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      &KJ ) THE MANCHE STER - MONUMENT TO P ERPETUATE HIS MEMORY . The accompany ing Engraving represents * monument , now ia coarse of erection at Manchester , in Hsnebesier , & fle burial ground of the Chapel l > elonging to tie Rev . Mr . Scholefikld , in Everygtroet . It is raised , by means of * subscription amongst the working people of England , to perpetuate the name and fame of one of the most bold , most strenuous , most disinterested , and most able advo cates of Libov 2 ? & Ca use , th&t that cause ever had to boast of . He was a Lkabek in the worst of had to boast of . He was a Lkabek in the worst of ;

      times . He was a Leader before the nails of faction had been pared , or its teeth drawn ! when it was rampant , insolent , and biting ! The tact he displayed as a " general , '' and the devotion he evinced to the cause of the people , endeared him to the heart of every eon of Labour ; while it procured fox him the inveterate hatred , and bitter scorn of the entire apper and middle classes . "With the working people , *» Hcxi and Liberty" was a watchword . They rallied around his standard—U « iv . ebsai . Sutfsags ; aad , with him , they braved proscriptu > n , perseeutioa , imprisonment , transportation , and even death ! Hpst was the first man in England who nailed the colours of UxiTEBSAi . _ St 7 FFRAGE to the mast , as a candidate for a seat in the House of Commons He wa 3 the first candidate who stood upon that principle in England ! and this he did when he stood » 3 candidate for Westminster , in 1817 . "With the events of 1816 and 1817 , Mr . Hot ' s

      B&me was muck mixed up . He Was called upon to tear his full share of the persecuting power of the * ' strong" Government . Charges of conspiracy and treason were hatched up against him plentifully enough j but his good tact and watchful eye foiled the attempts to entrap him . Castles , the noted spy , was Epeeially set upon him , to induce him to commit himself . The fiend labour 3 d hard to accomplish his

      purpose ; but he failed ! . Through the instrumentality of this infamous Trretcb , the " Spa-fields meetings" were held , which were attended by Mr . Uvsi ; and which meetings formed the main feature in the famous Green Bag conspiracy , which ended in the passing of GAGGING BILLS and PUNGEONING BILLS , by ¦ virtue of which hundreds of men were consigned to Gaol , kept there for months , aod then turned out again without even being told why they had been incarcerated , or what was the nature of the charge

      against them ! At these meetings , Petitions for Parliamentary Reform , based on TTmvsbsal Suffrage , were passed ; and amilar petitions were agreed to at immense and enthusiastic meetings all over the kingdom . These petitions were signed by more than a Million and a-half cf men ; and were in numbers more than three hsndred . Parliament met on the 28 ; h January , 1817 ; and there were deputations from the working people of all tie considerable towns in the Korto , 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 ! They com senced this game by making the Prince Regent ctter lies and calumnies from the throne ; and they followed it sp 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 % bill was brought in , Chapter 3 , 57 th of George the ! Qird , ** to empower his Majesty to seearo and detain goch persons as bis Majesty should suspect of conspiring against his parson and government ? ' that is io Bay , an act to authorize the ministers to take , and io put isk ) prison , any persona whom they chose , in

      any prisoT that they ehosa , for as long a time as they chose , without any cause assigned , without regular commitment , without being confronted with their accusers , without ever being brought to aay trial at all * or to hare a hearing before any magistrate , and to turn them out of prison when they ehose , without any power of obtaining legal redress for the iinury III

      This was the answer which the Parliament gave ** to the petition for Parliamentary Rtform . The Ministers lost no time in availing themselves of the power : they seized upon numerous persona , dragging them , in some eases , two hundred and fifty miles from their home ; imprisoned them in a manner that they could have no communication with wives , parents , or friends j shut many of them up in solitary 6 e&s , and forbade them the use of pen , ink , and piper ; and never , from first to last , brought any nan 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 ' , they admitted that the parties against whom it was levelled were very xmeked men . They abnsed ihem in terms still stronger than those made nse of by the ministers ; and , while they pretended to oppose the measure , this perfidious faction ; this base and detestable and cowardly and cruel faction ; rppresented the , persons against whom it was

      directed in such , & light , and represented their designs & 3 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 , though at the expense of the whole of the constitution ! This is the uniform practice of this selfish , this greedy , this treacherous , body of men , who have made all the revolutions that England has known for the last two hundred 3 ears , and who have fattened on the spoil of every revolution 1

