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      Henby Hunt:

      HENBY HUNT :

      AND THE M ANCHESTER MONUMENT TO PERPETU ATE HIS MEMORY . The accompany ing Engnving represents a monument , now is co «« e of eweiic-n » t Manchester , in Manchester , in the burial ground of the Chapel belonging to tfce Rer- Mr . Scholkfkld , in Ererysireet . It is r * ised » by means of a subscription amongst the working people of England , to perpctuais the came and fame of one of the most bold , m ost summons , most disinterested , and most able idToeates of Labocb ' s Cause , that that cause eyer had to boast of . He -was a Lbjldeb in the worst of

      times . He was a Leader before ihe nails of faction had been pared , or itB teeth drawn ! when it was rampant , inaoknt , and biting 1 The tact he displayed as a " general , '' and the detotion he firineed to fte cause of ihe people , endeared him to the heart of every son of Labour ; while it procured for him the inTeterate hatred wd bitter seOTQ of toe entire upper and middle cfo « co . With the working p « ople , ¦ Hktt and Liberty ** was a watchword . They xaJlied around his standard—Usiveesai Stjffbage ; and , with him they brayed proscription , persecution , Imprisonment , transportation , and erea death !

      Hcxr was the first nan in England who sailed ihe colours of "Dnitkhsal Sutpkage to the mast , as a candidate for a seat in the House of Commons . He w&s the first candidate who stood upon that principle in England ! and tins be did when be stood as candidate ftitWwtininsier , in 1817 . "With the events of 1816 and 1817 , Mr . Hurt ' s name was mneh mixed up . He was called upon to bear his full share of the persecuting power of the H strong" GoTernmeai . Charges of conspiracy and treason were frfcUrtwi txf against Mb plentifully aeoogb ; bat bio good t * tf Md wrtdrfalejo foiled the attempts k >« rtr »? -1 g ^ -E ^ tei ^ ttu a rtutf mt wa 3 specially sttnpon him , to induce him to commit himself . The fiend laboured hard to accomplish his

      purpose ; but he failed ! Through the instrumentality of this infamoii 3 wretch , the Spa-fields meetings' * were held , wnich were attended by Mr . Husr ; and which meetings formed the main feature in the famous Green Bag conspiracy , which ended in the pasting of GAGGING BILLS and DUNGEONING BILLS , by Tirtue of which nundreds of men were consigned to Gaol , kept there for months , asd then turned out again without eren being told why they had been incarcerated , or what was the nature of the charge

      against them \ At these meetings , Petitions for Parliamentary Reform , based on U-mtebsal Suffrage , were passed ; and similar petitions were agreed to at immense asd enthusiastic meetings all over the kingdom . These petitions were signed by more than a Million and a-balf of men ; and were in numbers more than three hundred- Parliament met on tbe 28 th January , 1817 ; and there were deputations from tbe working people of all the considerable towns in the North , prepared to go in procession to carry the

      petitions to " the House . " Great alarmpreT&iled amongst the tax-eating crew ; and it was determined by tbe Government , not only not to listen to the petitions of the people with any degree of attention , but to treat them as applications coming from conspirators , or intended traitors ! They commenced this game by making the Prince Regent utter lies and calumnies from the throne ; and they followed it up by the appointment of a Committee in each House , to report ( after examining eTidence ) upon thB designs of " tbe disaffected . "

      The secret committees very speedily reported ^ and s bill was brought in , Chapter 3 , 57 th of George the-Tbird , to empower Ms Majesty to secsre and detain such persons as his Majesty should suspect of conspiring against hi 3 person and government f that i 3 to say , an act to authorize the ministers to take , and to put into prison , any persons whom they chose , in

      any prison that they chose , for as long a time as they chose , withont any cause assigned , without regular commitment , withont being confronted wiih their accusers , without ever being brought to any trial at all , or to hare a hearing before any magistrate , and to turn them out of prUon when they chose , without any power of obtaining legal redress for tbe injury ! ! !

