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    • Hpap HUNT: iKD TH^ Jf5i^|iB5rER MONUMENT TO PRttPsi>fSt^eiS MEMORY.
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      Ite u ^ &Tai % B **™* represents a moaa-_ Qit notrin ooowb * f ene&m at Manchester , in Smob 8 St « r , in tbe burialground of the Chapel Wbago * t « **• . B ** ' *** ScHOLOTKLD , in Evexy-, ^ It is raised , bj-ttsaas 6 l a subscription fwLst&e worlang people of England , ioperpett ak the name and fame of one of the most bold , Bosi Btrenuoos , most disinterested , and most able -flfljca tes of Laboos ' s Gauss , ( hat that eaxise ever jjjj to boast of . He was a Lxai > bb in the worst of

      jjjj ^ s . He was a Leader before the nails of faotion jjad been pared , . or its teeth drawn I when it was j ^ jani , baDlet . t » « ftd biting I The tact W displ > jed as a " general / ' and the devotion he evinced to $$ cause of U » people , endeared him to the heart of every son of Iaboorj while h procured for him the inv eterate hatred an ^ i biUier scorn of the entire ^ ppx and n ^ kSeiSssees . "W ith the working people , wgintf snd ~ Lsb * Uy" was a watchword . They jjjlied aronnd his standard—TJaivBBSJU . Suffbags ; jsd , with him , they brayed proscription , persecution , jjmnsonmeat , transportation , and even death !

      Hr > t was tie first nan in England who nailed gs colours of Ukivxbsai , Stjppjugb to the mast , as j candidate for a seat in the House of Commons . He was the first candidate who stood upon that principle is England ! aad this he did-when , he stood la candidate far Westminster , in 1817 . "With the eveais of 1816 and 1817 , Mr . Hunt ' s jams was ruck mixed np . He was called upon to

      kar his full share of the persecuting power of the " strong" Gererameftt . ' Charges of conspiracy and tteasoa TOTS . taidiBct . Tttp ,. » Kainst him ^ p lentifully sough ; bnti& good taet and wai « hfol eye foiled the attempts toreatrap Mm . Caskjes , the noted spy , ^ as specially set upon him , to induce him to commit himself . The fiend laboured hard to accomplish his purpose ; butJbe failed !

      Through the instrumentality of this infamous wretch , the * Spa-fields meetings" were held , which ftre attended by Mr . Hunt ; and which meetings Joined the main feature in the famous Green Bag ecmspiracyj which ended in the pas * ing of GAGfiDiG BILLS and DUNGEONING BILLS , by virtue of which hundreds of men were consigned to Gaol , kept there for months , acd then turned out spin without even being told why they had been inesrcera ted , or what was the nature of the charge ablins ; them ! At these meeting ? , Petitions for

      psriiazaentary Reform , based on TJnitbrsal Suf-[ ngh were passed ; and similar petitions were soeed to at immense and enthusiastic meetings ill over the kingdom . These petitions were signed by more than a Million and a-half ef men ; aad were in numbers more than three hundred . - Parliament met on the 28 th January , ] S ! 7 ; and there were depHtations from the workis * people of all tbe considerable towns in the North , prepared to go in procession to carry the

      petitions t * * * be Hoase . " Great alarm prevailed iBtusgst the tax-eating erew ; and it was determined by the GoTernment , not only not to listen to the petitions of the people with any degree of attention , bat to treat them as applications coming ton conspirators , or intended traitors ! They com wooed this game by making the Prince Regent otter lies and calumnies from the throne ; and they fallowed it np by the appointment of a Com-Bhteein each House , to report ( after examining endenee" ) Hpon the designs of " the disaffected . "

      lie secret committees very speedily reported ; and l 121 was brought in , Chapter 3 , 57 th of George the Biini , " to empower his Majesty to seem and detain $ a& persons as his Majesty should suspect of congiring against his person and government f that is to ay , an art to authorize the ministers to take , and It pat into prison , any ; personB whom they ebose , in laj prison thai they ehosa , for as long a time as &y chose ,- without any eaose assigned , without Tt&lii commitment , without being confronted with &bi accusers , without ever being brought to a » y trill at all , or to hare a hearing before any magisiaie , and to turn them , out of prison when they tkee , without any power of obtaining legal redress

