to inflict some 
signal mark of his anger or passion upon the prosecutor, though 
he had not succeeded in so doing; and unless they, the jury, 
should be of opinion, as he had now asserted, that the only 
object of the attack was to feighten and annoy his uncle, they 
‘would say so by their verdict, and convict him of the charge laid 
inthe second count. The jury, after a long deliberation re- 
turned a verdict of Guilty on the second count, and the prisoner, 
after a suitable exhortation from the bench, was sentenced to 21 
years’ transportation, 
Circurr—(Stafford).—(The Staffordshire Riots.)—The 
Queen v. Cooper and Others.—Thomas Cooper, Joseph Capper, and 
John Richards were indicted (together with William Bilis, who 
was transported at the last special commission) for conspiracy 
and sedition. ‘This trial commenced on the 20th March, before 
Mr. Justice Erskine and a special jury, and was only brought to 
a close on Thursda: e evidence on sides was 
ven at such extraordinary length, and the line of defence so 
considerably prolonged the trial, that it would be impossible to 
give in a brief abstract a clear notion of its ;bearings. 
course of the defence, the prisoner Cooper attacked the Anti- 
Corn-Law League. He proceeded to read from the ‘ Quarterly 
Review” passages from speeches by Mr. Cobden and other 
members of the League, and also resolutions of that body agreed 
to at their conferences of a violent tendency. He dilated upon 
these extracts with great energy and fluency, asking the jury if 
they could be guilty of the injustice of convicting the three 
humble individuals before them, whilst the members of Parlia- 
ment and aldermen still retained their seats and their honours 
after inciting the people to acts of violence and outrage. Those 
menwith whom he combined never burned houses, or committed 
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Anti-Corn-Law League. 
incontestable evidence. Was Ridgway to escape—was Mason 
to escape-—'was Cobden to escape — was the editor of the 
“ Anti-Corn-Law Circular”? to escape,—and innocent Chart- 
ists like himself, who were the sincere advocates of peace, 
Jaw, and order, e convicted? Having denounced vio- 
lence, the defendant said, he would next state to the Jury 
what really were the doctrines which he entertained, and what, 
vised the people to make a ge 
the object of advancing the views of the Anti-Corn-Law League, 
were desirous of plunging the country into revolution, H 
e really had taught them in the 
Potteries or elsewhere. would admit that, on the 15th Aug., 
there was a conspiracy ; but that conspiracy was not for sedi- 
tious purposes, but for the maintenance of ‘peace, law, and 
order.” The defendant went on to show, that his sermon, de- 
and promised to present, to 
Yomance written by the prisoner, but had not redeemed that pro- 
mise. hen he proved to them, he continued, that he was not 
in the Potteries on the 12th August, when he showed that, al- 
Chartists were guilty of agitating in support of their principles, 
they were only following, in a humble way, the example of 
e had sought to benefit his fellow-men. It was im- 
Possible to put out the light of democratic truth in this coun- 
try. The defendant concluded an energetic speech of upwards 
of ten hours’ duration by expressing his confidence in a verdict 
of acquittal.—Richards and Capper then addressed the Jury in 
short speeches principally resting their hopes of a successful de- 
to prove, and character. 
Wonccrable length. Their examination did not terminate until 
a ‘ 
e Rev. Mr. Hare, the archdeacon of Lewes. The de- 
Tettation alleged that the defendant had published a certain 
which anual divers libellous charges. against the plaintiff, 
letter was sent to a lady named Gilbert, The damages 
verdict for defendant. 