      To accompany thiB act , there was another , forbidding the people meeting together to discuss political matters ; and authorizing the magistrates so to interfere with publications as to destroy whatever there remained of the liberty of the press ; and thus was every vestige of political liberty and of personal Eecurity taken away from the pesple of England . These bills were hroaght into the Hoase of Lords bj Hesht Addikgtoh , called Lord Viscount Sidmouth , who was an Englishman by birth ; and into the House of Commons by Sir Robebt Stewjlrt , called

      Lord Castlereagh , who wa 3 an Irishman , and whom we Bhali by-and-by see cutting his even throat and TnWaig himself , at North Cray , in Kent . These actB remained in force until 1818 , when they were suffered to expire ; and on the 17 th of March in that year sb act was passed to indemnify , or bear harmless , every person , and all persons , who sbonld have violated or gone beyend even these acts . So

      tliat , even if they had violated these Acts on tie persons whom they had seized and imprisoned , whatever they might lave done to such imprironed "persons , they were by this act , chapter 6 , 51 st year of Geo . 11 L , indemnified and borne harmless . Talk not of the cruelties and ferocity of those who destroyed the noblesse of France ! After this , talk rot of any such thingBl Talk not of w con-EtitEtion" and K oider" and " the Iaw 3 " : show

      aDytfcirg equal to this , done by any other people in the world , calling themselves a government and legislative assemblies 11 ! BuriEg all this time Mt . Htjkt was not idle . He defended the prosecuted , and upheld the persecuted . He procured himself to be subpeened to the trial of Messrs . Waxsos , Tbisxlzwood , Phestok , and Hoopbb , who were charged with high treason for occurrences in connection with the famed " Spa Field meetings ; " and his evidence respecting Castles , ( the main , indeed , the only witness against the prisoners ) was bo conclusive as to the infamous character of the

      tpy , and of his hell-deagned attempts to drag him ( flcsi ) into the mess , ihat the Jury , after a trial Of seven dajs , acquitted the prisoners ! The persecuting and dungeoning of the Reformers , however , did not pot down the cry tor Esdical Beform brak ths gpjrivof the people . On Iho con-

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      trary , they seemed to add to both . And in 1818 , the *» mild and mercifu 1 » * Government found itself compelled te hatch plots and conspiracies ; to get np " risings" and " riots , " to enable it to further coerce the nation . For this purpose they employed a set of atrocious miscreants ^ of whom Oltv \ eb was one . Through their instigations ,

      Brandbeth , Tdbneb , and Lbdlam , o f 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 remi of Gkoege III . 111

      In this case , 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-Imprifonment-Law was in full force . His efforts , however ? were -rain . The pleading of the leading counsel for the defence , Mr . Cross , sealed the doom of

      the prisoners I With the best answer to the charge in the world , he admitted their guili , and began to ¦ whimper- about their being the dupes of euoh seditious and treasonable writers as Cobbett and Co . The men were executed and beheaded ; and Counsellor Cnqss was immediately made a King ' s Sergeant " at-LVw ,-b&ing presented with a silk gown ! 1 ;

      The hanging and beheading of thes men did not deter the working people from seeking for Radical Reform-With Hunt at their head , they persisted in their demand , holdicg meet ings at which petitions were agreed to , praying for the adoption of "DmveB " sal Sdfpsage . These meetings were attended by almost the entire working population of every district , particularly in tha North . At length , in th

      month of August , 1819 , a sort of aggregate meeting was determined on , to

      be holderi at . Makchestee , at which Mr . Hunt engaged to be present . The meeting was originally called for Monday , ther 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 ihey had taken in convening it , and examined

      the wording of their advertisement j 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 fleeting a representative , or- legislatorial attorney for Manchester , was

      against law , and might bring them into peril if persisted in . The requisioniets , therefore , issued a noticoe that the meeting on / he 9 : h 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 one day only ; and it received the names of upwards 700 inhabitant householders in a few hoars . Here is the requisition to the Bbroughrseve 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 and effectual means of Reform in the Commons ' House of Parliament . " This regulation , when Higned , was presented to the authorities , and no answer having been given to

      it , after waiting a reasonable time , the requisitionists proceeded to call , the meeting themselves , for the above objects , set forth in the above words . They fixed on Monday , the 16 th day of August , at twelve o ' clock at noon , as the day and honr at which the meeting would beheld ; and the place of meet ing was an open area near to St . Peter's Church , called St . Peter ' s field .