      ferthe injury I ! I This was the answer which fee Parliament gave to the petition for Parliamentary Reform . The Ministers lost no time in availing themselves of the jcwer : they seized upon numerous persons , dragpng them , in some eases , two hundred and fifty miles baa tceir ion * e ; impriBoned them in a ndbner that isj could hare no commanicaiion with wires , prents , - or frieodsj shut may of them op in solitary teSs , and forbade them the use of pen , ink , and jeer ; ani never , from first to last , bronght any

      ma of them to trial , and nerer £ &Y 6 any man of Sen a hearing before any magistrate whatsoever ! l&elawwas adopted with a very feeble resistance ta the partof the Whigsj a sham resistance ; for , tidlfi they opposed tbe measure as unconstitutional , fey admitted that the parties against whom it as levelled were very tricked men . They abused &aa in terms still Btroager than those made use iij the ministers j and , while they pretended to

      $ ose the measure , this perfidious faction ; this fee and detestable and cowardly aad cruel faction 3 Resented the persons against whom it was di-| eted in Etfch a light , and represented their designs 4 jo full of horrible wickedness , that every one who fed their speeches , and who believed what they sa , must have regarded the measure as necessary » the safety of the country , theagh at the expense i the whole of the constitution 1 This is the

      eiform practice of this selfish , this greedy , this fcaeherons , body of men , who have made all the urdutions that . England has known for the last fro hundred years , and who have fattened on the ^ oil of every revolution *! To accompany this act , there was another , forbid-&g the people meeting together 10 discuss political fetters ; and authoming the magistrates so to aerfere with publications as to destroy whatever fere remained of tae liberty of the presB ; and thus * a * eracy vestige of political liberty and of personal

      « eantj taken away from the people of England . Sese bills were broaght into the Honse of Lords by Hnxr Addikgton , called Lord Viscount Sidmonth , la was an Englishman by birtn ; and into the Base of CommonB by Sir Robert Stewast , called ^ ffd Castlereagh , who was an Iriebman , and whom *» ehali by-and-by see cutting his own throat and £% himselfi at North Cray , ia Kent . These acts Pawned in ftrce until 1818 , when they were * 5 ered to expire ; and on the 17 th of March in ^« rear as act was ^ passed to indemnify , or bear

      fe » fes « , every person , and all persons , who should * » e violated or gone beyond even these acts . So H even if they had violated these acts on the fecfls whom they had seized and imprisoned , JMerer they might have done to such imprisoned teems , they were by , this act , chapter 6 , 51 st year * 6 to . IlLj indemnified and borne harmless . Talk * ' ef fee cruelties and ferocity of those who ^ rojedtiie no&fesfe of France t After this , talk ** of anf ^ such tibingsl Talk not of " con-^ btfioa" asi « order" and "the laws ' ; show eqa

      ^^ g al to this , done by any other people ia «» world , Staffing themselves a government and J *^ ve assemblies H ! - ^ iBR » 4 this ^ 8 jjy . Hoot was not idle . He «« de 4 tia « laweeoted jaBd np hel ( j tjn persecated . ae proenred aaadf to be snbpcened to the trial « Jttessrs . Wisex , Thiot ^ bwood , Pbkseok , and ^^" »; * h * were chained with high fereaBonfor Sfea ^ meonaection with tbflftmed " Spa Field evidence

      ^^^ sTAiid hia respecting Cashw , ( the ^ " . adee ^ tie oalj witnessagaiast the prisoners ) ^• eouelssire as to the in&aou character « f tbe *> j * d « f JKaiell-deagaed attempts to drag him I& *) iato & % mra 8 tbat the Jnry , after a teal ^* ^ M ^ Ott ed the . prisonen I ^ 8 p . ira ecttn . ^ a& dnDgeeaai « of tiwBefonnerB , ^ tb , did wt ^ ut down theory for Radical Re ^* biv ^ akiiiet ^ irit ofthe peopJ * , OB tie wa-

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      trary , they Beemed to add t * both * And in' 1818 , the " mild and merotfa 1 '* Government found itself compelled to hatch plots and conspiracies ; to get up " risings" and " riots , " to enable it to farther coerce tbe nation . . For this purpose they employed a set of atrocious miscreants , of whom OUVEB was one . Through their instigations .

