Simultaneously with the arrests of leading Chartists mentioned last week,

on account of some seditious proceedings at a meeting in Manchester on the 17th of August, others occurred in various parts of the country. First, as was mentioned in our last Postscript, Mr. Feargus O'Connor was arrested at Highgate, on Friday, and Mr. Archbold Campbell, a bookseller, (or, according to another description, a coffeeshop-keeper,) and Chartist lecturer, in London. At Manchester, on Friday, nine Chartists were arrested—James and William Scholefield, James Leech, John Massey, Robert Ramsden, Thomas Railton, Christopher Doyle, James Elison, and John Norman. They were placed before the Magistrates, and remanded, with the exception of William Scholefield, who was liberated on bail. The Reverend William Hill, editor of the Northern Star newspaper, was arrested at Leeds on Friday, on the same charge of seditious conspiracy at the meeting in Manchester on the 17th August. At Mr. Hill's office a refusal was given to the application to search for papers ; and the police, not being provided with a warrant, admitted their inability to make a forcible search. Mr. T. B. Smith was apprehended on the same charge as Mr. Hill. George Julian Harney, a bookseller of Sheffield, and R. Otley, of the same town, were arrested there on Friday or Thursday. Bernard M'Cartney, a Chartist lecturer, was arrested in Liverpool on Thursday. James Arthur, a bookseller and Chartist lecturer, was arrested at Carlisle on Friday. Campbell, Hill, Harney, Otley, and Arthur, were placed before the Manchester Magistrates on Saturday, and remanded till Tuesday. Bernard M'Cartney had been examined with the Manchester Chartists, on Friday. The prisoners, their number increased to twenty, were again brought before the Manchester Magistrates on Tuesday. Mr. R. Brandt stated, that they were charged with "unlawfully conspiring together to excite her Majesty's subjects to sedition and disaffection against the laws of the realm, and to cause insurrections, riots, tumults, and illegal assemblies, and by force, violence, and intimidatioh, to prevent certain of her Majesty's subjects from following their lawful occupations, or to force them to depart therefrom and generally to disturb the peace of the Queen." He gave an outline of the circumstances which gave rise to the charge— On the 17th August, there appeared on the walls of Manchester a placard headed "The Executive Committee of the National Charter Association," addressed "to the People," and calling them "Brother Chartists." He proposed to show that the defendants, every one of them, were cognizant of this document ; that they approved of it, and were desirous to publish it, and to act upon it ; and he must say, that more dangerous, more bloodthirsty sentiments, as it appeared to him, could not be expressed than were contained in that document When that placard appeared, the authorities were, of course, exceedingly anxious to ascertain whence it emanated. The printer, bold enough certainly, put his name to the paper : it was found that it had been printed at the premises of a man named Turner: a copy of the bill, on which there were manuscript alterations marked, was found there; and it was clearly traced home to some of these parties. It was found that this did really emanate from what was called "the Executive Committee of the National Charter Association." All the defendants, he believed, were connected with this Association as delegates, and two of them held official situations in that Association. The defendant Leach was not only one of the Executive Committee, but he was also President of the Association. The manuscript corrections on the printed copy were in the handwriting of Peter M'Douall, [not in custody] ; John Campbell was Secretary to the Executive Committee; Leach and Scholefield had the placard posted at their own doors. Mr. Feargue O'Connor was present at the meeting on the morning of the 17th of August, in Mr. Scholefield's chapel; at which the following resolution was passed—" That while the Chartist body did not originate the present cessation from labour, this Conference of Delegates from various parts of the kingdom express their deep sympathy with the working-men now on strike; and that we strongly approve of the extension and continuance of the present struggle till the People's Charter becomes a legislative enactment, and decide forthwith to issue an address to that effect, and pleilge ourselves, on our return to our respective localities, to give a right direction to the people's efforts." Mr. O'Connor' the sole proprietor of the Northern Star, agreed to publish the resolution in that paper. Mr. O'Connor pointed out the illegality of the address; but subsequently he agreed to publish it in the Northern Star, as an advertisement.