      The Magistrates did not issue other notices respecting ihis meeting , denounceing it as "illegal . " They Buffered all the necessary arrangemen s to be made withoat warning or caution a 3 to the codsequeuoes they had in store ! Thus lulled into

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

      The following are details connected wuh this atrocious aad horrible outrage . They are not fuJled From Radical or Chartist publications , but they are extracted from the Leeds Mercury newspaper , of August 24 : h , 1819 . They are copied from the Messrs . Baikes ' 3 own office-file , which they have been kiud enough to lend us for this purpose ; and whost courtesy in 89 doing , we thus publicly acknowledge The facts , as narrated , were witnessed by Mr Edwasd BAiNEs . jan . He was on the hustings at thy time * the charge" was made ; and it is hit account chat the reader is now presented with : —

      "Manchester sbfobsi meeting . " dispersion of bt an ar 3 iejd fobcjj , " monday , august 16 th , 1819 . Before we proceed to detail the occurrences of this fatal day , it may be proper to premise that this me ^ t ing was intended to have been holden on Monday , tbt-. 9 th instant ; bat that ttie magistrates havin * denounced that meeting as illegal , en the ground uf one of th <* objects stated in the requisition , convening it , being t . sleet a person to represent that town in Parliament , it 3 ras considered , after taking Cunnsel ' a opinion , txp « - dibnt to postpone the n ; eetin $ to afford time to can

      another , to which no Buch objection could appiy . Tut object of this second meeting was stated in the notio . to be ' for tha purpose of taking into consideration the taost eff ~ ctual le ^ al means of obtaining a Reform in th « Representation of the Bouse of Commoni . " To thu nieetlDg , publicly unnounced through the medium cf ihw newspapers and placards , no official objection was midihy the magistracy on the ground of its illegality ; thouili the B iTombreoves and Constables of Manohestr and Silford . exprpsaing in oblique terms their dislike of th > proposed meeting , published a notice , which was Couched in the following teima : —

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      " ' The BoronMhreeves and Con--tables of Alanohtisur and Salford , most earnestly recommend ; tho p « racsable : and ¦ well-dispoBed inhabitants of ^^ those towns as iuucb as possible to remaia in their own iiou 8 e 8 , duriugth 9 wko ! t dt this day ( Monday , Au ? , 16 ) , and to heep ihieli children and servants within doors . " ¦ v : > "At ten o ' ciock on Monday morning , the magistracy , whoi probably , at that timo , had not determined upon adopting any m ** asare tither to prayentor disperse tbtmeeting , assirmbled a considufable number o ! epecial constables in the vicinity of the place of nieeting . wliic ! . was flx « d upon to bj in a large open ' . space-. ' of gi-ouiui near St . Htter a Cciurcbi j and the different military crirp *; were resting on their arms ,: prepared ; to act at a mo ment ' B notice if their servicta sj ^ ouid b » desineci necessary . •¦ ¦'' .. . . ' ¦ ¦• ¦¦' ' .. ¦ ' . - . ; ¦ [¦ __ ¦ ' .. '¦ ¦ ,. ¦";¦ , ' ¦ : ' - ' / .. ¦

      •* The RefoTmers , who 86 eme < l determined to make this a splendid day , vers fqualiy on % h % alert , not indeed in preparing arms , for of those they were totally destitute tint in preparinB flags and small bands of music , and in arranging mattera for the opproaehing meetinsr- It l « ttVident , however , from the great nu : nbor of fumales » nd even children , who fornibd p , irt of the prpc ^ asslon that nothing was anticipated that cuuld involve ttiem ui tbe least degree of peril ; and an irr . meD 8 & multitude f athered together , relying with coufiiencu on each nthtr ' ai peaceable intentions , and certainly aot expfctin « , thuttbt ) p . taiutions taken by the mayiutT . vcy Vo pweervB tho peace , would ba tniployed to destroy it and convert a peaceful aesembly into a eceno of terr .-r anrt alarm , danger , an » i death . " Mr .- . Hunt . ' lrft the residence of Mr . Johnson , at Hmedl « y-C < jttoge , about twelve o clock , in an open tvtrriaga . in wbioh were also « eaU . d Mr . Johnson , Mr ami

      Knlan ^ Mr . Carlile , aod : on tbe box with . ' tb * - uuuehman , was a fenjale of the name of Water worth neuriuii a wblUj fl ig . The procession , -which conoi&ter-. f HJttby tbousaoda , pasted through ShudeHill , Hang-Jng-Diwjh . O'd . Mill-Grate , ' Markt * trPiace . St Marys Q itt > . p . iao ' a-Crite . and St . Pater ' s-street , to . 'tbe ' . ' areii -ippointod for the plica of mefltinK ¦ Soine ; id * a may l ) ii formed of the immense nutubers that attended this metttingv when we state , that Nawtiin-Lane , which is aot Jesa tban tbifty yards wide , was literally cboaken up for above a mile with tho divbions from 8 aadle * orth Olahimy . K > ytbn , and Failaworth . Eich tiivi'nun had its r «* pfft vcflags , music : &s . All the divis ons took Mr . Hunt ' o route . Females of all a ( Etffi ¦ Vfru , ioterM ^ ereed in each cpropiny , wita ; children t bf'th » eXifl . Mr- Hupt reached the . ground a littJ * - ufter one- o ' clock , and was receivedi with repeated cheeriniu from the innumerfible thousands that werV Kssornbltid . . - . . ¦ . ; . ¦ :- '¦ ' ¦' ^ ,: ' . "¦ .. ¦ : '¦ ¦¦' ..

