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      AND THE M ANCHESTER MONUMENT TO PERPETRATE HIS MEMORY . -The accompany ing Engraving represents a monument , now in conrse of erection at Manchester , in M anchester , in the burial ground of the Chapel belonging to the Her . Mr . ScHOl ^ FlKLD , in ETery gireet . I * is raised , by means of a subscription amongst the working people of England , to perpetuate the name and fame of one of the most bold , jaost strenuous , most disinterested , and most able advocates of . Labotb ' s Catjsb , thst that cause evei

      t ad to boast of . He -was & Leadeb in the -worst of times . He was a Leader before the nails of faction b&d been pared , or its teeth drawn 1 when it was xampant , insolent , and biting ! The tact he disp layed&s a " general , * and the deletion he evinced to the cause of the people , endeared him to the heart of evayson of Labour ; while it procured for him the iaveteraie hatred and bitter scorn of the entire aj > peraad middle classes . "With the wording people , B Hrat and Liberty" was a -watchword . They rallied around his standard—Umvebsai Scffsagk ; and , with him , they braced proscription . persecution , imprisonment , transportation , and even death !

      Hrsr was the first t ^ uti England nailed ihe colours of TJjuteesax Sctfjragb to the mast , as a candidate for a seat in the House of Commons . He was the first candidate who stood npon that principle in England I and this he did when he stood as candidate for Westminster , in 1817 . With the events of 1816 " and 1817 , Mr . Bust's jame was muei mixed up . He was called npon to

      Jbear hi 3 foil share of the persecuting power of the * ' strong" jGoTernment . Charges of conspiracy and fcrgajtn ^ -wpp * ^ a . ^» Tiad np against bim plentifully enoo ^ kf J » i ittf « b # t » efr « 64 vtiH&fal eye foiled the attempts to entrap him . Castles , the noted spy , was specially stt upon him , to induce him to commit himself . Tee fiend laboured hard io accomplish his purpose ; bus ae failed !

      Through the instrumentality of this infamous metch , the ** Spa-fidds meetings" were held , which were attended by Mr . Hu : nt ; and which meetings formed the main Stature in the famous Green Bag conspiracy , which ended in the passing of GAGGING BILLS and 'DUNGEONING BILLS , by virtue of which hundreds of men were consigned to Gaol , fcepfc there for months , asd then turned out again without eTen being told why they had baen incarcerated , or what was tha nature of the charge seainss them I At these meeting ? , Petitions for

      Parliamentary Reform , based on TJ . vivsksal Suffrage , vtcTe passed ; and similar petitions were agreed to at immense and enthusiastic meetings all OTer the kingdom . These petitions Tvare signed by more than a Million and a-half cf men ; and were in nnmbers more than three hundred . Parliament mei on the 28 : h January , 1817 ; and there vrae deputations from the working people of all the considerable towns in the North , prepared to go in procession to carry the

      petitions to the House . Great alarm pre-railed 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 , bat to treat them as applications coming from conspirators , or intended traitors ! They com menced this game by making the Prince Begent otter lies and calumnies from the throne j and they followed it np by the appointment of a Com-Biftee in each House , to report ( after eraaiining evidence ) upon the designs of "the disaffected . "

      The secret committees very speedily reported ; and x bill was brought in , Chapter 3 , 57 ta of George the Third , to empower his Majesty to secare and detain such persons as hi 3 Majesty should suspect of conspiring against his person and government f' that is to say , an act to authorize the mimatPTa to take , and to put into prison , Any persons whom they chose , in

      lay prison that they chosa , for as long a time a 3 they those , without any cause assigned , without regular comnutmeni , without being confronted with { heir accusers , Trithoat erer being brought to any trial &t all , or to have a hearing before any magistrate , and to torn them out of prison when they those , without aay power of obtaining legal redress for the Injury " !!!

      This was the answer which the Parliament gave fco the petition for Parliamentary fitfoim . The Ministers lost no time in availing themselves of the power : they seized upon numerous persons , dragging them , in some cases , two hundred and fifty miles from their home ; imprisoned them in a manner that fiiey could haYe so conuannication with wives , parents , or friends ; shut many of them up in solitary cells , and forbade them the use of pen , ink , and p&per j and never , from first to last , brought any rum of them to trial , and never gave any man of them a hearing before any magistrate whatsoever !