JipLAND Crrcuir.—(Leicester.)—Trial of William Jones the 
Chartist Leader.— William Jones, who had been out on bail, was 
placed at the bar upon an indictment, charging him with having 
used seditious language, and unlawfully endeavoured to excite 
the people against the police force and the army, at a large as- 
semblageé of persons, near the town of Leicester, during the dis- 
turbances in August last. The case excited great interest, from 
the fact of its being considered that Jones had been sent to 
Leicester, to supply the place of Cooper, as also from the orato- 
rical qbility of the defendant, who, it was expected, would m: 
a powerful appeal to the jury. Mr. Waddington for the prosecu- 
tion commence! imploring the jury to dismiss from their 
minds any prejudice they might entertain towards the defendant, 
and bring to the case a fair, calm, and just consideration, 
then proceeded to state that the indictment charged the defen- 
dant with having, on the 28th of August last, in the borough of 
Leicester, addressed to a large number of persons a speech of a 
most seditious nature, calculated to excite his hearers to an 
opposition to, and resistance of, the police. He (the learned 
counsel) admitted the right which Englishmen possessed of as- 
sembling together and freely discussing public grievances, and 
if they were of opinion that the assemblage in question was of 
a peaceable character, and that the defendant—although with 
then he would at once tell them that he was entitled to an ac- 
quittal. Although the right of free discussion might be exercised 
under circumstances of great delicacy, and sometimes public 
danger, yet if they thought the defendant had no intention to 
excite his hearers against those in authority, or induce them to 
such an opinion, because the charge against him was, that he 
could not but have had such intentions ; 
at the surrounding cireumstances—at the state of the town and 
of the country at the time when the defendant delivered his 
oration, as wellas to the persons to whom it was addressed, he ap- 
prehended they would be obliged to come to the conclusion that he 
must have been actuated by the motives ascribed to him by the in- 
e laws even with- 
A. proclamation had been 
issued by the Queen on the 9th August, in consequence of the 
public peace; and a proclamation was also put forth a few days 
after, by the magistrates of the porongh of Leicester, declaring 
all of persons in i numbers illegal. The 
yeomanry cavalry had been called out. A portion of them had 
been quartered at the county gaol, and the police officers had 
been insulted in the execution of their duty, about ten days be- 
On the evening of Sunday 
the 28th of August, a most improper day, the defendant attended 
i ds, and deli- 
vered the speech which was the subject of the indictment. He 
the words complained of, and called witnesses to prove the facts. 
he defendant then delivered a very eloquent address to the 
Jury, which occupied nearly four hours. The situation in which 
he was placed was not only novel, but painful; for although he 
had been born and brought up amid the wretchedness which is 
the lot of the working man, he had never before been charged 
with an offence against the laws of his country, and his charac- 
ter would bear a fair comparison with those who had placed him 
in that situation. He had to grapple with many difficulties, with 
the ingenuity of counsel, with legal technicalities, yea, even with 
the prejudices of that class to which the Jury themselves be- 
longed. He stood, however, at that bar the representative of 
great principles, and he was proud of the honour of being se- 
lected as a victim of persecution, because of his political opi- 
nions. He did not lament his not having the aid of counsel, for 
he should despise an acquittal obtai unmanly quirks and 
legal quibbles. Some persons in his si 
on their consenting to enter into 
peace, and thus compromising the freedom of discussion, which 
was the birthright of every Englishman. 
such terms—he would agree to no compromise —he was there to 
r justice—stern, unbending justice, and he demanded it 
for himself and for his country, in the name of the great Being 
y whom they had sworn to act justly. It was notorious that 
for many years the class to which the Jury belonged had had no 
sympathy with his class; and it was therefore possible that they 
might view his case through the darkened medium of prejudice, 
and feel a strong pre-inclination to convict him. But they did 
not sit there as the representatives of any political body—they 
did not occupy that Jury-box as members of either the Whig or 
Tory faction—they were placed there as the arbitrators between 
him and Government—they were there to decide whether he had 
or had not inflicted an injury on society, and all political consi- 
derations and opinions should be discarded from their considera~ 
tion. The defendant went on to contend, that he had not used 
the language attributed to him; both of the witnesses who spoke 
en a note on the spot, but trusted to their me- 
nto the part which they had 
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the least profundity of thought, and it would be great injustice 
to rely upon the sentences which they had given, concocted, as 
and tor- 
nounced the government as tyrannical.—Mr. Baron Gurney (with 
yehemence): Then 
conviction, my lord.—Mr, Baron Gurney: Y 
convictions as you please, sir; but you have no right to hold out 
to the people that the government is tyrannical: that’s a crime. 