      . " It may be proper here to state , that the magistrates had aes « ti « bied about tw « Wo ©' clock . at the bouse o •> lr .- Buxton probably atnut one hundrert and fifty . ards troin the hustings , and from which they cmumanded a vioW of the whole field In a liner froin this -. ijuHB to the hustings was arraneed a strong body « f so . o (< il constables armed wit U staffs , the insignia of their ( fflja / aadthM Slftnc ( ie »^ rye (> manry and Ch e * hfre ciyalrji

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      were drawn up under arms behind tba bouse , and of course out cf sight cf the meeting , who were , however , auincierViy apprised that a strong military force was at hand . Such was the state 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 multitnda bjr which he was > nrroucded ; at tbiaraoment the most perfect order and entire aitenca prevailed , nor had any of Uie tytvwn , prpceedinga of the magistracy : excited any uneasiness , nor any

      appreheBsion that they were assembled in defiance of the laws . Mr . Hunt had nst spoke mwe than from eight to ten minutes , in which ha exhorted them to the maintenance ef the most perfect Order , and Instantly tO : put down the man who should make any attempt to creats a disturbance ; and waa proceeding to state that the magistrates ^ by esusdog tos meeting to be postponed , had been the nicsns of creating a , twofold attendance , ; and instead of gaining an odvautaga by this poatponemeat , they ; had sustained a defeat ; .---at ibis moment a shout of terror announced tile approach , of tiie military ,

      and . the Manahester cawalrT ^ apgeirad in sight , gallopping towards the huatinga , anii when they" arrived within about one hundred yards of the hustings thay halted for a moawnt , probably deterted from procoediag , by the solid mass through ivhioh . they must force -tiieir . way . At sbis moHKnt , Mr . Eaat ^ wao saw £ i ? e appreach of the cavalry , and the pause they had bride , witi a view , as he - ^ . ' ained to thepersflufl who suwoanded him , of ¦ re-inspiring cqnadencej gaye iirecSions for a shout , with threei'tini . es three , which was complied with . Tile jheering had hot the tffi 6 t of iaduciog ; he cavalry to retreat ; the pause y ? aa but

      tuomeatary ; they drew their sabres , and iibarged thirongh tbe immense body of poupie that was . iEterposed bet'sVesa them iiid . the huatiegs , which they instantly ^ nrroanded—rbut iye will here give tha ¦ vords of the Police .. Journal : —*; Xhw yeomabry cavalry , in support of thg police pfficera , armed with the wairaata i £ the magistrates , daaiied through tha orowdi and suitounded the nustin « s . ' It wasm vain that Mr . Hunt ; witiioulr ¦ stretched arms , exhorted tbe people to . ba arm ; tho trauipling of the : horssa / aud the sabres bf the ilclsjra , which /^ ro not unemployed ^ cl sarad tho . ground in an iivstint ;•¦ :. and Mr . Haat -waa called uiion

      to" suxfender himatlf , whicnhe espiossejii his readiness to do to a magiaratc , bat not to the yeoinacry cavalry . : A ge ^ cietsen mi ± ium

      > uaa presented mmsen ; . ncknowiedgf-d his authority , and surrendered himself j moat ¦ - >{ the p : nor psrsoDS on the hustings , including Mr . John , -on , Mr , Tyal , a reporter from the office of the ; Times news ' paper , Mr : Smith . Mr . - : 'Sax 6 n , '" ' --EobMt , ;^ . ' Wilde ,- ; Thonii 8 Tuylor , and three females , w « re carried off the field under in escort t-V the New Bailey prison . : Mr * yunt y ^ as fcikea t 1 ) the ruhdfzvous of ; the magistrates , v ! . \ At : this monieut , she Manchester yeomanry were joined by tha 16 th hussars , ^ y the 3 i . it , and 88 tn regimeat of foi > t > and tba Clieshire yeomanry niade their appearauc « lu another paitsf tlie field ; ¦ ha infantry ftnd artillery did not take auy active part ;

