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      AKD THE MANCHESTER MONUMENT TO PERPETU ATE HIS MEMORY . The accompany ing Engraving represents a monument , now in course of erection at Manchester , in BDmcbester , in tbfl burial gronnd or the Chapel belonging to tie Bar . Mr . Scholefibld , ia Everygireet . It is raised , by means of a subscription amongst the working people of Engjand , toperpetpste the name and fame of one of the most bold , njost strennons , most disinterested , and most able xh-ocates of Labottb ' s Catjsb , that that cause ever

      bid to boast of . He was a Lbacsb in the worst of iimes . He was a Leader before the nails of faction 1 ^ been pared , or its teeth drawn ! when it was rampant , insolent , and biting ! The tact lie displayed as a " general , " and the devotion he evinced to tbe cause of the people , endeared him to the heart of eTery son of Labonr ; while it . procured for him the inveterate hatred and bitter scorn of the entire upper and middle classes . With the working people , * Hnsr and Liberty" was a waVCuWOTd . They jillied around his standard—Uhitebsai , Suffrage ; and , with Mm , they brayed proscription , persecution , imprisonment , transportation , and even death !

      Bhst was tlie first man in England who nailed the colours of Ukiyebsax Suffrage to the mast , as a candidate for a seat in the House of Commons He w& 3 the first candidate who stood npon that principle in England ! and this he did when he stood & 3 candidate for Westminster , in 1817 . "With the events of 1815 and 1817 , Mr . Bust's

      name was mnck mixed np . He was called npon to bear his fall share of the persecuting power of the B strong" GoTernmeat . Charges of conspiracy and treason were hatched up against him plentifully enough ; bat his good tact and watchful eye foiled the attempts to entrap aim . Castles , the noted spy , irasspeciall y set open Mm , to imTwca hi— to niminiil himself . The fiend labourBd hard to aocomplish his

      parpose ; but he failed I Through the instrumentality of thi 3 infamou 3 Trreich , the " Spa-fields meetings" were held , which -were attended by Mi . Hwr ; and which meetings formed the main feature in the famous Green Bag conspiracy , whieh ended in the passing of GAGGING BILLS and DUNGEONING BILLS , by virtue of whieh hundreds of men were consigned to Gwl » kept there for months , and then turned oat again without eren being told tchy they had been incarcerated , or what was the nature of the charge

      against them ! At these meetings , Petitions for parliamentary Reform , based on U > tvkrsal Suffrage , were passed ; and similar petitions were agreed to a& immense and enthusiastic meetings all over the kingdom . These petitions were signed by more than a Million and a-half of men ; and were in numbers more -than three hundred . Parliament met on the 28 th January , 1817 ; and there were deputations from the workin ? people of all the considerable towns in the North , prepared to go in procession to carry the

      petitions to " the House . " Great alarm prevailed amongst the tax-eating crew ; and it was determined by the 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 I They commenced thi 3 game by making the Prince Regent niter lies sad calumnies from the throne ; and they followed it np by the appointment of a Committee in each House , to report ( after examining evidence ) upon the designs of " the disaffected . " The secret committees very speedily reported ; and a bill was brought in , Chapter 3 , 37 th of George the Third , " to empower bis Majesty to secure and detain such persons as his Majesty should suspect of conspiring against his person and government f that is 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 ehose , for as long a time as they chose , without any canse assigned , without Kgalar commitment , without being confronted with their accusers , without ever being brought to any trial at all , or to have a hearing before any magis trate , and to tarn them oni of prison when they chose , without any power of obtaining legal redress for the injury ! ! !