      This was the answer which the Parliament gave to tbe petition for Parliamentary Befona . Tbe Ministers lost no time in . availing themselves of tbe power : they seizstLnpon numerous persons , dragging them , in some cases , two hundred and fifty miles from their home j imprisoned them in a manner that iaey could h&Te no communication with wives , parents , ox friends ; shut many of them up in solitary oefls , and forbade them the use of pen , ink , and paper ; and never , from first to last , brought any man of them to trial , and never gave any man of

      them a hearing before any magistrate whatsoever The law w& 3 adopted with a very feeble resistance on tbe part of the Whigs ; a sham resistance ; for , while they opposed the measure a 3 unconstitutional , fcey admitted that the parties against whom it was levelled were very wicked men . They abused them in terms still stronger than tbose made use of by the ministers ; and , while they pretended to oppose the measure , this perfidious faction ; this base and detestable and cowardly and cruel faction ; ippresented tbe persons against whom it wa 3

      directed in &uch a light , and represented their designs as so full of horrible wickedness , tbat every one who read their speeches , and who believed what they said , must have regarded the measure as necessary to the safety of the country , though at tbe expense of tbe whole of the constitution ! This is tbe uniform practice of tbi 3 Eelfish , this greedy , thiB treacherous , body of men , who have made all the revolutions that England has known for the last two hundred years , and who have fattened on the spoil of every revolution !

      To accompany this act , there was another , forbidding the people meeting together to discuss political matters ; and authorizing the magistrates so to interfere with publications as to destroy whatever there remained of tbe liberty of the press ; and thus was every veitige of political liberty and of personal security taken away from tbe peapls of England-These bilb were brought into the House of Lords by Hexrt Abdisgtos , called Lord "Viscount Sidmouth , who was an Englishman by birth ; and into the House of Commons by Sir Robebt Stew am , called

      Lord Castlereagb , who was an Irishman , and whom we « = *»*»* . by-and-by Bee cutting his own throat and hilling himself , at North Cray , in Kent . These acts remained in force until 1818 , when they were suffered ' to expire ; and on the 17 th . of March in that year aa act wa 3 passed to indemnify , or bear Tiarmless , every person , and all persons , who should have violated or gone beyond even these acts . So * h at , even if they had violated these acts on the psriOBs whom they had se zed and imprisoned ,

      whatever they might have done to such imprisoned persons , they were by this act , chapter 6 , 51 st year of Geo . I 1 L , indemnified and borne harmless . Talk not of tbe cruelties and ferocity of those who destroyed the noblesse of France J After this , talk not of any such things 1 Talk not of " constitution" and " order" and M the laws "; scow asytMrg equal to this , done by any other people in tne world , ealling themselves a government and legislative assemblies { J I

      I > uriug an this time Mr . Htot was not idle . He defended \ b . e prosecuted , and upheld the persecuted . Ee procured himself to be Eubpcened to the trial « f Messrs . TVatsok , TmsTLrwooD , Pbestos , and Hoopsb , who were charged with high treason for oectnreneeB in connection with the famed " Spa Field meetings ? and his evidence respecting Castles , ( the main , indeed , the only witness against the prisoners ) vras eo conclusive as to the infamous character of the spy , mi of his hell-designed attempts to drag him ( BrXT ) into the mess , that the Jury , after a trial of seven days , acquitted tie prisoners !

      The persecuting and dungeoning of the Reformers , however , did not put down the cry for Radical Re-* - J or break the spirit of the people . On the cor-

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      trary , they seemed to add to both . And in 1818 , the " mild and meroifa 1 *' Government found itself compelled te hatch plots and conspiracies ; to get up " risings" aad " riots , " to enable it to farther coerce the nation . For this purpose they employed a set of atrocious miscreants , of whom OllV £ B was one . Through their instigations , Bbakdbkth , Tuknkb , and Ludlam , o ^ Derby , were induced to take part in a " rising" and a "riot , " which put them in the power of tbe ¦* mild and merciful" administrators of the

      laws ; and they furnished three heads to be added to the long , long list of those which rolled from tbe scaffold in the Teign of Gbobgk III . ! 11 Is this case , too , Mr . Hom did his best to save the martyrs . He collected sums of money for their defence , and attended the trial himsftlf , at great per sonal risk : for the Power-of-Impri Eonment-Law was in full force . His eStarts , however , were vain . The pleadcvuiBsuriMn n « xu . iuu tviuoi xxia e&rts , however , were vain . The

      pleadbm # *» tmMim * m » Kliuutm 4 » fence , Mr . Cboss , sealed the doom of the prisoners ! With tbe best answer to tbe charge in the world , he admitted ihexrguxlU and began to whimper abou t rthei being the dupes of such seditious and treasonable writers as Cobbktt dan Co . Tbe men were executed and beheaded ; and Counsellor Cboss was immediately made a King ' s Sergeant . at-Law , being presented with a silk gown !!