      Bbandekth , TuaNER , and Ludlam , of Derby , were induced to take part in a " rising" and a " riot , " whfch put them in the power of " . the ** mild and nu : ; ul" administrators of the laws ; ana : ? y ^ furnished threeheads to be added to the long , long list ot those which rolled fnm the scaffold in the reisn " of Geobge 111 . !!'

      In this case , teo , Mr . Hunt did his best to F&V 8 the martyrs . He collected sums of monoy for their defence , and attended the trial himself , at great per * sonal risk : for the Power-of-Impri-£ oxuaeo >> Law was In Full force . Hfs tfiorts , however , were vain . The pleading of the leading counsel for the defence , Mr . Cboss , sealed the doom o !

      tne prisoners 1 With the best answei to the chaTge in the world , he admitted theirguilt , and bpgaa to whimper abou > their being the dupes of such seditious ? and treasonable ' writers as Cobbkti and Co . The men were executed an > beheaded J and Counsellor Csoss wa > immediately made a Xin ^ 'a Ser ^ eautat-Law , being presented with a silk gown !!

      Tie hanging and beheading of thes men did not deter the working peoplt from seekicg for Radical Reform With Hunt at their head , they per sisted in'their dtmatd , hcldicg mce ing 3 at which petitions were agreed to , praying for the adoption of ILmybr sai . Scffsagk . These meetings were attended by almost the entire working population of every district , p&rticu " larlyin 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 issued hand-bills , 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 die 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 tbem that one o-

      the advertised objects of the meeting , that one which was io 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 * notiooe that the meeting on the 9 th would not be held ; while at the gam- * time another requisition , of which 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 upward ^ 700 inhabitant householders in a few ho irs . Here is the requisition to the Boroughreeve and Constables of Manchester : —

      " We , whose names are hereunto subscribed , request that you will convene a meeting at u early a day as possible , to consider the propriety of adopting the most legal aad effe / Axmi means of Reform in the Common * 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 , tbe reqaisitionists proceeded to call the meeting themselves , for the above objects , Bet forth , in the above word * . 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 beheld ; and the place o meet ing was an open area near to St . Telex ' s Church , called St . Peter ' e Field .

      The . Magistrates did not issue other notices respecting ibis meeting , denouiioeiDg it as "illtfjfal /' They suffered all the necessary arraDgemen a to be made without warning or caution as to the consequences they had in store ! Thus lulled into

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      were drawn np nnder arms behind the bouse , and of course out of sight of the meetfng , who were , however , sufficiently apprised that a strong military force waa at hand . Such waa the atate of things when Mr . Hunt arrived upon the ground : he Immediately proceeded to the hustings , and a resolution was put calling him to the chair , which was unanimously agreed to , and he proceeded to address the innumerable multitude by which he waa surrounded ; at thia moment the moat perfect order and entire silence prevailed , nor had any . of the hnviirri proceedings of the magistracy excited any uneasiness , nor any

      apprenension that they were aeseuibled in defiance of the laws . Mr . Hunt had ^ nst spoke more than from eight to ten minutes , in which he exhorted them to the maintenance of the moat perfect order , aud instantly 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 , they hswl ouatained a defeat ';—itt this irioment a shout of terror rannonnced the approach of the military . 1

      and the MandbMter nalvalryappeared in sight , g&llopping towards th 6 hustings , and when they ftrriTed within about one hundred yards of the hustings they halted 'tor a moment , probably det ^ red fr om , -proceeding , ' by the solid maw throogh which they must force their way . At this moment , Mr . Hunt , who saw the approach of the cavalry , and the pause they , had made , with a view , as he explained to the persona who aurrounded Him , of re-inspiring confidence , gave

      directions for a ebout , with three times three , which was complied with ; The cheering had not the tflfcet of inducing the cavalry to retreat the pansa was bat momentary ; they drew their sabres , and charged through the immense , body of people that Was interppsed between them and the hustings , which they instantly surrounded—but we -wilt here give the words of the Police journal : — 'The yeomanry cavalry , in support of the police officers , armed with the warrants of the magistrates , daahed through the

      crowd , and surrounded the hustings . ' It was in vain that Mr . Hunt , with outstretched arms , exhorted tke people to be firm ; the trampling- of the horses , and the sabres of the riders , which were not unemployed , cleared the gronnd in an " instant ; and Mr . Hunt was called upon to aurreiKier himself , which he expressed his readiness to do to a mogisrate , hut not to the yeomanry cavalry . A

      gentleman id tne commission taen presentea mmseir ; Mr . Hunt acknowledged his authority , and surrendered himself ; most of the other persona on the tinstima , inolndlng -Mr . Johnson , Mr . Tyal , a reperter from the office of the Times newspaper , Mr . Smith , Mr . Saxon , Robert Wilde , Thomas