      This was the answer which the Parliament gave to the petition for Parliamentary Reform . The Ministers lost no time in aTafling themselves of the power ; they seizsd upon numerous persons , dragging them , in some cases , two hundred and fifty miles from their home j imprisoned them in a manner that ihey could haTe no communicauon with wives , parents , or friends ; shut many of them np in solitary cells , and forbade them the nse of pen , ink , and paper i and never , from first to last , brought any man of them to trial , sad never save any man of i

      them a hearing before any magistrate whatsoever The law wa 3 adopted with a very feeble resistance on the part of the Whigs ; a sham resistance ; for , while they opposed the measure as unconstitutional ^ they admitted that the parties against whom it was levelled were very Kicked men . They abnsed them in terms still stronger than those 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 ; represented the persons against whom it was

      directed in such a light , and represented their designs as so full of horrible wickedness , that every one who read their speeches , and who believed what they said , mast hare ^ regarded the measure as necessary to the safety of the country , though at the expense of the whole of the constitution I Thi 3 is the uniform practice of thi 3 selfish , this greedy , this treachsrou 3 , body of men , who have made all the revoluiion 3 that England has known for the last two hundred years , and who have fattened on the epoii of every revolution !

      To accompany this act , there wa 3 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 the liberty of the press ; and thus was every vestige of political liberty and of personal security taken away from the peeple of England-These bills were brought into the House of Lords by Hekey Addisgtow , called Lord Viseonnt Sidmonth , Who was an Englishman by birtn ; and into the House of Commons by Sir Robest St £ wabt , called

      Lord Castlereagh , who was an Irishman , and whom we shall by-sndby see cutting his men throat and Tailing himself , at North Cray , in Kent . These acts lemaiued 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 harmless , every person , and all persons , who should have "violated or gone beyond even these acts . So t ' aat , eren if they had "riolatcd these act 3 on the p ; r = 0 Hs whom they had se ; zsd and imprisoned ,

      vroateTer they might have done to such imprisoned persons , they were by this act , chapter 6 , 51 st year of Gto .-IIL , indemnified and borne harmless . Talk not of the cruelties and ferocity of those who destroyed the tu-blesse of France 1 After this , talk not of any such things ! Talk not of " constitution" and " order" and "the laws "; show aryihirg equal to this , done by any other people in the world , calling themselves a government and legisla'ave assemblies 1 ! !

      Dtohr all xhis time Mr . H . ckt was not idle . He feuded the prosecuted , and upheld the persecuted Be procured himself to be Eubpoened to the trial of Messrs . Waisok , Thisile-wood , Pbzston , and Hoopla , who were charged with high treason for oeenmnees in connection with the famed " Spa Field meetings ,- " and his evidence respecting Castles , ( the main , indeed , ihe only witness against the prisoners ) was so conclusive as to the infamous character of the tpv , and of his hell-designed attempts to drag him ( Hrsi ) into the mess , that the Jury , after a trial of . seven days , acquitted the prisoners !

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

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      trary , they seemed to add to both . And in 1818 , the " mild and mercifu V * GoTcrnment found itself compelled t » hatch plots and conspiracies ; to get up M risings" and " riots , " to enable it to further coerce the nation , for this " purpose they employed a set of atrocious miscreants , of whom Oliver was one . Through their instigations , Bram > betb , TcksbBj and Ludlam , o ^ Derby , were induced to take part in a " rising" and a " riot , " which put them in the power of the " 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 the scaffold in the reign of Geobgb III . !!! In this case , too , Mr . Hukt did his best to save the martyrs . He collected sums of money for their defence , and attended the trial himself , at great personal risk : for the Power-of-Impri-Fonment-Law was in full force . His efforts , however , were vain . The

      pleading of the leading counsel for the definM r Mr . Geoss , sealed the doom of the prisoners 1 With the best answer to the charge in the world , he admitted their guilt , and began to whimper abou t rthei being the dupes of such seditious and treasonable writers as Cobbett dan Co . The men were executed and beheaded ; and Counsellor Cboss was immediately made a King's Sergeant . aVi > aw , being presented with a silk gown 2 2