      The hanging and beheading of these men did not deter the working people from seeking for Radical Reform . With Htrer at their bead , they persisted in their demand , holding meetings at which petitions were agreed to , praying for the adoption of Univkrsal Spffragb . These meetings were attended by almost the entire working population of every district , particularly in the North . At length , in the month of August , 1819 , a sort of agereeate meeting was determined on . to

      be holden at Manchester , at which Mr . Hc . vx engaged to be present . The meeting was originally called for Monday , the ninth day of Augu 3 * . The Magistrates , however , having issued hand-biHs , denouncing the intended meeting as illegal , and " cautioning all persons to abstain , at their peril , from attending it , " the promoters' of it looked over the steps they had taken in convening it , and examined

      the wording of their advertisement , to discover wberein the " illegality" consisted . Not content with their own judgment , they took the opinion of-an eminent counsel who happened to be at Liverpool . He pointed out to them that one of the advertised objects of the meeting , that one which was to the effect , that the meeting would consider the propriety of electing a representative , or legislatorial attorney for Manchester , was

      against law , and might bring them into peril H . persisted in . The requisionists , therefore , issued a noticce that the meeting on the 9 th wonld not be held ; while at the same time another requisition , of whicb the following is a copy ; was laid for signature at two places in the town for one day only ; and it received the names of upwards 700 inhabitant householders in a few ho'jrs . Here is the requisition to the Boronghreeve and Constables of Manchester : —

      "We , whose names are hereunto subscribed , request that yon irill convene a meeting at &s early a day as possible , to consider the propriety of adopting the most legal . and effectual viearu of Reform in tbe Commons " House of Parliament . " This requisition , when signed , was presented to the authorities , and no answer having been given to it , after waiting a reasonable time , the requisitionists proceeded to call the meeting themselves , for the above objects , set forth in the above words . They fixed on Monday , the 16 th day of August , at twelve o ' clock at noon , as the day and hour at which tbe meeting would be held ; and the place of meet ing was an open area near to St . Peter's Church , called St . Peter ' s Field .

      The Magistrates did not issue other notices respecting vbis meeting , denouueeing it as " illegal . " They suffered all tbe necessary arrangements to be made without warning or caution a 3 to the consequences they bad in store ! Tims lulled into

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      into security , the meeting was held . It was attended by 70 , 000 persons . As soon almost as the proceedings had commenced , the Manchester and Cheshire Yeomanry Cavalry were let loose upon the assembled thousands , without notice or warning of any kind 1 Havoc and slaughter was the consequence ! The " heroes" had been made drunk , to string them up to the work they had to do ; and their sabres were newly-ground to enable them to do more execution ! This attack was wholly unprovoked ! There was no riot ; no violence of any sort ; and thero had been no riot , and no violence . Yet this muititnde , thus peaceably assembled , for a lawful purpose , and tha ' . purpose amply made known before hand , was slaughtered without the slightest provocation 1 ! !

      The following are details connected with this atrocious aad ho / rible outrage . They are riot culled from Radical or Chartist publications , but they are extracted from the Leeds Mercury newspaper , of August 24 th ,. 1819 . They are copied from tbe Messrs . Bainzs ' 3 own ofBue-file , which they have been kind enough to lend us for this purpose ; an < l whose courtesy in so doing , we thus publicly acknowledge . The facts , aa narrated , were witnessed by Mr Edwabd BAiNES . jun . He was ou the hustings at tho time" the charge" was made ; and it is his account tbat tbe reader is now presented ¦ with .:

      —"MAIVCHESTER KEF 0 R 1 I MEETING . "DISPERSION OF BY A > " -AHMED FORCE , "MONDAY , AUGUST-16 TH , 1 S 19 . Before we proceed to detail the occurrences of this fatal day , it may be proper to premise that this meeting was intended to have been ho ' tdan on Monday , tbe 9 th instant ; but tbat the magistrates having denounced that meeting as illegal , on the ground of one of the objects stated in the requisition , convening it , being to elect a person to represent that tovra in Parliament , it was considered , after taking Counsel ' s opinion , expedient to postpone tho meeting to afford time to call

      another , to -which no eucb objection could apply . The object of this second meeting tras stated in the notice to be ' for the purpose of taking into consideration the most effectual legal means of obtaining a Reform in the Representation oT tho House of Commons . " To this meeting , publicly announced through tbe medium of the newspapers and placards , no official objection was made by the magistracy on the grouud of its illegality j though the Bjroughreeves and Constables of Manchester and Salford , expressing in oblique terms their dislike of tbe proposed meeting , published a no ' . ice , which was couched in the following terms : —