      The law was adopted with a very feeble resistance on the part of the Whigs ; a sham resistance ; for , while they opposed the measure as unconstitutional , ikey admitted thai the parties against -whom it was levelled were very wicked men * They abused 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 bis » and detestable and cowardly and cruel faction ; rppresnted the personB 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 , must have regarded the measure as necessary to the safety of the country , th » ugh at the expense of the whole of the constitution J This is the uniform practice of this selfish , this greedy , this treacherous , body of men , who have made all the levolntioas that England has known for the last two hundred years , and who have fattened on the spoil of ettry teYoluiion 1

      To accompany this act , there was anoiher , forbidding the people meeting together to discuss political matters ; and authorizing the magistra t es SO to interfere wuh publications aa to destroy whatever ihere remained of the liberty of the press ; and thus vns every vestige of political liberty and of personal security taken away from the people of England These bills were brought into the House of Lords by Bekbt Aediegtos , called LcrdTiscounfc Sidmouth , who was an Englishman by birth ; and into the House of Commons by Sir Eobest Stlwabt , called Lofd Castlereash , who was an Irishman , and whom

      we shall by-and-by see cutting his etcn throat and liUiny klnself , at North Cray , in Kent . These acts remained in force until 1818 , when they were suSered to expire ; and en the 17 th of March in feat year an act was passed to indemnify , or bear larmiers , every person , and all persons , who should lave vie'atsd cr gone beyend even these acts . So fcat , even if they had violated these acts on the persGSs whom they had seized and imprisoned , Whatever they might have done to such imprisoned perso&s , they were by this act , chapter 6 , olsi year fcf Geo . ill indemnified and borne hannles 3 . Talk

      not of the cruelties and ferocity of those who destroyed-the ncllesse of France ! After this , talk £ ot of asy such things ! Talk not of " con-Et ftction" and * order" and " the laws "; show anyitirg equal to this , done by any other people in the -world , calling themselves a government and legislative assemblies !

      He prcccred himself to be Eubpceaed to the trial tf Messrs . Watson , Thistlewood , Pkestos , and HooPiE , who were charged with high treason for ^ currtEces in connection with the famed "Spa Field fceetiDgsfand his evidence respecting Casjxes , ( ihe fcaia , indeed , the only witness against the prisoners ) * a ** o conclusive as to the infamous character of the * ft , asd of his hell-dcajjced attempts to drag him Utoi ) ieto the mess , that the Jury , after a trial c Eevtn dajE , acquitted the prisoners I

      ^ Tbe persecuting and dungeoning of the Reformsrs , "Wenr , did not put down the cry for Radical Re-^ break the spirit of the people . On the oon

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      trary , they seemed to add to both And in 1818 , the " mild and mercifu 1 '' Government found itself compelled t » hatch plots and conspiracies j to get up u risings" and " riot 3 , " to enable it to further coerce the nation . For thi 3 purpose they employed a set of atrocious miscreants , of whom OliV £ K wa 3 one . Through their instigations .

      Brandbeth , Tobh . eb , and Lvdlah , o * Derby , were induced to take part in a " rising" and a " riot , " which pat them in the power of the " mild and merciful" administrators of the laws ; and they fnrnished tkr ^ e heads to be added to the long , long list o ! these which rolled frcm the scaffold in therein of Geobgh III . ¦! . »'

      In this Tsase , too , Mr . Hunt 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-Imprifo&xaent-Law was in full force . His efforts , however , were vain . The

      pleading of the leading counsel for the defence , Mr . Cross , sealed the doom of the prisoners I With the hest answer to the charge in the world , he admitted their guilt , and began to whimper about their being the dupes of such seditious and treasonable wri : ers as CocBtTr and Co . The men were execxited and

      B £ H £ AD £ i >; ana Counselor Cboss was immediately made a King's Sergeant * st-Law , being presented with a silk gown !! " The hanging and beheading of thes men did not deter the workicg people from seeking for Radical Ruform-With Hr . vr at their head , they persisted in their demand , holdirg ceet ings at which petitions were agreed to , praying for the adoption of Univer

      sal Suffrage . These meetings were gg& ^ fa ^ j attended by almost the entire working ftpPflgll population of every district , particu- " s ^ gjgglH lailym the Korlh . At length , in th ^ ffci month of August , 1819 , a sort of ag- ^^ gregate meeting was determined on , to be holden at Mahchesteb , 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 w 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 wherein the "illegality" consisted . Kot 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 ouo o ! 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 requisioniEts , therefore , issued a notices that the meeting on the 9 : h would not be htld ; while at th& sams 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 upwards 700 inhabitant householders in a few hours . Here is the requisition to the Boroughreeve and Constables of Manchester : —

      " We , -whose names are hereunto subscribed , request that yon -will convene a meeting at w early a day as possible , to consider the propriety of adopting the most legal and effectual means of Reform in the Commons ' Home 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 abore objects , set forth in the above words They fixed on Monday , tho 16 th day of Augnst , at twelve o ' clock at noon , as the day and hour at which the meeting would beheld ; and the piece of meet ing was an open area near to St . Peter's Church , called St . Peter ' s Field .