      The hanging and beheading of these mea did not deter the working people from seeking for Radical Reform . With Huxt at their head , they persisted in their demand , holding meetings at which petitions were agreed to , praying for the adoption of Universal Suffbage . These meetings were attended by almost the entire working population of eyery district , particularly in the North . At length , in the

      month of August , 1819 , a sort of aggregate meeting was determined on , to be holden at Manchester , at which Mr . Hunt engaged to be present . The meeting was originally called for Monday , the ninth day of August . The Magistrates , however , having iBsued hand-bills , denouncing the intended meeting as illegal , and " cautioning all persons to abstain , at their peril , from attending it , " the promoters of 4 t looked over the steps they had taken in convening it , and examined

      the wording of their advertisement , to discover wherein 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 if persisted in . The requisionists , therefore , issued a noticce that the meeting on the 9 ih would not be held ; while at the same time another requisition , of which the following is a copy , was laid for signature at two places in the town for on « day only ; and it received the names of upwards 700 inhabitant householders in a few hours . Here is the requisition to the Boroughreeve and Constables of Manchester : —

      " "We , whose names are heretmto subscribed , request that you will convene a meeting at as early a . day as possible , to consider the propriety of adopting the most legal and effectual means of Reform in the Commons ' House of Parliament . " This requisition , when Bigned , was presented to the authorities , and no answer haying been given to it , after waiting a reasonable time , the requisitionisis 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 the meeting . would be held ; and the place of meet ing was an open area near to St . Peter's Church , called S ; . Peter ' s Field .

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

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      MONUMENT TO THE MEMORY ^ F ^ HENRY ilUNT . The Hue above shows what onght to have occupied this space ; a representation of the Hunt Monument . The engraving is being executed in London . It was to lave beea done on Monday last ; it hfis not yet arrived ; and we are obliged either to go to press without it , or disappoint our Scotch friends , and all who get the First Edition of the Star . This we cannot think ^ of doing under present circumstances , as they will be naturally anxious to hear the news . The other cut we Have had ready now nearly a fortnig ht ; and it was the necessity we were under , of sending the drawing of the Monument furniBfced ; V ;; the \ ' - ' Committ € »; . H ^ ^ ui ; . to Manchester to be re-drawn , that prevented us having that cut , too , in our hands a week ago . This morning ' s post brought a letter from the Engraver , saying it would be dispatched by the Six o'Glock train this morning . That train arrives in Leeds at four in the afternoon . It has arrived ; but no Engraving . Perhaps the next train may bring it

      ( Erected in the Chapel Yard , Every Street , Manchester ,, by theWorlrtiur People . )

      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 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 t& enable them to do more execution This attack wa 3 wholly unprovoked ! There was no riot ; no violence of any sort ; and there had been no riot , and no violence . Yet this multitnde , thus peaceably assembled , for a lawful purpose , and that purpose amply made known before hand , wa 3 slaughtered without the slightest provocation !! !

      The following are details connected with this atrocious aHd ho / rible outrage . They are not culled from Radical or Chartist publications , but they are extracted from the Leeds Mercury newspaper , of August 24 th , 1819 . They are copied from the Messrs . Bainhs ' s own office-file , which they have been kind enough to lend us for this purpose ; and whose courtesy in so doing , we tbus publicly acknowledge . The facts , as narrated , were witnessed by Mr . Edwakd BAixES , jan . He was on the hustings at the time" the charge" was made ; and it is his account that the reader is now presented with : —

      " MANCHESTER REFORM MEETING . " D 1 SPEB 510 S OF BY AN A » MED FORCE , "JIOXDAY , AUGl-ST 16 TU , 1810 . 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 holdtn on Monday , the 9 th instant ; but that tbe magistrates having denounced that meeting as illegal , on the ground of oue of the objects Btated in tbe requisition , convening it , being to elect a person to represent that town in Parliament , it was considered , after taking Counsel's opinion , expedient to postpone the meeting to afford time to call

      another , to which no such objection could apply . The object of this second meeting was stated in tbe notice to be ' for the purpose of taking into consideration the most effectual legal means of obtaining a Reform in the Representation of the House of Commons . " To this meeting , publicly announced through the medium of th ^ newspapers and placards , no official objection was made by the magistracy on the ground of its illegality ; though the BDrouifhreeves and Constables of Manchester and Saiford , expressing in oblique terms their dislike of thd proposed meeting , published a notice , which was couched in the following terms : —