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      " 'The Boroughreewes and Constables of Manchester and Salford , moBt earnestly recoiumend the peaceable and well-disposed inhabitants of those towns as much as possible to remain in their own houHes , during the whole of this day ( Monday , Aujj . 16 ) , and to keep their cnildien and servants within doors . " ]¦ '¦ ' " ] kt ten o ' clock on Monday morning , the magistracy , who , probably , at that time , had ri « t determined upon adopting any measure either to prevent or disperse the meeting , asstmbled a considerable number of aptciul constables in the vicinity of the place of meeting , which was fixed upon to be in a large open space of ground , near St . Peter's Church ; and the different military corps were resting on their iirnia , prepared to act at a moment ' s notice if their services should be deemed necessary / l

      < The Reformers , who seemed determined to make this a splendid day , were equally on the alert , not indeed in preparing arras , for of those they wero totally destitute . but in preparing fans and small bands of music , and in arranging matters tor th « approaching meeting . It Is evident , however , from the great tramber of females , and even children , who formed p . it ' t of the processsion . th . at nothing was anticipated that could involve them in the least degree of peril ; and an iinmenseTmultitude gathered ' together , relying with confidence on each other ' s peaceable intentions , arid certainly hot expecting , th : it the-precautions taljen by the magistracy to preserve the peace , iwould be employed to destroy it < and convert a peaceful aBsembly into a scene of terror and alarm , danger and death . ¦

      ¦" Mr . Hunt ¦ left the residence of Mr . Johnson , at Smedley-Cottage , about twelve o ' clookj in an open carriage , in which were also seated ijr . Johnson , Mr . Kojgnt , and Mr , Carlile , and on thc > box with the coachman , was a ftjm , ait * of the name of Watarworth , bearing a white flig . The procession ; which consisted of many thousands , passed through Shude-Hill , Hanging-pitch , Old MW-Qite , ; MarM-PJace , St . Marys-Gate , Dean ' s-Gtite , and St . Peter ' s-street > to the area appointed for the place of meeting Some id

      meeting , when w « state , tbat Newtoh-Lane , which is not less than thirty yards wide , was literally cboaked up for above a mile with the divisions from Saddleworth , Oldhani . Rojrton , and Failsworth . Eich divisien had Its respectiveflags , music , && All the divisions took Mr . Hunt ' s route . Females of all ages were interspersed in each" company , with children t : t both sexes .: . ' Mr . Hunt reached thn ground a little after one o'clock , and was received with repeated cheerlngB from the innumerable thousands tbat were assembled . :

      "It may be proper hero to state , that the magistrates had assembled about twelve e'cloct , at the house of Mr . Buxtbn , probably about one hundred and fifty yards from the hustings , and from which they camnianded a view of the whole field . In a line from this house to the hustings waaarriin / yed a sfcrobg body of spsciaVconstablea , nrrned with . staffs , theinsignia of their ffl ni , and the Manchester yeomanry and Cheshire cavalry

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      were draTrn . njp . under arms behind the house , and of course out of eight of the meeting , Vno were , however , ijuffipier . tly apprised that a strong military force was at hand . Sach was tbe state of things when Mr . Hunt alrivedupon the ground : he immediately proceeded to the hustings , and a resolution was put calling him to the chair , which was unanimously agreed to , aud he proceeded to address the innu ^ mtrable multitude by which he was butrounded ; at thiamoment the most perfect order and entire silence prevailed , nor had any of the known proceedings of the magistracy excited any uneasiness , nor any apprehension that they were assembled in defiance of the laws . Mr . Hunt bad bet spoke more than from eight to tenminuites , in which his exhorted them to the

      maintenance of the most perfect order , and instantiy to put down the man -who should make any attempt to create a disturbance ; and was proceeding to state that the magistrates , by causing the meeting to be postponed , had been the means of creating a twofold attendance , and instead of gaining an advantage by this postponement ; , fcuey had sustained . a defeat " . ;—at this moment a shout Qf terror announced tbe approach of the military , and : the Manchester cavalry appeared in sight , galloppiug towards tbe hualLnga , and when they arrived within about one hundred yards uf the hustings they halted