      ind the Manchester yeomanry cavalry begaa to act . with 4 reat vji ? our ,: gallopping abonti , and tiuuating their sabres tn every direetion . The huiUugs . v : \ ih a corisiderablo number of persona upon thetn , were inataatly thrown down , utid a scene of terror , confusion , and disaiay presented itself , to which no language can dajuatico ; the people * ere U . rown down by hundreds , and galloppad over ^ arid so indiscriuiinate was the ittaok , and furiovi 3 the enset , that the special constables shared the common ; fate , one f them being killed , and many wounded , aad stilt more 'brown down ; Bay , the softness of , the fcunala sex itself ¦ : ouUl not ; procure > protection ; defenceles women and ' encier children , shared in the common overthrow . And , it has been stated to us , that the former seemed more particularly -the . , objevcts against which their hostility , was

      aiteei « d .. No resisuuee was made , or indeed > could ba 'li . do agaiost this terrifici display of military : force ; it ia siid , inded , that when tae niilitary had sdrrounded the nuitinus . a few brick-bats were thrown , and that Mr , 4 uinje ona of the Manohestsr yeomanry cavalry , was ino ked from bis horse by this means , but his fall has Austin assisted to another cause , ; and the dreadful injury 'le received was the result of *; being ridden over . It ia inposslble , by any verbal description , to convey an adequate :. l « ra of tho dreadful scene which now presented itself ; it had niore than the borrow of a field of battle , because > t presented the unusual spectacle of unarmed men , defenceitttx women , and infant children , falling becaath tho awozd if the ( we are going to Use the term warrior ) but we will not 'o diecraco ' it . .- " - .- '' - . ¦ ¦ ' ' ¦ ' '¦'¦ ¦ . ' . ' . - - '"¦¦ ¦ . •/•• ¦ ;¦ "¦ , ¦ . ¦ : ' - . '¦¦

      " The Hussars conducted themselves with great propriety , * nd did not use theli Babres to the : injvuy of a single tudUiduai . ¦ : ' ' :- . : ]' -i . ' ' ¦ . ' ? . ¦ ' ¦• , ' , '¦' . - .. . .. '•" . " % - ' -: > ¦ ¦ - . - ¦ ¦ : - ' ¦ . ¦¦ . - . " The s : feets into which the terrified people had flsd fur sh « lr <; r . were acpured by detacbinents of cavalry ; and ui a ; Vory bhott space of time this immeusa assembly was so <> jinpiett * ly dispersed , as hardly to present to the eye a singlt- group . save ; tfaOBe that were laid bleeding on the ground . " So iar the Mercury ' s - acoount is ; written editorially . Tno ' nuxt extract is from tha same paper , but there given as "details from our own reporter . ' ? The senior KpwARD Bainesj was ,: at that time , the solo Editor ;^ ' T / ie number of persons assembled at the meeting this day may be safely estimated at 70 000 . Various female societies epnired to ths hustings , preceded , like tfcemen , by their fla ^ s , ^ urmbhied -with the cap of liberty . The asaeniblage was also VnKrtty C (> mpo 5 ed « f thevyorkingolassfts ; except v > bsiii strong dodics of epecial constables were posted .

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      ' Atba ! f-pas 6 on 90 'dc « : Rrr . Huntcatiieontfc 6 gtound in aa optn cArr ? ag < j , Bcco ^ npanietl by Mr . Jofcnsoa and a few frieads , and moated tha fcu-. t-njja emi {* 8 t iocti applause from the crowd . He waa calte'l to the cbnir by acclamation ; aud having Utkaa it , he sooke to the foils wkg effect : — . My friands and fellow countrymen , —I must entreat your indulgence for a short time ; asd I beg ¦ you will endeavour to preserve the most perfec . silenca . I hope you will fXcrcisa the ali-powe » £ ul right of the people ia and

      an orderly manner ; any man that wants to breed a disturbance , let him bs instantly put down . For the honour you have done me in inviting me a second timo to preside at your meeting , I return you my thanks ; and all I have to beg of you i 3 , tb . it you will indulge us with your patient attention . It is impossible that wit u tlie moat silent and patient attention , we shsil ba able ta maka ' ourselves bfcard by the whole of tbis tremenuaua assembly . It in useless to : me to attempt to relate to you the proceedings of tho ias-t week or tea days in this town aud neighbourhood . You well know them ail , ar . ^ the cause of the meeting appointed for

      last Monday bring prevented . 15 is therefore useless to say one word on that su ' rject ; only to observe that those' tsiiQ put us dpwa , aad , pieventsd us f . om Tneeting on Monday last , by their midignant exertions , have produced tw-3-foid the number to-day . lApplauae ) It will be perctsived , tltit in consequence of the calling of this aew malting , our eatunea , who flattered themselves tbey had gained a victory ^ have suataiaail a great defeat . Thera hava been two or three piaeards posced np daring ffie Jasfc week with thenamea of oheor two insignificant ijcraohs attached id them . Oae Tom Long or Jack Shori , a printer '— :