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      " ' The Borougbreeves and Constables of Manchester and Saiford , most earnestly recommend the peaceable and well-disposed inhabitants of those towns as much aB possible to remain In . their own nouses , during the whole if this day ( Monday , Au ? . 18 ) , and to keep their children and servants within doors . " " , At ten o ' clock on Monday morning , the magistracy , who , ' probably , at that ' -time , ' had noVdetermined upon adopting any measure either to prevent or disperse the meeting , assembled a considerable number of Bpccial constables in the vicinity of the place of meeting , which waa fixed upon to bo Jn a large open space of ground , near St . Peter ' s Church ; and the different military corps were resting on their urrns , prepared to act at a moment ' s notice if their services should be deemed necessary .

      ' ¦ ' The Reformers , who seemed determined to make this a splendid day , were equally on the alert , not indeed in preparing arms , for of those tliey were totally destitute , but in preparing flags and small bands of music , and in arranging matters for the approaching meeting . It is evident , however , from tbe great number of females , and even childteu , who formed part of the prbceBSSion , that nothing was anticipated that could involve them in the least degree of peril ; and an immense multitude gathered together , relying with confiileuce on each other ' s peaceable intentions , and certainly not expecting , that the precautions taken by the magistracy to preserve the peace , would be employed to destroy it , and con verb a peaceful assembly into a scene of tenor and aJann ^ danger and death . ' ..- ¦

      " Mr . Hunt left the residence of Mr . ' Johtison , at Sinedley-Cottage , about twelve o ' clock , iu an open carriage , in which wera also seated Mr . Johnson , Mr . Kuight , and Mr . Carlile , and on the box with the wxichman , was a female of the name of Waterworth , bearing a white flig . The procession / which consisted of many thousands , passed through Shude-Hill , Hanging-Ditch , Old Mill-Gate , Market-Place , St Mary ' s-Qiite , ' Dean's-Gate , and St Peter's-street , to the area appointed for tbe place ot meelinif Some idea may be formed of the immense numbers that attended this

      meeting , when we state , that- Newton-taoe , which is not less tban thirty yards ; wld <} , was -literally chouked up for above a mile with the divisions from Saddleworth , Oldb'im , R jy ton , aud Fails worth . Ehch divi-8 i » n had its respective flags , music , &o . All the divia . ons took Mr . Hunt ' s route . Females of all ages were Interspersed in each company , with children of both sexes ; Mr . Hunt reached the ground a little after oae o ' clock , and was received with repeated cheerlnga from the innumerable tbousandB that were assembled . '

      " It may be proper hero to state , that the magistrates had assembled about twelve e ' clock , at the house of Mr . Boston , probably about . one hundred and fifty yards from the hustings ; ami fronv which they csmmanded a view of the whole field . In a line from this house to the hustings was arranged a strong body of sprcial constables , armed with staffs , the insignia of their < flbe . and the Manchester yeomanry and Cheshire cavalry

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      were drawn up under arms behind the house , and of course out of sight of the meeting , wna were , however , auffiiieEtly apprised that a Btrong military force was at hand . Such was the state of things when Mr . Huut arrivedupon the ground .: he immediately proceeded to the hustings , and a resolution was put ; calling him to the chair , which was unaniinQUsly agreed to , a : id he proceeded to aJdress the innumerable multitude by which he was surrounded ; at this moment the most perfect order and entire silence prevailed , nor had any of the knpivn proceedings of the , magistracy excited any uneasiness , nor any

      apprehension that they were assembled in defiance of the laws . Mv . Hunt had net spoke more than from eight to tenminutesi in which , he exhorted them to the maintenance of the most perfect oxder , anil inatantiy to put down the man "who should make any attempt to create a disturbance ; an < V 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 advahtaga , by this postponement ! they had sustained a defeat ;—at this moment a shout of terror announced the approach of the military and the Manchester cavalry appeared iu Bight , gallopping towards the huatiogs , and when they arrived within about odc