      The Magistrates did not issu 9 other notices respecting ihis meeting , flenounceing it as "illegal . " They suffered all the necessary arrangemen s . to bt made withoat warning or caution as to the consequences they had in store ! Thus lulled into i -

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      ( Erected in tbn ChHp- ; l Yar . l , Ev ^ ry S into secnrity , the meetiDg was hold . It was attended by 70 , 000 persons . As soon almost as the proceedings had commenced , tho Manchester and Cheshire Yeomanry Cavalry were let loose upon the assembled thousands , without nctice or warning of any kind Havoc arid slaughter was the consequence 1 Th © " heroes" had been made drunk , to string them up to the work they had to do ; and their gabres were newly ground t& enable them to do more execution Thi 3 attack was wholly unprovoked ! There was no r iot ; no violence of any sort ; and there had been no riot , and no violence . Yt . t this multitnde , thus peaceably as-s = njb ! ed , for a lawful purpose , and tha * purpose amply made known before hand , was sbugh'ered without tho slightest provocation ! 1 !

      The following » re d- > ta ; U connected with th . s ltrocious and ho / rible outrage . They are not culled from Radical or Chanist publications , but they are extracted from the Leeds Mercury newspaper , of August 24 h , 1819 . They are copied from tbe Messrs . Baines ' s own cffbe-file , which they have been < ind enough to lend us for ihig purpose ; and whose courtesy in so doing , we tbus publicly acknowledge . The facts , as narrated , were witnessed by Mr Edwabd Baines Jan . He was on the hustings at the time' tho charge" was made ; and it is Si * account that the reader is now presented with : —

      "MANCHESTER REFORM MEET 1 KG . ' DISPERSION OF BT AN ARMED FORCE , " MONDAY , AUGUST 16 TH , 1819 . Before we proceed to detail tba occuwencei of this fital day , it may be proper to premise that this meet Tng was intended to bavo been holden on Monday , Uir 9 ' . h instant ; but that the magistrates havin «; denounced rha » meeting ( is Mega ! , on i \ e ground cf one of th' - objects stated iu the requisition , convening it , feeing tu ^ lect a person to represent that town in Parliament , it vas considered , after taking Counsel ' s opinion , « xpe ; . lisnt to postpone tb m - meet-ing to afford time . to call

      mother , to which no such objection could apply . Tor object of this second meeting was stated in the notiw to bs ' for the purpose of takJnc into corsideration tbt most eff ctual le * al means of obtaining a Reform fn th « - R-prf 8 entat » oD of the H <> use of C > nimons . " To thif meeting , publicly announced through the medium of th * uew * papeis and placards , no official objection was martr Hy th « magistracy on 'he jjronn « of its illegality ; thourli the B -r . u ihrecves and Conitables of Manchest-r and S iifor . i . > xpre » j « n « r in oblique terms their dislike of tbiproiKJsed meeting , pnblish' -rt a notice , which wascuueheti in the folio wins term' : —

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      aet . W [ anch « otbr . by t > i « Working'People . ) - " The Boroiij ( hreeves and Constables of Manchusur and Salford , most earnestly recommend the peacaa ^ ile and well-disposetl inhabltanta of thoao towns as much a » possible to remain in their owiihouses . riuricg the whole of this day ( Monday , Aug . 10 ) , and to keep their children and servants within doors . " " , At ten o'clock on Monday morning , the magistracy who , probably , at that time , had not detenniued upon ¦ jdoptiDg any measure either to prevent or diaperao thi meeting , aBstmbled a considerable number of Bpechil constables in the vicinity of the place of meeting , whicl . was fixed upon to ba in a lartje opsn apace of ground near St . Pt-ter a Cnurch ; and the different niiUtnry corp ^ were restirg on their arms , prepared to act at a liio raent ' a notice if their 8 erviw 8 should be deemeo necessary . . -. '¦ ¦ . / . ' . . . \ ';•• ¦ '• . . ' . [ - '¦ '¦ ¦' '¦ : ¦ . ' *• The H 9 former 9 , who seemed determined to make thin

      a splendid day , were cqualiy on the alert , not indeed io preparing amis , for of those they were totally destitute nuc in preparing flags and small bands of music , and in arranging matters for the approaching meeting . It i * evident , however , from tba great number of females nnd eTen children , who formed pirt of the proctsssioD that nothing was anticipated that could involve them in the least degree of peril ; and aa immense multitude gathered toRetberi ' - . rslyin ^ with conflienc « on each < tbct - M paactable intsntions , and ceiiaiuly not expect'ti « ,- th . a the p-ecautiona talsen by the magistr . xcy tj prtfierve the peace , would be employed to destroy it ami convert a peaceful assembly iuto a scone of terror and alarm , dancer and dtath .