      for a moment , probably deterred from proceeding , by tb * -solid maa ^ . ihrouga which they must force their way . At thia moment , Mr . Hunt , wbosaw the approach of the cavalry , and the pause they bad made , with a view , aa he explained to the persons who surrounded him , of re-inspiring confidence , gave directions for a shout ; , with three times three , ¦ which was complied with . The cheering bad not the effect of inducing the cavalry to retreat ; the pause was but momentary they drew their sables , and charged through the immense body of peop e that was interposed between them

      ana the bastings , which they instantly surrounded— -but we ¦ will here give the words of the Police Journal : —• The yeomanry cavalry , in support of the police officers , armed with the warrants of the magistrates , dashed through the crowd , and surrounded the hustings . ' It was in vain that Mr . Hunt , with outstretched arms , exhorted tbe people to be firm ; the trampling of the horses , and the sabres of the riders , which were not unemployed , cleared the grouud in au iDStant ; and Mr . Hunt was called upon to BurreDder himself , which he expressed his readiness to do to a magiarate , but not to tho yeomanry cavaury . A

      geutleman in the commission then presented himself ; Mr . Hunt acknowledged his authority , and surrendered himself ; most of the othor persons on the hustings , including Mr . Johnson , Mr * Tyal , a reporter frooi the office of the Times newspaper , Me . Smith , M - Saxon , Hubert Wilde , ' £ hom * s Taylor , and three females , were carried off the field under an escort to the New Bailey prison . Mr . Hunt vvas taken to the rendezvous of the magistrates . At this ' . moment , the Manchester yeomanry were joined by the 15 th hussars , by the 31 st , and 88 th regimeut of foot , and tne Cheshire yeomanry made their appearance in another part af the field j the infantry and artillery did not take any active part ; and the Manchester yeomanry cavalry began to act with great vigour , gallopping about , and thrusting their sabrea in every direetion . The hustings , with a conBiderable

      number of persons upou them , were instantly throisra down , and a scene of terror , confusion , and dismay presented itself , to which no language can de justice ; the people were thrown down by hundreds , and gailopped over , and so indiscriminate was the attack , and furious the enset , that the flptcial constables shared , the common fate , one uf them being killed , and many wounded , and still more thrown down ; nay , the softness of the female- sex itself could not procure protection ; defeacelesa women , and tender children , shared in tbe CGiauion overthrow . And , it has been stated to us , that tho former seemed more ' particularly the objects against which , ttteir hoaUtity was directed . No resistance was made , or indeed ; could be

      made against this terrific display of military force ; it is said , indeed , that when tho military had siurounded the hustings , a few brick-bats wert ) thrown , and that Mr . Hulme , one of the Manchester yeomanry cavalry , was knocked from his hoi-se by this means , but his fall has been assigned to another cause , aud the dreadful injury he received was the result of being ricidea over . It is impossible , by any verbal description , to convey an adequate idea of the dreadful scene which now presented itself ; it had more than the horrors of a field of battle , because it presented the unusual spectacle of unarmed men , defenceless women , and infant children , falling beneath the sword of the ( we are going to use the term warrior ) but we "Will not so disgrace it . ¦

      "The Hussars conducted theinsclves with great propriety , and did not use their sabres to the injury of a single individual . ; " The Btreets into which theberrified people had flad fot shelter , were scoured by detachments of cavalry ; and ia a , very short space of time this immense assembly Was ao completely dispersed , as hardly to present to tbe eye a single group , save those that wore laid bleeding on the grounU . " 3 o far the Mercury ' s acoount is written editorially . The next extract is from the sime paper , but there given as details from our own reporter . " The senior Edwabd Baines . was . at that time , the sole Editor : —

      "The number of persons assembled at the meeting this day may be safely estimated at 70 000 . Various female societies repaired to ths hustings , preceded , like the men , by their fli ? a , surmonted with the cap of liberty . The assemblage was also entirely composed of the working classes , except w here strong bodies of special constables were posted .