      hundred yards of the hustings they baited for a moment , probably deterred from proceeding , by the solid mass through ¦ which , tiwy must lores tneir wsy . . At this moment , Mr . Hunt , whoaaw the approach of the cavalry , and the pause they had mode , with a view , as he explained to the persons who surrounded him , of re-inspiiing confidence , gave directions for a shout , with three tirces three , which watt complied with . ; Tfeie cheering bad not the tffcjct of inducing tbe cavalry to retreat ; the pauserttas but momentary ; they drew their sabrea , and charged through the immeaae body of peop o that was interposed between them and the hustings , 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 wf the magistrates , dashed through the crowd , and surrounded the hustings . ' It was in vain that Mr . Hunt , with outstretched arms , exhorted the people to be firm ; the trampling of the horses , and the sabres of the riders , which were not unemployed , cleared the ground in au instant ; and Mr . Hunt was called upon to surrender himself , which be expressed bis readiness to do to a luagisrate , but not to the veomanry cavalry . A

      geutleman in the'commission then presented himself ; Mr . Hunt acknowledged his authority , and surrendered himself ; moat of the other persops on the hustings , including Mr . Jpbni son , Mr , Tyal , a reporter from the offitse of the Times newspaper , Mr . Smith , Mr . Saxon , Robert Wilde , Thomas Taylor , and three females , were carried off the field under im escort to the New Bailey prison . Mr . Hunt was taken to tha rendfzvouB of the magistrates , At tni 3 niQiuent , the Mancbester yeomanry were joined by the 15 th hussars , by the 3 iat , and 88 th regiment of foot , and the Cheshire yeomanxy inada their appearance in anotner part ef tbe field 5 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 tbeir sabrea in every direetion . The hustingSj with a considerable

      number of persona upon them , were instantly thrown down , and a scene of terror , confusion , and dismay presented itself , to which no language caa de justice ; the people were thrown down by hundreds , and gaitopped 07 er , and so iudiscrlminate was the attack , and furious the anaet . that the special constables shared the comuiou fa ^ e , . one of them being killed , and many founded ; and etill more thrown down ; nay , the softness of tue female sex itself could not procure protection ; defenceless womenj and tender children , shared in the coramon pvertfirovr . And , it has been stated to us , that the former seemed more particularly the objects against which their hostility waa directed . No resistance was made , or indeed ^ could be

      made against this terrific display of military force ; it is said , indetd , that when the military liad surrounded the hustings , a few brick-bats were -thrown , and that Mr . Hulme , one of ^ fche Mirjchester yeomanry cavalry , ' was knocked from his horse by this means , but his fall has been assigned to another cause , and the dreadful injury he received was the result of being ridden over . It is impossible , by any verbal description , to convey an adequate idea of the dreadful scene which cow presented itself ; it had more than the horrors of a field of battle , because it presented the : unusual spectacle of unarmed men , defenceleasi women , and infant children , falling beneath the sword of tbe ( we are going to use the term warrior ) but we will not so disgrace it . 7

      " The Hussars conducted tbemselves with great propriety , and did not use their sabres to the iiyury of a single individual . 'The streets : into which theterrified people had fled for shelter , were scoured by detachments of cavalry ; and in 0 very short space of time this immeose assembly was so completely dispersed , as hardly to present to the eye a single group , save those that were laid bleeding on tbe ground . " So far the Mercury ' s account is wrlttea editorially . The next extract is froin 7 ' the same 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 . Varipus female societiea repaired to tha hustings , preceded , like the men , by their flags , surmonted with the cap of liberty . The assemblage was also entirely composed ef the working classes , except where strong bodies of special constables were posted .