      Taylor , and three females , were carried off the field ander » n escort to the New Bailey prison . Mr . Hunt Wu taken t' > the rendezvous of the magistrates . At this moment , the Manchester yeomanry were joined by the 16 th hussars , by the 3 tat , and 88 th regiment of foot , and th « Cheshire yeomanry Diode their appearance in another part ef Vhe field ; the infantry and artillery did not take any active part ; and the Manchester yeomanry cavalry began to act with « : reat visonr , gallopping about , and thrusting theit sabres ( n every direetion . The hustings , with a considerable number of perspna upon them , were ; instantly thrown < iown , and a soeneof terror , confusion , and diraiay presented itself , to which no langaage can d * justice ; tbe people vere thrown down by hundreds , and gailopped over , and so i ^ discriminate was this attack , and furious the onset , that tbe special constables shared : the common / fate ,: one .. f them being killed ; and many wounded , and still more thrown down ; nay , the softness of toe female ' sex itself

      could not procure protection ; defenceles women and ttsmter children , shared in the common overthrow . And , tt has beea stated to us , that the former soemed more particulorty tuv trtrrwiW ngm < ni ^ i "TTrrWh tfarff 1-ffiiffltorJiM directed . No resistance was made , or Indeed , could be made agsinat this terrifio display ot military force ; it ii slid , indeed , that when the military had surrounded the hustings , a ; few brick-bats were throwai- and that Mr . Hu ) m < j , 6 na of the Mancheafer yephtaniy cavrfjy ,: -was knocked from bis horse by this means , but his fall has been assigned to another cause , and the dreadfol injory n « received wa « the result of being ridden ovar . It la iinpc&sible , by any verbal description , to convoy an adequate idba of the dreadful scene which now presented itself ; it bad ; more than the horrors of a field of battle , because it presented the nnnaual spectacle of unarmed men , defencektta women , und infant children , falling beneath the sword of the ( we are going to ose the term warrior ) but we will not so di 8 arac « it .: ¦¦ ¦ : '' .: '' : ' ¦ ¦ . . ' - ¦¦ "¦ -. ' - ¦ _ -. ' - : : ' : ' . ¦ . ' . ' _ ¦ : - ¦\ '"'"' - .

      "The Husaars conaucted themselveB with great ptopriety , and did not use their sabres to the injury of a aingle individual . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ :- ¦ ' '¦ -: . ¦ ' ¦' ¦' :. "¦ . -. ' . . '¦ . - .:- ¦ ' ' <¦ ¦ '¦ ¦ ¦' . ¦ ¦ : ¦ - ¦" "The screets into which the terrified people had fled for ehelter , were scoured by detachments of cavalry ; and in a very short apace of time this immense assembly was so completely dispersed , as hardly to present to the eye a aiugle group , save those that were laid bleeding on the ground . " So far the Mercury's account is written editorially . The next extract 13 from the same paper , but there « iven aa " detaila from our own reporter , " The senior Edward Bainks , was , at that time , the sole Editor : —

      " The number of persons assembled at the meeting this day may be safely eafcimatetl at 70 « 00 . Various female Booieties lepaircd to ths hustings , preceded , like the men , by their flags , surmonted with th ^ cap of liberty . The assemblage was also entirely compoaed at the working clasaea , exeept where strong bodies of special constables were posted .