      " Mr . Huns Uft the residence of Mr .. Johnson , at dmedicy-Cultage , about VwoWd O ' clock , in iui opa » ••> jri » ge . in which were also saatt-d Mr . Johmon , Air Knight , and Mr . Carlile , and on the box with tho coachruan , was a female of tho name of Water worth veatm * a white fl'g . The procession , which oonsiate < f many thousands , passed through Shude-EM . Hangina-Ditch . Old MiU-Gate , Market-Plabe . St . Miry « Qite , D ian ' 8-Gita . and Sk . P « ter * a-st « iet , to the area lppointed for the place of meeiinK Some id *> a may b . formed of tbe itam « n » 8 numbers that attended thif

      ¦ uctatiog , whta we s ' . aw . that Nowtim-Lane , which in aot i « 83 than thirty yards Wide , was literally cboaka > t up for above a mile with tha divisions from 8 a'idlrt worth Olilham , Rvyton , and P * ii »? vorth . E ; ph divi-• u « n bad its , resp > ct < ve flags , music . < tc All the divis ons took Mr . Hunt ' s route . Females of all atjes * fcw JttksrMpersed ia each ci > mp * ny , . . with .-cbiMrcrf < -. f both sexas . Mr . Hunt reached the groiin > t a lut . i < ifter one- o ' clock , and was received jwith repeat ^ cieerings from the innumerable thousands that were . msettibled . '¦•¦ . ¦' . ' . - '• ¦ . '• . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ; ¦ ' ¦ ¦" ¦ . / : ¦

      " It may be proper bero to state , that the maglstratefi had assMiubled about twelve © clock , at the bon » e o > lr . Buxton . probably about one hundred and fifty \ ards from the hustings , and from which they csui-: uanc ! ed a view of the whole field . In a lin «> Trom this ^ ou se to the haatinHa was arranced a strong body of special constables , armed with staffs , theinsi « nia of their > . ffl w . andtheMancheKteryeonianry and Oluwhiro civairj

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      were drawn np under arms behind the bouse , and of course out of sight of tho nieeting , who were , however , sufficiently apprised that a strong military force -was at hand . Snch was the state of things when Stir . Hunt arrived upon the ground :: he immertiateiy proceeded to the liustings , and a refiolution was put -. calling' him to

      the chair , which waa unanimously agreed to , and he proceeded to address tha innumcrable muititude by whicti he wis surrounded ; at this moreens the most perfect order and entire silenca prevailed , nor bad any of the known proceedings of the magistracy excited any uneastctss , nor any * pprehension that they wore assembled in d « nance of tha Iaw 8 , Mr . Hunt had nat spoke reore than from eight to ten minutes , in- which be exhorted them to the main ; tenanco of the rnoafc perfect order , and insfcintly tfji pat down the man who sbbata make eny attempt to create a dismrbance ; and was proceeiiijsg to state

      that tho ^ magistrates , by cinsiag tha meeting to be . postf » onedy bad been the ineasa of creating a twofold atten&' . ce , &Qti instead of gaining an advantage by this postponement , . they had- ovistained a de- ! f < iafc ; - ^ -at tbia moment ft shont of tterrp ? announced tba approacU of the military , and the Manchester ' cavalry ap * pearii 4 in sight , gallo ^ pingtowavda the bustinga , aiidwhea they arrived withia about ona hundred yortls of the huatings thajr halted for a moment , pio&ably deterred from proceeding , by the solid niasa tiroes ;*! which they niust force their vru $ . At sliis hiomeabj- Mr . Huut , who saw the apsivcaeh of the cavalry , and the paaaa

      they had mide , witti a , view , ' . as . be explained t& the persona who surrounded ma , of re-inspiring cojsilde ^ ca , gave airectionsfor a shoufc , with three times ¦ ?! iree , which was complied with , ; U'Se cheering had not tho tff ^ ct cf ¦ ' inducia ^ the cavalry to retreat ; the pahs « tyas bat mouieutEjy ; they drew their sabres , and charged through tie immehaa body ox people that was interjposad between them wd the huatiaga , which they iniatanUy surrounded—but we ¦ wiil bsre give tha : » c . rd 3 of tha Polite Journal ¦¦ : —* Tb'i yeomaaty ca 7 alry , in supyprt of tha police officers , armed with the ' warrants » f the . magistrates , Jabbed through tile

      iaHSsSBHal Ma ' - rov 4 , and surrounded the hustin-s . " It ^ iSmyhH ^ MllMilli Mlt T * as ia T&iiv : tl » fc M- ? . P . uat ,- viith out | l ! P [| i ) i )| i l ||! l | y ^ m ^ strstched- arms , exhorted tbe people to ba s ^ "— -r —¦ - ¦ - ^^^ 1 tlrin ; tha tranipiing 6 f tlia harass , acti ~ ' i ^^ ^ E ? ^ ^ scores , . p ^ the . rit-isrs , which wre cot HpBgijBEliBilf ' unemployed , cleared the ground in an ^' " ' ¦ ; " ' ^ to r instvnt ; and Ms . Huat mttca ' . ted-ujwa ^' x ^^ ~ W ^ to surrender bimsirif , ' w ' ticfaiaeesp : a > w > ' : : : bis readiness to do to a ihoguvttt' ! , but - . ¦ -. '• ¦ ' . not to the yeomanry cavalry ; A jg « r . tSe inan in tho CDmmidsion then presented himself ; Mr . Hunt ) cknowledg ? -d his authority , and surrendered himself ; most if the other persons on the huBtin « s , including Mr . John--on , Mr . Tyal , a reporter from the offiiei of the Tini . es hewsr iMper , Mr . Smith , Mr . Saxon , Robert Wilde , Tbonms