      THE " MASSACRE" ON THE FIELD OTPETEB ^ PO ^ AW&PBT - - ... . - . - . . .. ¦ ¦ .. . . .:. ' \; ¦ ¦ ' -: ' : - '¦ - ¦ ; . - . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ . ¦ ¦ •; ;; ' ¦;¦;¦ : ;¦ ¦ " ¦ \ . ' ¦ ,. " . : . ' - - ' . . : - ' ' : \

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      -i ¦ ; . ¦ . ' : ¦ ¦ ., -: ¦ <^ S ^^ £ , \ yf .. f *^ rt ^ \ : ' 1 > L . , : ¦ ¦'¦ ¦ X ^^^ "Athalf-pastoneo ' cloek . Mr . Huntcameontheground in n , n open carriage , accompanied ; by Mr . Johnson and a few friends , and mounted the hustings amidst loud anclause frcm the crowd . He was callqd to the chair by accliimation ; and having taftea it , he apeke t 6 the following effect : —

      • My friends and fellow c 6 untrymen , ^ -I must entreat your indulgence for a short t ! me ; and I beg you will endeavour to preserve the most perfect silence . I hope you will Mterciae the all-powefal right of the people in an orderly manner ; and any man that watts to breed a disturbance , let him be inatantl j put down . Pot the honour you have done me in inviting me a second ti ' m ' e to preside at your meeting , I return you my thanks ; and all 1 have to beg of you is , that sou will indulge us with your patient attention . Ifc is impossible that

      with the most silent and patient attention , we shall be ahle te make ourselves beard by the whole of this , tvemGndeusnfisembly . It is useless for me to attempt to lelate toyou the proceedings of the last week or ten days in this town and neighbourhood . You well know them all , and the cause of the meeting appointed for last Monday being prevented . It is therefore useless to say one word on tbat subject ; only to ¦ observe that those Who put as down , and prevented : usfiom meeting on Monday last , by their malignant exetttons , fcave produced two-fold the mm ber to-day . ( A pplause ) 11 will be perceived , that in consequence of the calling of this new meetiDg , our eiiemies , who flattered taeinselves they had gained a victory , have sustaiDoa a grtat defeat .. There have been two or three placards posted up during the last week with the names of one or two insignificant persona attached to them . One Tom Long ot Jack Short , sprinter '— -.

      •• Here Mr . Hnntbroke ofif suddenly , and gavedirectfon for a shout , with three time three , which was made j and turning rouiid , with a manner that flhowed hint perfect master of the art of managing large assemblies , he explained to his friends , who were at a loss what to shcut for , that it was only because ' t here was a little alarm manifested at the outakirtS i and he gave the shout to re-iaapire confidenca- ^ thjit ' s all . " " Ihe alarm , however , turned put to be too wellfounded ; For , at the instant ; a troop of the Aianchester

      Yeomanry cavalry , about a hundred in number > gatlopped en the ground at full speed , and halted withiu a hundred yards of the hustings . They ha I ted in exiremo disorder , and Mr . Hunt cried out , " -Receive'th 6 m with thtee obeero , ind be fitm . " The ' or ' Aers thus made , were punctually obeyed , and Mr . Hunt again said , They are all in disorder : this is a trick . ' Bnt after a minute ' s pause , they , charged through . the , compact crowd , instantly made a passage , and surrounded the hoitinfB , oowWch Mr- Bant was ' still- shouting , with out-atretched hand—• Be flrm . '

      " The exhortation was vain : the trampling of the horses and the cutting of the riders cleared the a < 5 jacent ground in an instant ; when , without a minute ' s delay , the bustinss , with the cbairman , men , women , flags ,:. and caps upon it were hurled td the groundthe cavalry in the mid 8 t of and upon them ; Mr . Hunt , with Mr . Jackson and a number of others , were securedand sent with a strong escort , to the New Bulky . A dreadful scene now took place near the shattered

      husting 8 , and the ground was strewed with bleeding bodiea of men and women , cut , bruised , and trampled upon . Amongst the rest a special constable , Mr . Ashworth , of the Bull's Head , was cut to the ground by a trooper , and almost iminediately died . A pistol v ? a ? di 3 charge . a but \> y whom we could not positively assertain ; the account moat prevalent was , that it wa 8 discharged by an individual unknown , at a yeoman who was riding up to him , and that it brought the unfortunate man from his horse to the ground .