—The defendant: I will contrast my language with that used in 
1981 by the very magistrate who committed me. [am the disciple 
of the agitators of that period, and, whilst following their ex- 
ample, the language attributed to me is much less inflammatory 
than that which J can show was used.—Mr. Baron Gurney: Ican- 
not allow it. I will not allow anything you are supposed to have 
said to be justified by what might have been said by other people. 
dence, m 
He would not accept } 
taken place. But there was a secret cause for this prosecution— 
he was a Chartist.—Mr. Baron Gurney: Youare not charged with 
i i ‘The reason why there was no further dis- 
turbance might have been that you were at once taken into cus- 
tody.—The defendant: It is of no use for me to proceed further 
with my defence. I would convince you, gentlemen, of my in- 
nocence, if allowed to adopt the line of defence which I had 
tt for myself. What became of the boasted right to 
his case in the hands of the jury, confident that the result must 
be a verdict of acquittal.—Mr. Baron Gurney briefly recapitu- 
lated the evidence, and, in no very equivocal terms, expressed 
his conviction of the defendant’s guilt.—The jury having retired 
for balf an hour, returned with a verdict of Guilty, stating than 
they thought the defendant had used the words charged against 
him under feelings of great excitement.—Mr. Baron Gurney sen- 
tenced the defendant to six months’ imprisonment, and to enter 
into his own recognizances in 200, and find two sureties in #25 
each to keep the peace for three years.—The trial lasted until ten 
o’clock at night, and concluded the business of the Assizes. 
8 NG. 
TATTERSALL’S, Tourspay.—DERBY.—73 tol agst A British 
Mr. Goodman’s Maccabeus ; 20 to 1 agst Mr. 
D. Cook’s 
Trueboy ; 50 to 1 agst Colonel Peel’s St. Valentine; 2000 to 25 
agst Mr. Ford’s Humbug; 1,000 to 10 agst Lord Exeter’s Lucetta 
colt (taken) ; 700 to 100 agst Cotherstone, Aristides, and Languish 
colt (taken). ~ 
d Beans ar 
a very dull sale on Monday’s currency. Oats are more saleable, 
and the stock is reduced. 
;RITISH, PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. 8 8 
Wheat, Essex, Kent, and Suffolk. . » White 42to 46 
——— Norfolk, Lincolnshire, and Yorkshi 10 46 
25 to 30 
hire. . 5 
Barley. + + + + + = + Malting and distilling 
Oats, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire Polands 13to 23 
es rarer Scotch 
eed —to— 
— Iris) . Feed 9toi8 Potatold to 22 
ns aes: vt evn E ee Sto 
Beans, Ma: Tick 22to 27 Harrow 23 to 30 
Mazagan, old and ne 26 
———’ Pigeon, Heligoland . . 1 Winds. 26 to 34 Longpod £4 to.28 
Peas, White . ie le 
‘Oats. | Rye. 
W 37:9 
thea? 
6 weeks’ Aggregate res a7 
Duties - .| 9% 0! gol gol u 
ARRIVALS IN THE RIVER LAST WEEK. 
Flour. | Barl. | Malt.) Oats. | Rye, | Bns. | Peas 
saa9 | g996'| 5062 | — | 1120) 361 
6 jiassa | — | 
4 ih = | 
° 
6) u 
0 
English . 7362 Ske, — Bris. | 63 
eR 
Foreign. — jy 
ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. 
Wheat ar! 
English . 2090 
Irish. a 
Scotch. . 
Foreign . 615 - 
PRICES OF MANURES, 
3d #3.d. 