      "Here Mx . Hon 6 broke off suddenly , aud t ^ kvedirection for a shout , with tares tune turae , whtcii was isaqe ; and tanking roucd , vzith a manner thit showed hipx p > erfecfc master of . thearfcof inaaaKicg largeaasora-Kies , ha explained to bis ftieuds , who were at aio » ¦ whafc :. & > shout for , ttaafrifc was only bacause thera wa 3 alittie aLirm manifested at the oatskirta , !> ud i » a g » ye t&e shout to rc-insplre . coafidoaca— -that's ail ;' . 'I The aJarm , however , turned out to be too weJlfosnsSed . ; for , at the instant , a troop of tha Manchester

      FeGmanry cavalry , tihoat a huudrc-d iu number , gallopped on tbai ground at full epee J , and fcaltWtl within a huodnsd . yatda of tlie hustings " . Xiiejr haltec ? in extrdroo disorder , and 3 It . fiLaat cried out-.- " Bsoeivo ihfcui wita three aheers , and ba firm . '' 'f ho ordera tbas made , . we ? a punctually obeyed , and Mr , Hur . fc asrain oaid , They atd aU in disorder : this ia a . ttick . ' But after a minute's pauso , ; they , chaiged tnioug ' n the compact Crowd , ihstantTy' made a ipaasgg ^^ and su > ro \ inded xlse hustings , ; oa -wbich Mr . Hnrit Vr 83 Stftl snoutiu ^ . With ouS-siratctiedhand-i . « Ko Srai / : ¦ . ; .. ¦¦ : '• . ;;

      : . jg aa . exportation T / aq vaL-: . : tha tram ^ iia ^ of tba horses . and tad ; euttJngof . ttai i-idsra Ciaire ^ V the ac ? pceht- gvounil in aa instant ; when , without & miauto ' s delay , tha hustiuaa , wiia the cij . airsian , jiirn , ¦ svoKiea , fta « 5 , and aipd upon' it vvtV ^ haried ' to tha fti'ouuathe cavalry in ' the . lfti . dst of anu upon t ' jeia .: Mr . Hunt , wish iVlr . Jaca . soa and a ijunioer of oilifera , tftre steiired * auU sau . t with a strpiig . oacort , to ; th i New BilWy . A . cfreauful ECeue now took pliico hear , thti abattered "

      fcusticgi ? , aad the flronnd . was strewed "with bl ^ e ; ifag bodiea o £ mea aad woffita , cat , bruisedi and traa' . pied upon . Amoagss the resS a apocial coostulils ,: Mr . ; AsH-. Tfartb , of the Buil ' 3 Head , was qut to the ground by a trtwper , and ainioat immediate ? died ; ; A piitoi via ? discharged but'by whom wo could not -positively . .. & ? s « t ; ain ; tiie account aicstpWyd 2 en&wa 3 ,. tiis . t ic was discharged by ati -. individual ua&no'STa ; fit ajeomau who was -risling up to him , and ttiit it •• brought tha astc : rtunE , td man item hiaiior « 3 6 » , tU ( jfp ! ouud . ¦ ¦ : ' . ' :. ' ¦'¦ ¦' : ¦ . ¦'¦'¦¦ ¦¦ . v : ' , ¦ :- "'

      " Saverai ' jivagistratea and coast&V . 'is roda about ' with tho cavalty , and aiii ^ svistl tobe riirttlir-g thi-u ? . Ge n . S * r j . Byag was not in tee t' > Mv 'faorAptarcd standards aurt ca £ > 3 werp catiiad ir > ¦ . . trin . aiph . by several o £ rhayeo ? r-aniy . Tba' 6 partof tLo jiudtonCQ , vriiica . had coani fion > tha ] djuirtrjf ia the moniiniT , in hig-i spitita ' ,. in orderly preb ,-: a 8 ion , snxi ' . attindod ' byfrigs '* ntid uiusicj now sought their homea in straggled partttei , wish meitincubly aspicta , . and leaving several of ttsoir coiTipitiiioas bebinti tbem . Oan sromait , we understand , "who stood by '¦ "lii- ' c v colours to '' tlie' last , ' was cafe 46 tva by a 'tt ' ooper . VVe should not ttate tLia , aa thinking it totally incrediole , had hoi ; our reporter seen tUe woman und the flags , fall together ^^ from tea hustings , while tbe Soldiers were cuttii : g round thoni ; . ac ^ a if tefwatda .. siafcn . at leait font or fiya wonsen dreadfully wounded , couvejedto the infirruaxy . ' * —Leeds Hercui-y , Aug . 24 ta ,, 18 lli . ¦' :. '¦' ¦]] / '¦"">' . " : .