      " Several magistrates and constables rode about -with the cavalry , and appeared to be directing thtnv . Gfen-Sir J . Byng was not ; in the town . The captured standards and caps were carried in triumph by aaveral of the yepmanry ; That part of the audience , which had « 6 me from the country in the morning , in high spirits , in orderly procession , and attended by flags and music , now sought their homes inijjtraggled parties , with melancholy : spjcts , and leaving several of their companions behihu them . . One woman , we understand , who stuod by her colours to the last ; was cut dawn by a trooper . We should not state this , as thinking it totally incvedible , had not out reporter seen the wornon and . thev flags fall together from the hustiDgSy while tbe soldiers were cuttidg round them j anJ afterwards seen at leaEfc four or five women dreadfully wounded , conveyed to the Infinnary . " —Leeds Mercury , Abe . 2 ' iih ,, l 814 . ' :

      And . this was the way the middlo-class men of Manchester and Cheshire , the " Yeomanry " served a peaceable and unarmed people , seeking to petition For a Reform in the system of Representation ! These were the terms of ' ¦ Uniou" be . wjen the middle and labouring class at that period' I This was the way one class , bleated j 'blustering , ' big , and inflated with gin and pride . —brandy and arrogance ; this was the way they attempted to provo tfcat . the " interests of the two classes are identical' '! and that the middle classes are the " natural leaders and protectors of the labouring portion of ihe cortmunity" ! O ! how arrogant , how puffed-up with pride , tnoy were then ! How they sheered , and

      scoffed , and turned up the nose of affected contempt How they gloated and glorified over theblood they had shed—the suffering they had caused—thei ' . lifq they bad sacrificed J ! What " heroes " they then were i Where are they now | How many of them are Yeomen now < l How many of them bavo been able to keep out of the Gazette , or out of the Insolvent List ? How many of them have been able to keep out of the workhouse ? And how many of them have cut their throats , or hanged themselves ! Where is the ( hmg amongafc them that would Nuw glory in tha bloody deeds be then committed ? Where ia the

      thing amongst them that would not give his ears to have his name erased from the damning record—the list of the "heroes "; of Peterlop ?! It is in vain , however , that he so wishes ! / Hie charaefcer 3 in which tho names are written are those of blood t Tbey cannot ba washedout , but by the waters of Justice \ and those have not yefc been applied , —or THisTLEWOpD , Ings , Brunt , and Tidd would not hava been the last men Executed and BEHEADED in England for High Treason !!! No ; the names are not to ba obliterated from the bloody list ! Here it i 3 . ll Let the actors of the fiendi s h deeds of 1819 feaafc their eyes upon it ! !!

      Names , of the Manchester Yeomanry on the With of AugustiWQ . Hugh Horaby Birley , Commander . ABcoiigh , Christopher , butcher . Anthony , Joseph , cheesemonger , Deansgafce . Ashton , ' ¦ ———r— , fustian-niahufactUrer , Cottou-COUrt , ; : . DdanBgate . - . : ; ; .. ' ; ' ¦ ' - '¦ ¦ . ' ¦ .. - ¦ ' ¦{ ' - . Bowker , William , King ' s Head , Old Shambles . Bowter , John , cotton dyer , Back Salford . Bowker , William , corn and flour warehouse , 25 , Bridge-- . . ' street . . " ; ' . ;;; : ¦; . - . ¦ ¦ ¦ " •" ' ¦' . ' ' /¦ '¦ . ¦ ' : ¦' Beeston , John , Windsor Castle , bnt since of the Georga Inn , Deansgate . ; ..: ' / . ' .... ¦ Brcoa , —^ - — , spinner , Miles Platting .

      Benson , Wm ., the Fox , Jackson's Row , D 2 ansgat 9 . Briddon , Samuel , butter factor , St- Mary ' s Gate . Barns , Thomas , cotton dealer , Ardwick Gfrecn . Burgeas / John , corn dealer , Wprsley . Bmges ' s , Xa-eorge , late 0 ! the Hen and Chickens , Daars-,: " ;' -gate . ;; :: ; ' . ; :: ;; ¦ - ; ' - . : :.. y \ ¦ v- ' . ' - ' . " s ¦ , : . ; : ' ; Bailey , George , watchmaker , near St Ann ' s Square . Bailey , John Broughton . : Barker , James , Nawton , ( son of Joseph Barker ) . Bournei Joseph , Andrew ' s-lane , ^ son of the ccachmaker ) . Bentley , John , labouring man , ( substitute for Thomas '' . ' G 3 odier . butcher , Stretford . ) . "• -: ' . ' . ¦ '¦¦ " . . Caltoh , William , horse breaker , sign of the Fox , Deau'S' ' gate . ; . ' . "¦ ¦ ; : . ¦ ¦ " : ,- . ¦'• . ' -: ¦ . ... ' -- . ¦; ' . / V :