Evidence was then given respecting the riotous state in which Manchester was at the time the seizure of the type and form from which the placard was printed ; and the presence of the several prisoners at Mr. Scholefield's house. The evidence, however, went to show that the manuscript corrections on the proof of the placard were made by one Cartledge.

Among the witnesses was William Griffin, lately a reporter of the Northern Star; who was present on the meeting of the 17th. He said, that Mr. O'Connor suggested the substitution of the words "approve of" for recommend the extension," and so forth, in the resolution quoted above. Griffin was subjected to a long cross-examination by M'Cartney. He said that the meeting of the 17th was first called together by the Monument Committee, [for constructing a monument to Mr. Henry Hunt,] to revise the plan of organization, and "to do away with all bickerimgs among leaders." He himself suggested it to Mr. Scholefield, and Mr. Scholefield to the Committee. At that time he knew nothing of the strike : "the meeting was to be en entirely different business from what was transacted on that day." Griffin was to write an address, for which the Monument Committee paid him Sc. After he left the Northern Star, Mr. Scholefield gave him work at his original trade, and employed him to paint and grain his chapel. The crossexamination now tended to elicit some admission of mercenary motives to Griffin's evidence— "1 got a summons to attend and give evidence here. It is dated the lit of October. I was spoken to previously many times."

M'Cartney—" By whom 7 "

Mr. Brandt said, he would not interpose to prevent the answer. Witness—" By Mr. Irwin. The first time is nearly a fortnight ago; and I refused him several times. He sent a party to me ; and I gave the conversation which took place between me and the messenger, through the Evening

Star, to show his vigilance in mating inquiry. I conceived it to be my duty to my own party to expose it." M'Cartney—" What party do you call yours ?

Witness—" The party I reported for through the press ; the Chartists. • • • I was not in correspondence with the authorities when I milled on you in this prison. They had solicited me for information when I saw you leave the town for Liverpool ; and I had refused giving them all the information. I gave them a part, and you were included in that information. I felt then, and do now, a sympathy for your situation in being imprisoned. I have no expectations, and, am as.poor now as before I gave the information. I have never been promised any thing. I was solicited for information. I said, 'although it is truth, it is a dangerous step to take; my living would be lost. No sooner have I given it, that I cut myself off from the Chartists, and I shall demand my expenses, raid throw myself on your protection.' I had never been tampered with, directly or indirectly, prior to the 17th August. I do not conceive it a reward to receive my expenses and my lodgings. If that is a reward, I plead guilty to it. I have been expecting a situation these three months under the Statesman, and under the Evening Star. Mr. O'Connor promised it to me ; and I therefore demanded of Irwin that he should keep me so long as he wanted

my services ; and the summons bears me out in demanding it. • * * I

stated yesterday week, in a public-house, if the Chartists would furnish me with money to leave the country, I should not have been there to appear against

them, and that that was the wisest course they could have taken. (" Oh!") There is no trade in giving evidence, so far as lam concerned. If the Chartists had given me money it would have been for their own sakes. But they never came near me; they neglected me, instead of allowing me to quit this country. * • • It was told me last night, that if I appeared here today I should be shot."

Mr. Cobbett contended for the prisoners, that the meeting of the 17th was not illegal ; and that in respect to four of them, Norman, Arthur, Ramsden, and Fletcher, no case whatever had been made out. Those four were discharged. The remainder were held to bail to answer the charge at the ensuing trials, under the Special Commission, at Liver The following, we believe, is the placard referred to by Mr. Brandt, upon which so much is founded

THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NATIoNAL CHARTIST ASSOCIATION.

"Torus PEOPLE! 1!