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      S' < 9 fa j ^* % ch / ifa £ ^ / $£ ^ ( ^ 41 X ^^ 33 " | & thalf-past oae oVlotfc , M * . Hmt « wne on the grontd in an open carriage , accompanied by Mr . Johnson and a few friends , and mounted the hnstlags amidst load a » plame from tbe crowd . He was called to the chair 1 W acclamation ; and caving taken it , he spoke to tbe following effect : . * My friends and fellow countrymen , —I must entreat your indulgence for a short time ; and I beg you will endeavoor to preaaro the bum * perfect alienee , I hope

      you will xercise the all-powerful right of the people ia an orderly manner ; and any man that wants to breed a distorba&ce , let him be instantly put down . For the honear yon have done me in inviting-me a second timt to preside at your meeting , I return yo « my thtnka ; and all I have to beg of you is , ta » t yon will indnlge us with yonr patient attention . It is impossible that with the most silent and patient attention , we snail be able ta make ourselves heasd by the whole of this tremendeus assembly . It is useless for me to attemptto relate to yon 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 foe last Monday being prevented- It f » therefore useless to

      say one word « a that subject ; only to observe that those * he put usdown . and prevent e d tw from meeting on lMohdfty last , by their iflalignsnt exertions , have produced two-fold the number to-day . I Applause ) It will be perceived , that in con ^ qaence of the calling of this new meeting , our ^ enemies , who flattered themselves they had gained ai "victory , ; " hare sustained a great defeat . There have bfcen two Or three plao »» ds posted ap during the laat week wi , th the names of ' one or two inaigniflttant persons attached to tnem ; One Tom Long or Jack Short , a printer '— . - v

      "Here Mr . Hunt broke off suddenly , and gavedlrectioa for a shoul , with tferae time three , which w « maae ;; and turning round , with a manner that showed bint perfect master of the art of managing large assemblies , he esspiained to bis fnendBj who were at a lo » a what to shout for , that it was only because « there waa a little alarm mauifested : at the outskirts , and be gave the ahout to re-inspire coDfldenca—that ' s all . ' The alarra , however ; turned out to be too wellfounded ; for , at the instant , a troop of the Manchester

      Yeomanry cavalry , about a hnndred in number , gallopped on the gronud at fnjj Bpml , and Aalted within a hondred ^^ yatdB ol tia * hustings . They halted in fcxcrexie 4 isowter , and Mr . Hunt cried out , " Kecelve tbfem witk thre « 4 bB&c » ,. * and b » am . * Tbe orders ttms made , were punctually obeyed , and Mr . Hunt again said , They are all In disorder : tUiaia a trick . " But gfter a mioute ' a pause , they charged through the compact crowd , instantly made a passage , add surrounded the tastings ; on which Mr . Hunt was still shouting , with out-stretched hand—• Be firmi' ¦

      vTae exhortation was vain : the ; trampling of tte horses and the cutting of the riders cleared the adjacent ground in an instant ; when , without a fainuto ' s delay , the hustings , With the chairman , men , women , flags , and caps upon it were hurled , to the groundthe cavalry in the midst of and upon them . Mr . Hunt , with Mr . JacLeon and a number of others , were secured * and sent with a atrpng escort , to the New Baiiwy . A dreadful soene now took place hear the shattered

      hustings , and the ground waa strewed with bleeding bodies of men and women , ; cut , bruised , and trampled upon . Amongst thtsieat a apecial constable , Mr . Ashworth , of the Bull ' s Head , was out to the ground by a trooper , and almost immediately died . A pistol wasdischarged but by whom we could not positively assertuin ; the account most prevalent was , that it wa » dfscharged by an individual unknown , at a yeoman \ eho was riding : up to him , and that it brought the unfortunate man from hia horse to the ground . : ¦ :. ; . v .

      - .. '" Several magistratea and constables rodeabout with the cavalry , and appeared to be directing them . Gen . Si * J . Byng- was not in the town . Thecaptured standards and caps were carried in triumph by several of the yeomanry . That part of the audience , which bad come from the country in tha morning , in bigk spirita , in piderly procession , and attended by flags and ! music , now sought their homes in straggled parties , with melancholy aspects , and leaving several of thilr companions behind them . One woman , we understand , who stood by h « colours to the last , was cat down by a trooper . We should not ttate tbii . ai thinking it totally incredible , had « ot pur reporter seen the woman ' and the flags fall together from the hustings , while tbe soldiers were cutting round them ; and afterwards seen at least -four or five women dreadfully wounded ; conveyed tip tbe Infirmary . " —Leeds Mercury , Aug . 24 th ., 1819 . V