      And this wa 3 tho way the middle-elasa mea of Manchester aui Cheshire , tho " Yeomanry " served a peaceable and unarmed people , seeking to > petiitipi ! for a Roforai in tho system of Representation ! These wasethfe term 3 of Union" betwaea the iaiddie aud labouring . ciass at tliat period ! This was the way one class , bloated , blustering , big , and inflated with gin : and pride ^ t—brai ; 4 y . an . iai . rroganca » this was the way they attempted to prove ttat the " mtcrah ' ojthe Iko classes are identical ! and that tha middle glasses are tho ¦ " natara-l leaders and protectors of the labouring portion of ; ih 3 coinmaaity" 1 O-1 how arrogant , how pn&d-up . ¦ ¦ wi th ' pride , they wixd iheni How : they sneered , and

      Bcoffed , - aud tu * ned uj > the nose of affeefcod contempt t Hovv tuey gloated asd glorified over the blood they had 8 hed- -7 the BuffetiBg they had caused—the life they had sacrificed ! { , What >'; heroes '' they then were Wheub ab . b they sow ? How many of them are Yeomehnoyo i How many olihem have been ableto keep out of the Gazette , or out of tlia Insolveufc List ! How ja&ny of theni have bsdnable to keep oiit of the workhouse . - ¦! Aid how many of them have cut their throats ; or haeged themselves ? Whareia tha thing amongst iheja that would kqvr glory in the bloody deeds he then coipmUted I Where is tha

      thing amongst taem , toat wodid not give his cars to have hfa uameerased { torn iho damning recordr-thai list of the ** heroea " of Peterloo ? 1 It ia in vaw , however , that he so wishes ! ^ ne characters in which the named aro written are those of blood ! They cannot bo washed ohi , but hjiixo waters of Justice \ and thosb have not yet been a ^ pUed ,- ^ -or THiSTtEwoob , Ikgs , Bbont , aud Tidd would not have been the laat men Executed aad BEHEADED in England for High Treason !! J No ; the namesi are h ot to be obliterated from the bloody list ! Hera it is ! ' £ Let the actors of the fieadiali deeds of 1819 feast their eyes upon it I !! : ^ :,

      Names of the Manchester Yeomanry on the 16 / A of .. ' . ' ¦; ¦ ' ¦}¦ : ¦ '" : Augusti V&lQi ' "¦;¦ ' /' :: ¦ ¦ ' - . / ' . ¦ . . ¦> ¦ ¦ Hugh Hornby Birley , Comroandsr . : Ascougfi , Christopher , butcher .: - V Anthoay ,, Joseph , cheasemoager , Doansgate . : Ashton , ——— ,: fastiaa-maaurUoturer ^ Cottotoourfv ¦ ¦' . ;• • " Deansgate . : ' . . '¦ ' ¦ " ¦¦¦' . - "¦ "' ¦ :- . ¦ - ¦;• ' - . ¦ . " . ¦'¦ ¦'¦' . .. ¦— , ' " . Bowker , Wilifam , King ' s Head , Old Shamble 3 . Bowfeer , ' John , cotto ^ dyer . Back Salford . Bewher , Wiliiam , com and fluuz -waitlicuEe , 25 , Elid stKefc . } , ¦ ¦ •¦ /¦ ¦" : ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' ; : ' : ¦ : " " , '¦ ' ;¦¦ - ' : -. ' . ' ' ¦ , ' . ¦ " . ¦ . ; Beeston , John , Windsor Castle , but since of tiie Qeorga ... - ; Iun , > D 2 ansgata . . ' : . " . - ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ;\; ' : ' . ; - ¦;' .:: ¦; :: : ¦¦' . ' Birns , -r—— -, spinner , Miles Platting . V