      Pajlor . and three female * , were carried off tke ficW ansier in escort to the New Bailey prison . Mr . -Hunt was taken t- > the rerirtizvdus of the , ' magistrate ? .. At this moment , tbe Muncfeester , yeomanry were joined , by taal 5 Ui hussars , by the 3 l 3 t , and 88 ta regiiaeat of foot , and tea Cheshire yeomanry made their appaaranca iu another part ef the field ; che infantry and artillery did not take any active part ; and the Manchester yeomanry cavalry began to act with ireat vigour , gallopping aboat , and thrusting theis 8 abre 3 in k \ &tf direetiohv The hustings , with a coasidev&bla number of persona upou . them , were instantly , thrown ilpwn , und a scene of terror , confusion , end dismay presented itself , to which no language caa d « juatico ; the jwopla * ere il . rtywn doves by hundreds , audgalioppsd over , aad so ndwcrimiijate was the attack , and furious tha enset * tlias the spveial constAbles soared the cotatuou fatej one < f them being iciiled , and many woande-i , aad still mots tlirowQ down pay , the ; softiJee 3 of the feinale sex itseli "

      i : u . uUl not procure protection '; defenceles women and rMn « ler children , ' shared in the common overthrow . - And , it has beau stated to us , that the former Beemed Mora ioahicuteriy the objectsr ngaiost which their hostility waa direc ' teif . No resiatanco was made , or indeed ,- could be "i « 1 e aKainst this terrific vliap ' . ay of military forca ; it ia sitd . .-vii ( ie d , that when the niilitary had aurrounded tho nu stints , a few ; brickbats wera thrown , and that Mr . rlujiue one . of the . M » 3 chest 9 r yaomaury c : i 7 airy > was Kiio :-u « jd from hia horse by thia msans , but his fall baa "ten assijered to aiiother cause , and the dreadful injury ne received was the result of being riddea over . ; It is in | p ;> s 8 iWe , by nny verbal description , to convey an adeftnate uiVa of the dreadful Bcene wbicb now presented itself ; it had more than the horrors of a field b £ battle , because i ' - prtsentefl the unusual ijpectacile of unarmed men , defencewss women , and infant children , falling benaath the sword f the ( we are going tou 3 e tbe term warrior ) bat wa wiUnofc ¦ - ' o di » i ; race it . ,. ¦¦' ¦ ¦ : ; .

      "The Hussars conducted themselves with graafc propriety , him diti not use thsir sabres to tne injuty of a single iijdiviiiual . ' ¦ " ¦ ¦' ¦¦ ¦ : .. ¦ . ¦ ; ¦' .. . . ' ¦ '' .. - ' . . . " . ; . - ¦ ' . " The streets into which the terrified people had fled For shelter , were soured by detaehmunts of cavalry ; and in a very eboi't space of time this immense assembly was so c < impiet « ly dispersed , as hardly to present ta the eye a single group , save those that were laid bleeding oc the ground . " So far , the Mercury ' s account ia writtea editorially . I'ho next extract ia from the same paper , but there i » vveri as " details frbia Our own reporter . " The senior Edwabd Baines , was , at that time , tha solo Editor ! - ^

      • • T he immber of persons assembles at ths nieoting this nay iiiay bd safely estimated at 70 , 000 . Yariou 3 fcnialei sbcietiea epaired to tba hustuigs , preceded , like the men , by their flags , -lurmonted with the cap of liberty . Tae assetublaga was also iitirtiy coinposed « f the working classes , except where strong ttudtei ! of j petival constables were posted .

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      AtM « -pasi one o ' clpct , Mr . HanJ etimeoathogtovma - » n aappon carriage , sccorapanied by Mr . JoQESDn aad a fe-cr frierida , afid mounted' tho huttnzi amlfot loud apoIru ^ from the crowd . He was called to the cbltir-by acclamation ; and having tak&a it , be spoSe to the fol-Iewingeffect : — :: ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ; ,.:- ' ¦¦ - / : ' ¦ , ' .- - . ;; . . ' ,. ; • . ¦ ' My friends end fellow countrymen—I must entreat your indnlgence fosr a short time ; au 4 I beg you will endeavour to preservei-the most p&tVeo silenca . I hopa you will exercise tha al ! -powe ? fal ilgh ^ ot tho people in aa orderly manner ; and any nian that wants to breed a disturbance , let him ba instantly put down . For the honour you have dona me in inviting ma a second tinj » to preside ab your meeting , I return you my thanks - and all I have to beg of yon is , that you will induiga U 3 with your patient attention . 14 . is impqssibie that with the most silent and pitient atteatioa , we Eha ' . l ba