      And thw was . the way Oh * middle-class m « tt of Manchester and Cheshire , the •* YeonianrfJ ' served a pesuse&ble and unarmed people , seeking to petition for a Reform in the system of Represeatatiou ! These were the terms of "Union" between the middle " .- 'i ad labouring class at that period 1 This was the way one class , bloatedj blustering , ^'»»» and iaJBated with jgin and pride , —brandy and arrogance ; this was the Way they attempted to prove that the u iatertiitoitheiwo classes are identical" ! and that the middlo classes are the " natural leaders aud protectors of the labouring portion of the cominanity" 1 6 ! how arrogwit , how pufled-up with

      scoffed , and turned up the nose of affected contempt « How'they gloatedandglorified over the blood they had 8 hed ~ the Buffering they had BanBed--th 0 life they had saofifiped ! 1 What " heroes '' ihey then were ! Whsbb abb THar jfow 1 How many of them are Yemen now I How many of them have beea able to keep out of the Gazette , or out of the insolvent List 1 How many of them have been able to keep onfc of the workhouse ? And how many of them have out their throats * or hzagod themselves t Where i 3 the thing amongst them that would how glory iu the bloody deeds he then committed t Where is the

      thing amongst them that would not give his ears to have his name erased froin . thedamning record—the ltet of the "heroes" of Peterloe ! 1 It is ia vain , however , that he so wishes 1 The characters in which the names are written are those of blood 1 They cannot be : washed out , but by the waters p / Justice ; and those have not yet been applied , —or Thistlgwood , Ings , Bavsr , and Tidd would not have been the lasfe men Executed and BEHEADED in England for High Treason !! 1 No ; the names are not to be obliterated from . . ; tne bloody list I Here it . ia !! Let the actors of the fiendish deeds of 1819 feast their eyes upim it !!!

      Names of the . Manchester Yeomanry on the lith of August , 1819 . Hugh Hornby Birley , Commander . Asoough , Christopher , butcher . Anthony , Joseph , cheesemonger , Deansgate .. Asbton , -, fuBtian-manufacturer , Ootton-court , Deansgate . Bowker , William , King ' s Head , Old Shambles . Bowker , John , cotton djer , Back 8 aUoid . Bowker , William , corn and float warehouse , 25 , Blid street Beeston , John , Windsor GMtle , but since of the Gearfe . Inn , Deansgate . Bams , , spinner . Miles Platting .

      Benson , Woo ., the Fox , Jackson ' s Row , Deansgate . Briddon , Samuel , butter factor , St . Mary ' a Gate , Bams , Thomas , catton dealer , Ardwlok Green . Burgess , John , com dealer , Worsley . Burgess , George ' , late of the Hen and Chickens , Deans * gate . Bailey , George , watchmaker , near St Ann ' s S ^ uaia . Bailey , John Broughton . Barker , James , Newton , ( son of Joseph Barker ) . Bourne , Joseph , Andrew ' s-lane , ison of tbe coachmaker ) . fiantley , John , labouring man , ( substitute for Tbomai ^ . ¦ Gaodier , butcher , Stretford . ) Calton , William , hone breaker , sign of tbe Fox , Dean ' s * gate ,

      Cope , , liquor vaults , corner of Bridge-ataeet . Ohadderton , Jacob , Wool Pock , Pendleton . Chorlton , James , butcher , Stretford . Ohappee , Paul , Pendleton , ( a foreigner ) . Cooper , James , naat the Cottage , St Peter . Coates , John , ( son of Richard Ceates , eotton dealer ) . ; Chadwick , , ( son of Chadwick , late Chadwick and Clogg ) . Derbyshire , George , shopkeeper , Stretford . Day , pork-butcber , St . Mary ' a-gate . Piddian Edward , ( for T . and R . Barton ) . Fletcher , Jacob ; Eccles .