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      : ¦ £ ' ¦ # * tfn' : ffiH ^ y- . - ¦ -,. .. 7- ^^ ; - ^ ¦ i : fp ^ -M y- v / 4 <^/< s '¦ ¦¦ . "¦¦ , . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' : - - _ j ? - / & y ^* &c £ ' < Jb V Athal £ -p&st one o ' clock ^ MrvHant came on tbe ground in an open carriage , accompanied by Mr . Johnson and a few friends , and mounted the hustings nmJdst loud applause from the crowd . He was called to the chair by acclamation ; and havibg takea it , he ^ ^ Bpckei to the following effect :- ^— ' - . "¦'¦' . '¦" . ¦ ' - " 7 ¦¦ - ' - " '¦ ' ¦ --.- ¦ ' '¦ ¦ . ¦¦'¦ ' ¦

      • My friends and fellow countrymen , — -I must entreat your indulgence for a short time ; and I beg you will endeavour to preserve the rupst perfect silerjce . I hope you will exercise the all-powe-fal right of the people in an orderly manner ; and any man that wants to breed a disturbance , let him be instantly put down : For the honour you have done me in inviting me a second time to preside at your meeting , 1 return ycu my thanks ; and all I have to beg of you is , that you will indulge U 3 with your patient attention . 14 ia impossible that . with the most silent and patient attention , we shall ba able te make ourselves heard by the whole of this tremendeus aBsembly . . itia useless for me to attempt to relate to you the proceedings of the la * t week or ten

      aayq in this town and neighbourhoocT . You'well know them all , and the cause of the meeting appointed for last Monday being prevented . It ia therefore useless to say orieiwbrd on that subject ; only to observe that those who put us down , and prevented us Lorn meeting on Monday last , by their malignant exertions , iiave produced twofold , the number to-day . ( Applause ) It will be perceived , that in consequence of the calling of this new meeting , our enemies , ' who flattered themselves they had gained a victory , haye sustained a grtat dtfeat . There have been two or three placards posted up during the last week with the names of one or two insigniBcarit persons attached to them . Oae Tpni hOOg or jack Short , & printer '—

      " Here Mr . Hunt broke off suddenly , and gave . directioh for a shout , with three time three , which was made ; and turning round , with a mauner that showed him perfect master of the art of managing large assemblies , he explaiiied to his friends , who were at a loss what to shout for , that it was only because there wa ^ a little alarm manifested at the outskirts , and he gava the shout to re-inspire confldenca—that ' s all . ' " The aUtrm , bowever , turned out to be too wellfounded ; for , at the instant , a troop of tbe Manchester

      Yeoruanry cavalry , about a hundred in number , gallopped on the ground at fnil speed , and Jalted within at hundrea yards of the hustings . They haltedin extreme disorder , and Mr . Hunt cried out , " Keceivo them with , thireo cheers , and be firm . "' The orders thus made , were punctually obeyed , and Mr . Hunt again eaid , Th » y are all In disorder : this is a trick . ' But after a minute ' s pause , they charged through the compact crowd , Instantly made a passnge , jind surrounded the hustings , on which Mr . Hunt w » 3 etiU shouting , WitD , out-stretched band— B 6 firm . '

      : ¦; . " . The txhortation was vain : thd tramj > Ui > g of the horses and tho catting of the ridera cleared the a ^ ja . ceat ground in an in 8 tarit ; 7 when , without a iaainuto ' s delay , the -IinsiiDss ; with the chairman , men , T women , flags , and caps upon it were hurled to the grouncithe cavalry in the . midst of and upon them . Mr . Hunt , with Mr . Jackson and a number of others , were secureCand sent with a strong escort , to the New Bailty . A dreadfal scene now took place near the shattered

      bustings , and the ground was sfcrewed with bleeding bodies of men and women , cnt > bruised , and tranipled upon . Amongst the rest a special constable , Mr . Aahworth , of the Bull ' s "Head , was cut to th ^ ground by a trooper , and almost immediately died . A pistol was discharged but by whom we could not positively assertain ; the account most prevalent was , that it was discharged by aa individual unknown , at a , yeoman who was riding up to him , and that it brought the unfortunate man from his horseto the ground . ¦ : 7

      ' * Several magistrates and constables rode about with the * cavalry ; and appeared to be directing them . Gen . Sit ^ J . Byng was hot in the town . The captured standards and caps were carried in triumph by " several of the yeomanry . That part ; of the audience , which had come from the country in the mornirip ,. in high spirits , in orderly procession , and attended by flags and music , how sought their homes in straggled parties , with melancholy i ap icto ,. and leaving several of their companions behina them ., One womau , we understand , who stood by her colours to the lasty was cufr down by a trooper . We should not state tbia , as thiakiDg it totally incredible , liad not oar ftporter seen the woman and the flags fall together . froni the hustings , while the soldiers were cutting - round thenj ; an * l afterwards seen at least four or fiVe woine ^ dreadfully wounrfed , conveyed to the inflrniary . " —Lee ^ sUercurv , Aug . 2-Jtli ,, 1819 .