      a , b ? & ta : make ovuv-eJtss fie-ani by t&a whole of this trenisn ( lsn 3 fia * snibiy , Ifc is naete 83 for me to attompt to relate to you tba proceedings of tbo la' -v week or tea dayaia thiatown and Eeii ; hbouraoO'i . Yua veil know thorn ail , a £ ; 4 the Ktuae of the nj eetia ? appoihted fo ? lasfM ^ aday hums nrevented . It is ihes-efore uasisss tosay one-soraon teat , sufjeci ; ohiy to observe that ihosa « ho put us down , ami pievant ^ i us f : oih meeting onMoBday isat , by their tau . ligaant exe-. tions , bsva . prodneed two-fold » ha Eumber to-day . iApplause ) It will be perc . uiTed , tb ii ia C : / K % gueace of the calling of f , hia sew Eisdinsr , our « i-emk 9 , whs flittsred thesiselveft they had tjaiiicd a victory , have aascainsiV a great defeat .: TIle ? 3 hive beau two or three placards posted up during the last week tviUi the naia = a af ono or two ins . igniacaut persoas attached : So tberj . : pje Tom Long or Jack Short , r * © nutes ' - ^ ¦ ¦ " : '

      ' Hera Mr . Hunt broke off : suddsaly , andgavadirection for a shout , with three tim ? three , whiuh was made ; -aad farising round , with a . iaacn&r ' tint shuwed him perfect kcaster o £ the ari ; of maaai £ ii > g large . ' ajS ^ znbliei , ho esplitlaati to bis frteads , \ vho yrera c-t '' a loss what to ahcut for , that it wis only fcacaHsa rJ'We was a iittie alarm manifested cs •" tba curskirta , and he gav © the shout to re-inspire confidenca—that ' s rvll . ' ¦ " Tha a ; arm . however , . turned out to ¦ " ba too wellfounded ; for , at tb . 3 instant , a tiooiy of i ' afs M&noUtster

      Xeomanry : cavalry , abotit a hundred in ; nus « bf » r ,- galloppstl oa taa ground at fiill s »> se ( l , and Jalted wiihiu a hundred yarda of tbo "haitiags . They halted in txcramei disorder , and Mr . Huiitcriwl out ; " Rsceifo thtui witk ihhe cksess , and ka firra . " The ordeys tlitia made , were punsraaHy : obejea , ani Mr . Hn : t agr . tn eaid , ' . Tiiey aid all in dworOiit t . tii . is ; is a uisfe . * Bui after a uiinuta ' s priise , tiioy cbat »; 6 d thipayn tha eomposit c ? iy # il , inataatly macla a pAsxjgs , ana stii-ouiuled the hustin ^ ' 3 , oh which IVi ? , East woa sitii siioatiug , witb > out-stretched haad—' 'Bs ' Si-ai ' . ' '"""'¦ - " :

      : : 'Ti ! e exhortation was vsir .: th ? trami-Hn ;? of tha . h ' or&w « n ' ct bp . fi cutting of tliaii'brs . civ- »? a ! il . tlid adjieeui . sr ^ 'iaa ia . in instiint ; when , wislic-at awiaiitd ' a deiay ,.. tlie . - husttnys , v : lih'ihe cuiarauii ,. iUt-a , woman , fl ^ -a , aaa dps u ^ un ic w ^ w huried ta . tte ^ round ^—tbe cavalry in the midst of and upon tin-ni . ¦ - '• Mr . Hunt , With . Mr . - Ja-zlxon . a : i < l a immbtr of oibers , vvVre atc- ^ red sn . l seiit With , a strOLig nscoxi , , to t& 3 Hc' . V Bi ' ky . A drea ^ fiil ECita now took p ! : ; ce ntae tiia shattered ,

      bastings , and tae- fjru ' nad ; was strswed V 7 it ! i WoeUiag bodies oi msii ai < . d wouiL-n , cnt , bruised , and trabipie ' d . -upoh . AniOiJgs ; tha teat a speauil & 3 aata . bie , Mr .- ' Ash ^ - 'irtli , of tixa Bull ' s Up ad , -was cut to th « grouu d by ji tfo ;> p 6 r , and nUaoat immxeviiateiy uieU .: A pistol was diii ^ ha . rsred but bj yihomvJH coaid not po . sitivr-Jy R 5 s&rta . in ; the aciiiuat iiip 6 z : pxaV . ili : Bi v / a 3 , £ li ; iC it v .. is . d ; as ; k-ug-id . by an IsjiiivItSunl unknown , at a ' yeriinun -. vho w-is wding up to him , j . ad . tiiit it ci-uught tha iiiifoiiuuna ^ u lii ^ n irOia hia havitiij the ground .