      Fallows , WiHiatn . Stxetford . Foz » Edward , Y > , Lleutouaut , Cannon-stiesV Green , Samuel , dyer aad printer , New Garratt Green , John , Attorney at law . Green , Robert , Hargreave-atrest , Red Bank , iron-liquor merchant Gibson , William , farrier , Toad-lane . Goodier , Mark , butcher , Stretfon ) . | Greenbalgb , John , ( son of the Sheriff ' s officer ) . Gregaon , , Sergeant Major , 15 , Back King-atKet . Grknahaw , , warehouse in M'Donald ' s Line , fiolliss , John , Bath-l&ne , near Bury , genUeman ' a

      ser-. vanfc Hardman , James , tobsooonlst , ' Salford , Haghes , , cotton splnueR HoMfield , Parker , British Pjotection , Wat « d 0 OrBtreefc Hulme , John , calico printer , Caanon-atreat Boldgate , John , partner with Lindsey , Biaaaacat * . Hey ward , ¦ , cheesemongw , Bt . Mary '^ gate . Hamnett , James , hackney writer , Salfoufc , '" Hulme , Edward , Blue Cap , Salford . , , Hardman , , brewer - a eleik , MilleriHane . Haltoh , — , irenmonger , Saiford . -

      Hlndley , Robert , captain , brewer , Salford . Harrison , Samuel , Miles Platting , ( for X . Porter , Biad « - » ford . Hilton ; John , calico dealer . Hulae , Henry , watchmaker . Jones , Richard ( for T . Marriott ) , Water-abest . \ . ; 'Jackson , John , Park Honse , Tnfford-road . Jackson , P « ter , Under Tiafford , of Tcaffnd HsA " . - ¦ ., Knosa , John , drsasiter , Cbeettjam , ( a foreigipt ) , --Koowles , John ^ nn ., painter , 10 , Mial-stmt . LUly , Frederick , flow-deatat , Bbade-hiU ,

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      Hpap Hunt: Ikd Th^ Jf5i^|Ib5rer Monument To Prttpsi&Gt;Fst^Eis Memory.

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      into security , tae meoLing waa held . It was aitenaea by 70 , 000 person ? . As soon almost as the proceedings had commenced , the Manchester and Cheshire Yeomanry Cavalry were le *; loose upon the assembled thi- ' -isands , 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 sabrea werp newly ground t » enable them to do more execution . ' This attack was wholly unprovoked J Tnore waa no riot ; co violence of any sort ; and there had beef , no riot , and no violence . Yet this multitude , thn-Deaceibly us ^ mbled , for a lawful purpose , and tha ' purpose amply made known before hand , wax » langntered without the slightest provocation !! !

      The following are details connected with ths atrocious aad ho / rible outrage . They are not rulieri from Radical or Chartist publications , but they arr extraoted from tbe Leeds Mercury newspaper , ot August 24-h , 1819 . They are copied from lh « - Messra . B * . i » £ s ' a own office-file , "which ihoy nave been kind enough to lend us for this purpose ; and whonc courtesy in so doing , we thus publicly acknowledge The facts , as narrated , were witnessed by Mr Edward Baines . Jan . He was on the hustings at » hitime" the charge" waa made ; and it is his account ihat the reader is now presented with : —

      "MAXCHESTEB REFORM MEBTlNa "DISPERSION OF BT AN ARMED FORCE , " MONDAY , AUGUST 18 TH , 1819 . Before we proceed to detail the occurrencea of th ^ s fatal day , it nwy be proper to premise that this meet ing was intended to have been holden on Monday , tf . e 9 th instant ; but that the magistrates bavin * denouncm that meeting as iltega :, on the gronnrt of one of th ' objects stated io the rtqnisition . comnxAns . , feeing tv elect s person to represent that town in PirUamenr it was conriflerod , after taking Counsel ' s opinion , txprrtient to postpone the meeting to afford time to can

      another , to which no auch objection could apply . T > » object of this second meeting was stated in the notie * to be ' for the purpose of taking into consideration -ih * most effectual legal meaqs of obtaining a R"fprni in thi Representation of the House of Cummons . " To ihu meeting , publicly announced through the medium of th . newspapers and placards , no official objection was mm . by the magistracy on the sjroutut of ita U legality ; thou ^ lthe Baron ^ hreiiVfcs aad Constablea of Manches te r and f 5 jlford , expressfni ? in oblique terms their dislike uf xh > proposed meeting , published a notice , which was couched in the following terms : —