      And thia was the way the middle-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 " Union" bo ' . wjsn the middle and labouring class at that period ! This was the way one class , bleated , blustering , big , and inflated with gin and pride , —brandy , and arrogance j this was the way they attempted £ 0 prova that the "interests oftfietwo classes are identical ' > and that the middle classes are the ^' natural leaders and protectors of the labouring portion of the . coirmunity" ! O ! how arrogant * how puffed-up with pride , they were then ! How they sneered , and

      scoffed , and turned up the nose of affected contempt How they gloated and gJorified over thcblood they had shed—the sufferiDg they had caused—the life they had sacrificed I . ' What "heroes' * they then were Whkrb abb theV now ? How many of them are Yeomen now 1 How many of them have been , able U > keep out of the Gazettpj or " out : of the Insolvent List ? How many of them have : . beo ' n able to keep out of the-workhouse I And how many of them have c «^ their throats , or hanged themselves ! Where is the t hing , amongst them that would now glory in tha bloody deeds he then committed ! Where is the

      thing , amongst them that would not give his ears to havehis name erased from the damning record—the list of the "heroes" of Peterloo : ? I It is ia vain , however , that he so wishes I ^ ho characters in which the names are written are those of blood t They cannot be washed out , but by the waters of justice ; and those have not yet been applied , —or Thisti / ewood , Ings , Brunt , and Tidd would not have b ^ en the last men . Executed and BEHEADED in England for High Treason I !! No ; the names arc not to ba obliterated from the bloody list 1 Here it is [ I Let the actors of the fiendish deeds of 101 ° feast their eyes upon it !!! 7

      Names oj thet Manchester Yeomanry on the 16 th of August i \ S \ d . Hiigh , Hornby Birley , Commander . A Bcoug ' u , Christopher , butcher . Anthony , Joseph , cheesemonger , Deansgate . Ash ton , ¦ '" . ' ,-, :, fustun-manufact . urer , Cotton-court , Deansgate . 7--. : 7- " ' ¦ . . ' •¦ ' ;¦ ¦ ¦ Bowker , William , King ' s Head , Old Shnmbles . Bowker , John , cotton dyer , Back Balford . Bawker , William , corn and flour ^ rarehouse , 25 , Bridge-¦ 7 street . .. ' ' [¦ . ¦¦' : '¦ ¦ : _ : - : ; . ¦ . -.- ' - ' 7- ¦¦ ¦' , ; : ¦' . . ¦ Beeston , John , Windsor Castle , but since of the George ' : Inn ,. -I ) i 3 anflgate . "' . ' : 7 7 :, - ; - ¦'¦ ' -. ¦; ' ¦ - ¦; , ¦ . ' : - ; ; ' ¦¦ " ¦ Birns . ' . * - —— , spinner , Miles Platting .

      Benson , Wm ., the Fox , Jackson ' s Row , Daansgate . Briddon , Simuel , butter factor , St Mary's Gate . Barns , Thomas , cotton dealer , Ardwick Green . Burgess , John , com dealer ,. Worsley . . : Burgess , George , Late of the Hen and Chickens , Dsar ? - . ¦ \ - -:: gate , 7- .. ; 7 " . ¦ . . *•¦ . - '¦ ¦'¦ •;• - ; : . - ¦/¦ ¦ ¦¦ . ¦ - ; Bailey , George , watchmaker , near St Ann's Square . Baileyi John Broughton . Barker ; James , Newton , ( son of Jossph Barker ) . BourneV Joseph , Andiew ' s-lane , \ son of the coaebmaker ) . B ^ ntleyi John , labouring man , ( substitute ^ for Thomas Goodier , butcher , Stretford . ) Calton , WiUiam , horse breaker , sign of the Fox , Dean ' s-, 7 . ' . gate . . ' ' " . : ' 7 ' - - . ' ' .. v ; ;' - ' ' ' 7 ' ' - ' : ' ¦ ' . i ' 7 . 7 v ¦ V , ' - - ? ' 7 " ¦¦