      • ' { jfiy ^ - . Tii ruasistrated and coasiabi--s rode about i ^ ith tha cavalry , rind npgtttrt . il to b ? directing tiifli . ; QaO Sir J . Hyng vvng not in ? the to-va .: Tua cuptaJed standards nua ca ^ 3 v , aia casiied in triuvaph by suv «; val of tha . ¦ ytoiaaary . . . Tiiat i , a : S of tivj tiucifenee , which had cojua f : ora the' con : ; -r / -in- tha . raorain ^ . ' . in bi ^ h sp'h'its ; in orderfy " proc-iss ' ion , ar . J attv-cdedi-by fl ^ gs and mtiaici liow sought thsir homes iir strogjiJed p ? , rtiej » v ? iEh ineliHcholy aspects , aud loaving esveral vf thoir companioua bciiiau tiaru , Oao -soinan ,: we uctier- * stand , who atuod by he ? - c-oloara to tha last , was cab down by a trooper . We Bhouid not state this , as thinking it totally incredible , had not pur ' . it porter seen the woman Lad tLs flags - . £ » ii .. ' togc-. t& ^ r . 'fronx ' tha hustings , yrtiUe tiio solilitia vcatu cutting round them . ; ar . ri afWrwatda seen at least .-funi ? ' or fiva woDie'i dreadfully , wounded , conveyed to the InEitnary . ' * —Leeds Mercury , Aug . 24 th , i iSli ) .

      And this was the way tliq middle ^ elaKs men . of Manchester and Cheshire j "' th e ' ¦ "Yeomanry " aei'ved a peaceable and unarmed people , seeking t » potition for a Reform in ithe system of Rcpresea * ttitiou ! 1 'heso wl-re the terms of * ' . Union '' betwaaa the iniddle and labouring class at that peviod ! This was the way one class , bloated , blustering , big , and inflated with gin and pride . r-braaay . aad arrogance ; this was the way they attempted to prova tbac tbe vntereit& oj { the tied classes are identical" ' I and that tha middle classes are the " natural leaders and , protectors . 6 i' the labouring portion , of vh . 3 commauity ' 1 Q t iw » w arrpgas * ^ how-p « fft ) d-up with pride , thdy werp then ! : \ How they sneered , and

      scoffedYand turned up the ^ nosooi" affjcted contempt How taeygloated and glorified over theblood they had ahed—the Buffering they had caused—the life they had sacrificed I ! What " heroes" they then were I Whebb abb thky now ? How many of them are Yeomcnnowl How many of them have been ableto keep out of the Gazette , or out of the Ineolyeufc List ! Hdw many of them haveibecu able to keep out of the Tyorkhouse ! And how many of them have cut their throaCs t or haBged themselves ! Where is tha thirig . amongst tliem that would Nr > w'glory in the bloody dcoda he thea committed ! Where is tha

      thing amongst them that would not give his cars ta have his name erased from the damning record—the list of the ' ^ heroeb" of Peterlooi ! Ifc is ia vain , however , that he % q wishes I I'he ohaxacters in which ths nanios are written arfethoseof blood ! They cannot be washed otttj but by the vjqters of Justice ; and those have not yet bec-u applied , —or Thistiewood , Ikgs , Bkcnt , add Tidd would not have been the last men Executed and BEHEADED in Enj ? land for High Treason ! 1 ! No ; the naniea are not to ba obliterated from the bloody list » Hero ifc is ! 1 Led tha actoi' 8 of the : fiendish deeds oi' 1819 foast their eye . 3 upon it !!!

      Names of the Manchester Yeomanry on the Who / .. ;•¦ : ' ' . August , 1819 . Hugh Hornby Birley , Cbminanaer ^ ; Aaoou ^ h , Christopher , butcher . Anthony , Josepii , cheesemonge ? , Daansgate . Ashton , - , ¦ ¦ ' -, fuitian-manufacturer , Cottoa-cpurt , I > eatt 3 ( rat « . j ; . . ' - ; - ¦ - '' . ' '¦ Bowker , Wiiiiani , King ' s Head , Old Shambles . BowSer , John , tiOttoadyer , Back Salford . .:, ' ¦¦ Bewfcer . Willi&m . com and flour warehouse , 25 , Brid . . ; street ; ¦' . i . ¦/ .- . ' .. ¦< : , ¦ ¦'¦ ''¦' / ' ¦¦¦ : " . ¦ . . '; ' : - ; '" .:- ' . - ¦•• ¦ Beeston , John , Windsor Castle , but since of the Qaorga ¦ ¦ - Inn , Dsansgate . ::. ; . : ' ¦ •;' . ¦¦' //"¦; -,- : ' ; ' , .. " ... ' . [ : " . : ' :- ' Barns ; —~—— , epinner . Miles Elattaog . ; J