"Brother Chartists—The great political truths which have been agitated during the last half century have at length aroused the degraded and insulted white slaves of England to a sense of their duty to themselves, their children. and their country. Tens of thousands have flung down their implements of labour. Your taskmasters tremble at your energy. and expecting MIMED eagerly watch this the great crisis of our cause. Labour must no longer be the common prey of masters and rulers. Intelligence has beamed upon the mind of the bondsman ; and he has been convinced that all wealth, comfort, and produce—every thing valuable, useful, and elegant—have sprung from the palm of his hand: he feels that his cottage is empty, his bar* thinly clad, his children breadless, himself hopeless, his mind harrassed, and his body punished, that undue riches, luxury, and gorgeous plenty might be heaped in the palaces of the taskmasters, and flooded into the granaries of the oppressors. Nature. ,God, and Beason have condemned this inequality ; and in the thunder of a people's voice it must perish for ever. He knows that labour, the real property Of society, the sole origin of accumulated property, the first cause of all national wealth, and the only supporter, defender, and contributor to the greatness of our country. is Oat possessed of the same legal protection which is given to these lifeless effects, the houses, ships, and machinery which labour have aloue created. He knows that if labour has no protection, wages cannot be upheld, nor in the slightest degree regulated, until every workman of twenty-one years of age and of sane mind is on the same political level as the employer. He knows that the Charter would remove, by universal will, expressed in Universal Suffrage, the heavy load of taxes which now crush the existence of the labourer, and cripple the efforts of cowmeree; that it would give cheap government as well as cheap Toad; high wages as well as low taxes; bring happiness to the hearthstone, plenty to the table, protection to the old, education to the young. permanent prosperity to the country. long-continued protective political power to labour, and peace, blessed peace, to exhausted humanity and approving nations. Therefore, it is that we have solemnly sworn, and one and all declared, that the golden opportunity now within our grasp shall not pass away fruit. less ; that the chance of centuries, afforded to us by a wens and all-seeing God, shall not be lest; but that we do now universally resolve, never to resume labour until tabour's grievances are destroyed, and protection secured for ourselves, our suffering wives, and helpless children, by the enactment of the People's Charter. " Englishmen ! the blood Of your brothers reddens the streets of Preston and Blackburn, and the murderers thirst for more. Be firm, be courageous. be men— peace, law, and order have prevailed on our side—let them be revered until your brethren in Scotland. Wales, and Ireland, are informed of your resolution.; and when a universal holyday prevails, which will betheeaseiu eight days, then of what use will be bayonets against public opinion? What tyrant can then live above the terrible tide of thought and energy. which is now flowing fast, under the guidance of man's intellect, which is now destined by a Creator to elevate his people above the reach of want, the rancour of despotism, and the penalties of bondage ? The Trades, a uoble, patriotic band, have taken the lead in declaring for the Charter. and drawing their gold from the keeping of tyrants. Follow their example. Lend no whip to rulers wherewith to scourge you. " Intelligence has reached us of the wide-spreading of the strike ; and within fiftv miles of Mauchester every engine is at rest, and all is still, except the miller's useful wheels and friendly sickle in the fields. " Countrymen aud Brothers I—Centuries may roll on as they have fleeted past before such universal action may be again displayed : we have made the cast for liberty, and we must stand, like num, the hazard of the die. Let none despond. Let all be cool and watchful, and, like the brideniaids in the parable, keep your lamps burning ; and let your coutinued resolution be like a beacon to guide those who are now hasteuing far and wide to follow sour memorable example. " Brethren—We rely upon your firmness : cowardice. treachery, or womanly fear would east our cause back for half a ceutury. Let no man, woman, or child break down the solemn pledge ; and if they du. may the curse of the poor and the starving pursue them ; they deserve slavery who would madly court it. " Our machinery is all arranged, and your cause wit I in three days be impelled onward fay all the intellect we sian surnmontoita aid. Therefore, the whilst you are peaceful. be firma; whilst you are orderly, make all be so likewise; and whilst you look to the law. re,member that you bad no voice in making it, and are therefore the slaves to the will, the law, and the price of your masters.

" All officers of the Association are called upon to aid and assist in the peaceful extensiou of the movement, and to forward all monies for the use of the delegates who may be expressed over the country. Strengthen our hands at this crisis. Support your leaders. Bally round our sacred cause ; and leave the decision to the God of justice and of battle.'

Although Manchester remains without any general disturbance, there are signs of a bad feeling at work. Occasionally a placard appears: one was posted on Saturday, involving charges against Messrs. Ashton. A man was killed en Friday night, and his body was not recognized or claimed. It is said that some men have been "marked."