Phosphate of Ammonia per Ib.7 
2 
Agricultural Salt, per ton, 
gical arate SiS tormples? 1 & 
al, 30s. to 112 0 
= - ine + sli 
Alexander's Compost per bush. 0 1 10 
Bleaching Powder per cwt. 112 0 
Bone-dustand half-inch Bone Ug 1g 0 
perquarter . + : 
Brimstone ~ perton 1110 0 
Clarke's desiccated Compost) s 12 6 
Rape dust. 
accord to quantity 
Rock Salt.) per 
petre. . per cwt. 
cate of Potash (pure) 5» 
Soda As er cwt: 14s. to 1! 
Sulphate of Ammonia, p. cwt. 
ite to1 0 0 
ld. to 1 0 
per bushel. 
10. 6d. to 128. 
perhhd. . 
Daniell'sBriste] Manure 
according to quantity. 
Guano (foreign) - 
‘according to quantity Sper cwt- 
— Potter's English 1 12s. to 0.14 0 <j 
according to quantity S__ per cwt 
Gyprum- ee aes 
according to quantity 
Hunt’s New Fertiliser, per 
of Iron pt 
— of Soda + » 
Sulphur. 
Sulphuric 
according to strength 
8 | Trimmer’s Composition } 
0 for Clover* 
0 | Do. Do. for Wheat, with. 
0 Silicate of Potash 
a Compost tor Turnips, 
per ewt. 
Muriate of Ammonia, p. cw 
_= Lime 
per cwt- 0 
Nitrate of Soda, 118s 37. to 0 
accord. to quanty. J p- cwt., duty pai 
Petre Salt, per ton, Sl: 10s. to 6 0 
ae 080 
Ursten, 4 perton 5 0 0 
© See his ‘Science with Practice,” pp.25 and 27- 
—$—$—$—$<$<—— 
INSOLVENT.—' # F 
BANKRUPT ry, Dover, linen-draper. 
BANKRUPT: sford-street, draper—I. Wilson, Tilling- 
m, Essex, ‘Bridpert-place, Hoxton, corn 
lace 
Glover, Bermondsey-street, 
e: 
Pym, jun. De ire, - ague, Bi: 2 
Pym, jun, Belper, pe gyer Darwin, Lancashire, coal-dealer—M. Seary 
Swndwr, Flintshire, ‘maltster—S. Thomas, ee nity er—J. sance, 
- ~Deit Forkshire, mason—R- and J. c ah 
Wath-upon-Dearn, Yorn, Bowman, Carlisle, woollen-dr ae 
Durham. ‘wood-merchant—J. Fi r 
H, Yeatman, eee 
Gloucestershire, druggist— gens 
ist—E. Miles, Bridge-h ‘ohn -street 
is er—J.W fe 
jronitchins, Andover, Hampshire, c : 
Nerer2J« Stanford, Cranborne, grocer—G. aBESs 
i 'r. W. Col oa 
» Leven, merchant 
farmer ; and Stonehaven, flesher—W. Davidson, Dundee, Liverpool], merchant. 
in, J et, Pentonville, 
coach’ proprietor. aller. on, Ring- 
wood, Hampshire, utham, ffordshire, 
miller—E. F. Smith, B it, Bristol, capenters—J. Clapham, 
Lees nsed_victualler. mith, Worcester, attorney—R. Younghus- 
pand, Naunton, brickmake: . Thompson, merchant. 
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MARRIED.—On the 27th ult., at Dublin, the Rev. Sir Nicholas Chinnery, 
. Awbawn—On the 
.—On the 27th ult. 
Earl of Abergavenny, K. 
Dunsford, upwards of 1 fe gta ee 
late Lord Rolle and his ‘Krustees, in hia 44th year—On the 18th ult., at Kome, 
the most noble William Duke of Manchester, in his 72d year—On the 9th of 
2 ves, New South Wales, Henry Robert Oakes, Esq.» 
the Hon. Kat ny's Service—On the 24th ult., at 
Reading, Lients<Cols Milford Sutherland, formerly in command of the 9ist Reg 