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      " ' To * BorouKlroeves and CoaVtamea of Manchester and Salford . mosiearnestly recjiiiiBencl the p >? aceabi . ' and well-diaposedlnhabitauta of those towns its lnueu ar possible to reinaiiln their own hpusea , during the v » hc > i ^ ' t this day ( Moncay , Au ? . 16 ) , and to ktop their chiiiiren and aarvantswithin dooru . " : "At ten o ' olocl on Monday morning , the magistracy < r / io , probably , atthat time , had not dat « rmin «( i upon adopting any mrunre either to prevent or disperae th « - meeting , a »» i-mb ^( i a considerable number of sptciul conatab } e 8 in the icinii . y of the pla * o . of meeting Wfitcf ; was : ttxtsd upon to be in a large , open apace of ground n « ar St . Peters Ojnrch ; and the different tnilltarycorpi ' < vere reating oncheir arms , prepared to act at a mo ment ' s notice t their services should be deatueii necessary . ¦'" , ¦ ¦; ..:.: ' ¦" ¦ ¦ ¦¦'¦ ¦

      • 'The Raformrs , who aeeineii determined to make thi .-a apieu'iiii day , were * qmvUyon the alert ; not indt-fetl n > prepuriug arms , for of those they were totaUy ^ e ^ titute nar . in preparihi fliMts and email bands of music , and . in arranging matt ( fa for th « approaching meeting ., it " liuTJdent , ho "tbtst , from the great number of fema \ ea icd even children , wh « forrued pirt of th « proc ^ sssioi ) that nothing van anticipated that could Involve them in thu least degree of peril ; and an immenee multitude gathered together , ralying " with ; cwfidenca : on ea ' ctt icht-r ' i ptiaoaftble intentious . and certainly not cscpratinx , that tb « pieoautioua taken by the magistracy t <> preserve tht » pt'aaiB , « r « ttld be employed to destroy it , in /) eonvert , a peaceful asaeuibly into a scene of terror intl Unrm . danger and death . : ¦

      " At . Huov ltffc ibe residence of Mr . Johnson , at •! mv 4 l « y-Cotta < ie . about twelve o ' clock , in an op « ii > iirruj |( e .- in «» iiich wt-r « also seated Mr . Johnson , Mr Kiii ( ht , anil Mr ; Carllle , and on the box with thtr oiHdman , was a female of the riaate of Waterwortb rmarm a white flog . The pr ( ic *>« aion , whioU oonawtei 'f- uany tdousaodJ . passed ; through Shude-HiU , Harieme Bush . O > d Mill-Q » te , Market-Place , St Marys Oite Djan ' s-Qate . and St . Peter ' a-street , to tt »< a ar *» t tppanted for tae place of meeiin « Some id « a rnav h fonifcd of thu iuimousa nuuibera that attended thif

      meeUog , wh ^ -n w « state , that No wtwn-Lane , which 1 m ( tat te 8 a than thirty yards wide , was literally cboafceup f * above a mile with th-. ; divisiona from Sa > nlli-» ortk Olahiai ; Boy toti ,. and Pails worth . Eieh tiivi-•« i » n oart its respective flags ; jnu 9 ic , ics . All th « dJvia » ns took Mr Hunt ' s route . Fumalea of all a «^ were lnterxperded in each c |> rapi « uy , with childrei . f bctb eex « s . Mr . Huat reached tho groan , ( a litttfter oiu o ' clock , anil was rece ived with repe » t- < i c&e « rtnits tiom \ he innuiuerabVe thou 8 and » thai- \ werto . ssiiiiiblud . - .

      " It may be proper here to state , that the majjiatrau . « ) a ( l * asa » nibled * about t wulve o'clock , at the houano lr- Boxton . probably ahtut ono hundred and fl /»> afia Troin tha Hustings an- ' from which Ihey cxm imnded a ^ iuw ; of the whoii flild In a line from tbi > - ¦ "Usw to the hu 8 tinK 9 was arran ^ ett a Strong . bortyot t ^ eUi cim ^ t » blea . armed wii ii stiaffd , theinaVgnia of their ffl v- an <\ th » . \ r »! iohe * ter-VBiiiiiiior-y and Cheshire civaW )

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      YOL . Y . SO . 249 . SATURDAY , AUfiUST 20 , 1843 . ™ ° \™ £££ * £ Z ™ "

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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-ncseproduct612/page/1/