On the 1st instant the conduct of the Police reverted to the Corporation of Manchester.

Mr. Gregory, the Government solicitor, has passed from Manchester to Stockport. His investigations have led to the arrest of several other persons who were implicated in the late riots, and especially in the attaek on the Union Workhouse; they were examined before the Magistrates on Tuesday, and eommitted for trial. Some arrests have also taken place at Ashton-under-Lyne; and, to the surprise of many, among the persons seized was Mr. George Southern, a millowner. He and six Chartists were placed before the Magistrates on Monday, and held to bail on a charge of seditious cianaptracy. The Bolton Ottani& contains an account of a series of poisoning cases, which, if the present appearances be borne out, form one of the most atrocious stories of crime upon record. An inquest was held at

Little Bolton, on Thursday week, on William Eccles, aged fifteen, the son of Henry Eccles, a carter, who has born an excellent character ; and a post snorters examination of the body made it apparent that he had been murdered, a large quantity of arsenic being found in the bowels. The inquest was adjourned till Tuesday, for further inquiries to be made. They supplied the materials of the following story " It appears that Betty, then a widow, was married about two years ago go Henry Eccles, a carter, of respectable character, who was then in the service of

Mr. Hardcastle, of Firwood ; but was discharged in consequence of some/au

pas on the kart of his wife, and has since been working at Manchester, the family remaining at Little Bolton. Shortly before her second marriage, she

buried two daughters, one about seven and the other about nine years of age, within a fortnight of each other ; and from the circumstance of their having died suddenly, it is now suspected that they also fell victims to her extraordinary

and unaccountable predilection for poisoning. Her first husband also died. suddenly, but having been unwell for some time previously, there was no suspicion of foul play, although it is now hinted that he did not die from natural causes—in fact, that all her family, excepting those alive, have received a

helping hand. She has been the mother of ten children, and eight of them have died suddenly ; and, if we add the step-son [William Eccles] and first husband, she may be supposed -to have poisoned ten persons. On Monday