      Gope , ———~ , liquor vaults , corner of Bridge- street . Chadderton , Jacob , Wool Pack , Pendieton . ' Chorlton , James , butcher , Stretford . Chappes , Paul , Pendlotoa , ( a foreigner ) , v Coopsr , J . ames , near the Cottage , St . Peter . C 6 ates » John , ( son of Ricbard : C 3 ates , icotton dealer } . Ghadwick , ——— , ( son of Chadwick i late Chadwick and Cloxa ) . . ; ; ¦ ; Derbysliu ' e , George , shopkeepGr , StretforJ . Day , pork-biitcher , St . Mary ' s-sate . ' ' ¦" :.. Fiddian Ed vard , ( fur T . and K . Barton ) . Fietcher , "' Jacob- 'Ejcies . . ¦ .. ' ; . ' . ¦ .- ' . ' ..

      Fallows , William , b ' trttfordi : Fox , Eiwardi y ., ; Lieuteuant , Cannon-street . Qreeb , Samuel , dyer anil printer , Now Girratt . tJresn , John , Attorney at law . : ' Green , Kobert , Hargretvve-stteat , Red Bank , iron-licivor - merchant . V ' Gi ' pson , iViUiain , farrier , Toad-lane . Goodier . Irlark , butcher , Stretford . j Greeaialgh , John , ( sonof the Sheriff ' s officer ) . Cfressoii , ——— , Sergeant Major , 15 . Back King-streef Griiushawl '—— -, warthbuse in ' -M Donald ' s Line . Hoii ' tss , John , Bath-lane , near Bury , gentleman ' s 31 r «

      ¦; . -vane ¦;• " " : ' ,, ¦ . ' ' - ¦ - , . : ' ¦" . . .. ' - . Hardman . James , tobacconist , Salford . Hughes , r-4—i , cotton spinner . Horsfieid , Parker , British Protection , Waterloo-street Hulme , John , caHcq printer . Cannon-street . Holdgate , John , partner with Lindsey ; Deansgata . Hey ward , ——^— - — , cheesemonger , St . Mary ' s-gate . Hamnett , James , hackney writer , Salford . Hulme , Edward , Blue Cap , Salford . Hardman , ' . — ¦ . ' . ' ¦''' ¦ j brewer ' aclerk , MiUer ' s-lane . Haltoni— - —• , ironmonger , Sajford .

      Hindlay , Kobeit , captain , brewer , Salford . ^ Harrison , Samuel , Miles Platting , ( for T . Porter , Braf- > : '• ¦¦' - . / iord . " '¦ : \ :- '~' .-:. . '"' . '¦ . Hilton , John , caUco dealer . Hulsa , Henry , watehmaber . ^^ - ^ ^ i . « . ionQs J Richard ( for T . Marriott ) , tWi »«>*«» Jackson , John , Park House , Trafford-MkW- ^ 1 | Jdekson , Pe ^ er , Under Traflford , ** ' it ^ K mitt , ^ r ^ Krauss , John , drysalter , Cheetbj ^^ Ma ® ii r ^ 3 | « ~ Kaowlea , ^ JohnJun ., painter , Xfc § WQ « WN ^ S 7 \ 5 l iiUy , Frederick , flour-dealer , SM fc » JUaE ^ 3 t # » il \ > ^^ Wi ¦¦¦ - ¦ ^ ^^ i ^^

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      MONUMENT TO THE MEMORY OF ' W ^^ : ^^ : ' - -y ' \]^ : ^ The line above shows what onght to have occupied this space ; a representation of tlae Hunt Monument . The engravin g is being executed iu London . It was to have been done on ^^ Monday last ; it has not yet arrived ; and we are obliged either to go to press without it , or disappoint our Seotch friends , and all who get the First Edition of the Star . This we cannot tWnk of doing under present circumstances , as they will be uaturally anxious to hear the news . The other cut , we-have bad ready now nearly a fortoight ; and it was the necessity we were 5 \ iuder , of sending the ¦ > drawing of the Monument furnished \> y the Committee back again to Manchester to be re-drawn , tbat prevented us having that cut , too , in our hands a week ago / This morning ' s post brought a letter f rom the Engraver , saying it would be dispatched by the Six o'Clock train this morning . That train arrives in Leeds at four in the afternoon . It has arrived ; but no Engraving . Perhaps tbe next train may bring it . I - ( Erected in the Chapel Yard , Every Street , Manchester , by the Working People . )

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 20, 1842, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1175/page/1/