      Benson , Wa , the Fox , Jackaon ^ Row , Deansgate . Brjddba i Samuel , butter factor , Sfc . Mary'a Gate . BariiB . Th . o : na 3 , cotton dealer , Ardwicfe Greea . > Buriem , John , corn dealer , Worsley . Bargess , George , late of the Hen and Chickens , Daaas-; . gate . ' ¦¦ ¦ ' . ¦' . ; ' - . .. ¦ " - : ' : ' - ¦¦ ' - ¦ -: ; --. ¦ - ¦ ¦ -: . ' ^ - " Bailey , Oaorge . watcbrdsker , near SL Aim ' aSQuara . BaiUy , John Brpnanton . : : Barker , James , Nowfrn , ( son of Joseph Barker )~ :. Bourns , Joseph , ADdre 3 r" £ -iahe , ( Eonoft&ecoaotiTiiafeer ) . Bani-tey , Joha , labouring rnan , ( ra ' ostitata for yhoioas GjocUer ^ butcher , Strttford . ) Caltou , v / itiiava , Uurse breaker , sign of the Fox , Daan ' fi-¦ ' ;• - - gat& . - ' ¦; .-:, '¦ ¦ .: ' " . ' . : ' ^ , r / ' - ¦ ., '¦" . ' .: , : . - . - . - . : ¦ ¦ ^' \ : C '>» 9 , - ~— , Hqaos vanlts , cori 39 r of Bridge- street .

      Chaddiirton , Jaeob , Wool Pack , Pendlewon . Cliorltdn , . Taines , butcher , Sti'etford . , - '¦ "* ¦¦ .. ' ¦ Ghappee ; Paul , Pecdlstou , ( aloraianei ) . ¦/•; . "¦¦ • Cccp ^ r , James , jueaj the Cofcrage , St ; Peter . Goates , Jiihii , ( son of Ricnard Csat ^ s , cotton dealer ) . ChadwiGk , ¦——— , ( son cf Ciwdmch , iate Ohalwicit ' . ¦' . ¦ ¦ " ; ' sad . Cl 6 £ WV , ' :--. -: " - ¦¦ ¦' - ¦ ¦" : ¦/ ' : : - " :- V- ¦ - ¦ . ¦ ¦ :: -- ' ' •; ¦ Darbyshira . Ghioi ^ e , sao ^ fceeper ,: Str 6 tfoidi . Diy , pprli'butca « % St . raary . ' a-ijHti } .. . . . •;¦' . ¦ Fiddiia Edward , . ( for- . T . aiid R . Barton > . Eistcaor , Jacob . Eicks . ITaHotss , -Wiiliaiu , ScritforS . ' ¦ ' : ""' Fox , E ; twafd ,: V ., Lieutenant , Cannoa . strest Green , Satnviel , drer and . printer , New Garrati . Green , John , Attorney at law . . , / Gresn , Robert , Hargrcavi-streat , Hid Baok , iron-liquoc

      „ merersant . . . : . - ' - .- ' '¦ , ¦ . '¦ , ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ Gibson , William , farrior , ToA ^ -lane . - ¦ Q oooier , Mark i batcher , Stretford .. . ; . ¦ ¦ Greenha : gb ,, Jo £ a , ( son of ths Sheriff's officer ) . : Gregsorii ——— . Sergeant Major , 15 , Back King-street . Gdmsnaw , —— - ~; wai'&n 6 nie in McDonald ' s lane . Hoil \ s 3 , Joha , Bath-laaa , near Bury , gentlemaa'a eer-¦ P ' . ' . 'Wnfc : . : ¦¦' , : " : " , : ]' :. ;¦ ;¦; . ¦ ¦¦ . ' : ' - . - ¦ ; .. v ' . :- : V ; 7 . ' :: ' -v " ' . -- . Hardmani James , tobacponbt , Salford . \ Hngneg . V ¦ ¦ " -, cotfbfi spinner . - ' - - Hor ^ fi > ia , Pa ^ fcer , 3 rifoaP * dtecUoa , Wat ^ rloo-Btreet . Hulme , John , calico printer , Cannon-streat . .: HoWgate ,. John , partner withXiiidBsy , Deansgate , i ¦ ¦ Hey ward . ¦¦ : ¦¦ ' -: ¦ :-, cheesemonger , St . Mary's-gato .

      Hamnett , Jamea Iiaclmey writer , Salfdrcu ; Huliie , Ettwaid , Blue Cap , SallbrcL Hatdiaan , — , btewt | r % clerk , MiUer > Iaa 9 > Haltbnj——— - / ironmonger , Sarford . . Hindley . Koboit ; captain , broker , Salford . Harrison , Samuel , Milea ^ Piattiiig ,-. ( for T . Porfer , Biad - ''¦ fo rdi '" 1 : ; ; ; . " ^ -: , ; - w ¦ : ' . ' : •¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' " ¦'' .. ¦ ' : ¦ ' . ' ,- ' . ¦' . ' . ¦' ¦ . ' ¦ .. Hiltpa , Sdhxx , calico deator , ¦ '¦ - " - ; Hulse , Hijwiy , watchmaker . - : '*; ' ' Jciiies , Richard ( foi T . Mi ^ olt ) , Water-street . Jacfeon , Johni Park House , ^ raffoid-roacl . , JackBan , Peter , tinder Trafford , ip ' t Traflbrd Hall . Krauss , John , -drj-salter , Caeetham , ( a foreigner ]* Knowlea , Joha , jun ., painter , 10 , Meal-Btreet ,, Lilly . Frederick , flour-dealer , Shude-hiU . '

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 20, 1842, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct767/page/1/