morning last, her present husband left home to attend his work, and remarked, Now, Betty, look to the children while I am away, and in a week or two we will remove to Manchester.' She replied, I always do look after them'; and the man went away contented : indeed, there was no reason for complaint as to harsh treatment on her part, but, on the contrary, she was always very kind to them, so far as appearances went." William Eccles seems to have been poisoned in a plum-pudding. On Friday. the bodies of four other children were exhumed—three children of Betty, buried respectively in March 1840, in October 1840, and in December 1840. The fourth was the body of an eleventh victim, who is also guessed to have suffered under what seems to be Betty's murderous parsimony ; to which she was not even tempted by distress " The prisoner, in March last, was nurse to a child of Mr. James Haywood of Bradshaw, which it is to be feared also met its death by poison. On the Saturday preceding the death of this child, the prisoner went to Mr. Haywood, and requested him to let her have two flock-beds, as she was desirous to take lodgers, and wished to have this accommodation. Mr. Haywood told her tq call on the following Monday; which she did, and received the beds, and the condition was, payment was to be made for them out of what was given for nursing the child. On the following day the child died, and the prisoner has riot yet paid for the beds; and the presumption is she put the child out of the way to avoid payment." At the inquest, on Tuesday, several of these facts were formally deposed. Mr. Joseph Denham, a surgeon, examined the bodies which had been disinterred, and transferred the stomachs to Mr. Watson, a chemist, who analyzed the remains. In the stomachs of Nancy Haslam and Alice Haslam he found a considerable quantity of arsenic in powder ; but in the stomachs of Hannah Haslam and William Hatton Haywood. none. To one of the witnesses Betty denied that she had ever in her life bought any poison : it was proved that she bought some arsenic of Mr. Mosrcop, a druggist, just before William Eccles's death. The prisoner declined to say any thing in her own defence. The Jury retained a verdict against her of "Wilful Murder, for causing the death by poison of William Eccles, aged fifteen, Alice Haslam, aged ten years, and Nancy Haslam, aged six years." She was committed under the Coroner's warrant, to Kirkdale Gaol, for trial. On leaving the room, she turned round and thanked the Jury far their kindness. She was carried away in a post-chaise amid the bootings of the mob. Edward Lilbuxn and his mother, an old woman, were committed for trial at Lincoln, on Friday, on a Coroner's 'warrant, for the wilful murder of Lilburn's wife. She expired under the protracted ill-treatment of her husband's mother-in-law ; one blow from the man at last terminating her miseries. She was accused of habitual drinking. Evidence was given that the murderer was instigated by his mother, after they had been detected by the wife in an incestuous intercourse. The Derby Reporter tells of a brutal murder committed last week. Two old maiden ladies, the Misses Goddard, the elder of whom was in her seventieth year, lived together quite alone, in a house near Stanley, that stood by itself in the midst of fields and orchards. Soon after midnight on Thursday, two savage-looking men emerged from the coal-cellar, knocked down one of the old ladies whom they found in the parlour, and beat her with their fists and crowbars. She gave them money ; and when she thought they had gone, went up stairs to the bedroom of her sister, whom she found weltering in her blood and dying. The men bad completely ransacked the house. Government have offered 1001. reward for the discovery of the murderers, the friends of the Misses Goodard 1001. more. Two men are in custody on suspicion. A foreign gentleman, who calls himself the Archbishop of Tripoli, was arrested at Birmingham on Tuesday, on a charge of imposture. He professes to be collecting money to commence restoring a number of churches destroyed during the late war in Syria, and to &Rase education on Scriptural principles ; and he boasts the support of the highest Church dignitaries in-this country. Ile is accompanied by a young Syrian, who is to remain in this country to be educated, in order to his ordination by the Archbishop. The Prelate produced a variety of documents, which the Magistrates held to disprove the accusation.; and he was dicharged. A letter appears in this morning's Herald, signed Henry G. Williams, and dated from Emanuel College, Cambridge, testifying to the Archbishop's rank, and stating that he has been recognized by Lord Pal:. merston in his official capacity, and has been an invited guest at Lambeth Palace. Macdonald, the turnkey of the Dover Borough Gaol, rendered Was, trious by the recent cropping case, tendered his resignation last week; -which the Justices accepted. Doran, the Liverpool marine-store-dealer' was f nally examined on Friday, and committed far trial; the Magistrate pointing out discrepancies in the evidence of Doran's labourer—who said that he, and not Doran, was found hiding in Doran' a house. Mr. Rushton expressed an opinion that the man had perjuredlimself; and, without discrediting the witnesses who deposed to Doran's presence in the Amphi theatre, be considered it to have been proved that he was also present in the neighbourhood of his own house, and it had not been shown that he might not have left the theatre earlier and returned to it.

An inquest was held on Saturday on the body of Hodgson, the FirePoliceman, who was crushed by the falling of a wall during the late fire. The Jury returned a verdict of "Accidental Death." At the end of the inquest, the jurors requested that the sum to which they were entitled for their attendance, which amounted to 1L 2s. 6d., might be given to the father of Hodgson, who is very poor.

The Liverpool Chronicle explains the local and technical meaning of the word "sheds," used to designate several buildings destroyed by the fire— "A shed, in mercantile parlance, in this town, (though there are some small and comparatively insignificant erections to which no other name can be applied,) is generally a large warehouse of one story, or at most two stories in height, built up at the sides with brick or stone, well covered with a slate or iron roof, (iron bars to the windows, if any,) and regularly secured by doors, with locks and keys, in the same manner as a warehouse of several stories in height, and for the storing of valuable goods. Some are bonded sheds, for goods the duty on which is not paid until they are sold, and allowed, on the duty being paid, to be removed, one key being kept by the owner and another by the officers of the Customs. Some sheds contain goods (chiefly raw material) to the value of several thousand pounds. Many of them are from seventy to eighty feet in length, twenty to thirty feet in width, and of full two stories in height, though without an intervening floor. We state these facts in order to remove any erroneous impression of the size, value, and contents of the sheds burned down in the fire, some of which were individually insured (with the goods) for upwards of 4,000L; two of the sheds (M‘Bnight's) had two stories."