      Cope ,- . '* ' . , liquor yaultsr , corner of Brldgo street . Chadderton , Jiicob , W 6 ol Pick , Pendleton . Qaorlton , James , butcher , Stretford .: Chappee , Paul , Pendleton , ( a foreigner } . Cooper r James , near the Cottage , St . Peter . Coates , John , ( son of Kichard Ceates , cotton dealer ) . Chadwick *——r— , ( son of Chadwick , lats Chadwidk . 7 ; 7 and ' Clpgg ) .:- -7 ' : , ; -- ,. - -7 . ' 7 ' : ' ¦ ;¦/ ¦ ' 7 ¦ .- '¦ ¦ '¦ : 7 P « rbystiif 8 , George , shopkeeper , Stretford . Day , pori-buscher , St . aiary ' s-tfate . Piddian Edward , ( for T . and R . Barton ) . FietcheF , Jicob . ' -EccleSiV /"' " ¦ " . 7 Fallows , William , Stretford . ¦ Fox , E Iward ; V ., iltiUteuan !; , Cannon-stresfc .

      Crreen , SaTauel , djer and printsr . New Girratt . Green , John , Attorney i » t law . 7 Green , Robert , Hargreaye-street , Bed Bat *; iron-lia ^ or merctsant . ;¦; ¦ . ¦ " . 7 . ¦ ' ¦ Gibson , Wiiltam , farrier , TCoad-laue . Gjodier , Blarb , butcher , Stretford ^ Greeahalgh , John , ( son of the Shetiff ? a officer ) . Gfegson , — - ^— , Sergeant Major , 15 . Back King-street Gfimshhw , ———i warehotise in McDonald's Lane . Hollis 3 , Jobn > Bath-lane , near Bury , gentleman ' s wr . ' .: / . ' - yant ¦ ' , ' '¦ ¦ : 7 7 ';¦' ¦¦ ¦ ¦ : 7 > , v 7 "' . '¦ /¦" .: ' ' '^\^ 7 ¦'" Hardmari , James , tobacconist , Saiford . Hughes , - — -, cotton spinner . Horsfield , Parker , British Protection , Waterloo-atreefc . Hulme , . Johri ^ calico printer , Cannon-street . Holdsata , John , partner with ^ iindsey , Deansgata .

      Hey ward , - - ; ¦ ' ' . ' ¦¦ . - * , cbeesemonger . SL Maiy ^ gata . Hamnett , James ; hackney writeif , 8 alford . Sulme , Sdward , Blue Cap , Saiford . Hardmaa ; ¦ — - — , ^ brewert clerk , Miller ' fl-lane . Halton , ---- — , ironmonger , Sarford . Siodlay , Robert , captain , brewer , Salford . Harrison , Samuel , Mii «« Platting , ( for T . Porter , BiaC-. ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ford .: . ¦ . ' ¦ ' : ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ .-¦ ¦ . ' . :- - ¦ ' ¦ ¦¦ '¦' "¦ : ' . - :: ' "' ]¦ '¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦' " - " Rilton , John , calico dealer . ( lilfti . l'AAlkiUt ^ Hulae , Henry , watchmaker . ^ wti # -S ^ Juries , Richard < for T . Marrioltj , W *^^^; ^ , ^ : Jackson , John , Park Honse .: ^| iM | y ^ Jackaon , Peter ; Under Kaffol ^ f Tfcj Ra ffiSBigtr ^ Krausa , John , drysalter , C ^ & ^^^^^^ pS Eaowles , Joan , juiu , paint 4 ^] M ^ H ^^^ L " * " ^ *~^ K

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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-ncseproduct444/page/1/