      Bensooi Wm ., the Fox , Jacfespn ' s Bow , Daacsga&j . Br iddpn , Saaiael , butter factor , St . Mary ' s Grate . Barns , Thornas , cotton dealer , Ardwick Qreen .: : Burgess , J-jhn , csrn dealer , Worsley . Bufgess ,. G 8 orge , lite of tha Hen and Chickens , Daans-: - " - ' . 8 a . te . ., v , -- \ :: :- ¦; ,. ¦ ' ; , ¦ ¦ ¦¦ . ; ' : ; ¦; ¦ . - . ; ' :: . '¦¦ - ; .. ¦ . ¦ ¦¦ ¦ : Biiley , Qqorge , v ? dtchmzkert near-St . Ann ' s . Oqwue . Bailey , John Broughton . . Barker , ' Jaraea , Nawton , ( son of Joseph Barker ) . :: Bbufne , Joseph , AuSreWs-Iane . isoo of too coaobniaker ) . Bintley , Joho , labouring man , ( lubstitute for Tiioniaa G Jodier , hatcher , Stretford . ) Caitpu , William , horse brtiker , sign of the Fos / Baan ' s-- : ¦ : •¦' gate 1 * ' ; ¦ : ¦ :. ' ... ' ; ' . V ¦ - . - ¦ . ' [ ' ' '' : . ' . ¦ ' ' ¦/ - , . '¦ ''"• . "' . ¦¦ ¦ .. ¦ ¦

      C ;> pa , ¦ ;' . '!—? hqnor vaalta , comer of Bridge-street- - . -: Chadderton , Jacab , VVool Pock , PenclleSon . Caorlton , JameB , ' . biitcherj Strtitiord . :. ¦'¦"¦¦ Chappee ,, Paul , Ptjndlston , ( a foreif'nerji ' . . ; . ' Coopefi J ^ nses , nea ? ' theCottage , St . Peter . ; . C 6 ! ite 3 , Jafta , ( acn of Kfcbp . rd Crates , ebttPn dealer ) . Chadwick , - — , ( son ot Chad wick , latsi Chadwick . -. , ari < I Clo ^ jr ) . . " : -. ; . ' :- ¦ ' " ' : ' ' . , ' ' ;¦ . . ¦ ¦' . ¦ ¦ - . . ' . ' ' ¦' p * rDj-BQiro , Gaor ? e , shopfeeoper , Stretford . \ p ' iy , ppfk :-B ; tt'iUcr , ; 3-3 . . Mai-y ' s- ^ ate . . ' . .. . - -. .: . . Fidiiiau Kd ^ -ard , ( for T . aad K . Barton ) . > Fietcfeer , Jasob . Eude ? . . / , ¦ - ¦' .. '¦ , ; .-Faiit > ws , Willlaat , Scn . tfori ; .. - .. ; : ' . ' .. '"¦ ; V : ' Pox . JEiwatd . Y .. Lviutauctat , GatiTiOTi-Btte % t . ';

      Green , Samuel ; dyer and piiatcr , A ' etv Garratt . Crresn , John , " Attorney at law . Green , Kobei-t , Ilargreav « :-strc 3 t , Ksd Baiifc , iron-liquor ¦' . merchant , - ^' : ¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ :. . : /¦ ' : r '¦ ¦ . ' ¦; : ¦ V ,. - ; ¦' .. ' ¦ ¦ ' ; Gl ' asQB , Wiltis . rh , farrier . Toad-lane . _ GiX > di . er , Slark , butchsr , Stretford * . . Greenhalgh , John ; ( sba ot" the Sheriff ' s officer ) . O .-egson , ——— , Sergeant Mejor , 15 , Back King-street . Grimshaw , — - ^—'— -, varehouss ia M'Donald ' a Lraa . Hpllisa ' , Jopn , ^^ Bath-iane , ^^ near Buiy , gehtieman * aer-¦ : ¦ '' : vanf ' : "¦ ¦ : ¦ ' . ¦ ' - '" y ' ; -: '¦ ' ¦¦ ; - ' ¦[ \ , .: ' : ; ' ; " - - . . ' . ¦ ' , " : ¦ Hardman , James , tbb 3 oconist , Saltord . Hughes , ¦ ; ' . '•' . ' , cotton spinner . Horsfield , Parker , British Proteoiion , Waterloo 4 tr « t . Hulme , * Jonn , ca ' . ico printer , Cannon-street . ;

      Holdgate , Joha , partner trtthLindsey , Deansgate . Heyward ; ¦ v cheesemonger , St Mary ' s-gate . Hamnett , James , hacfaiey ¦ writer , SalfprcL Hulme , Edward , BloeCap , Salford . Hardin ^ u , — - —— , brewert clerk , Miller Wane . iHaUoa/^— -r-i , ironihonger , Saiford . : ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ; -: - Hindley ; RobeitVoaptein ; brswer , Salford . Harrison , Samuel , ilUesPlattiag , Ifo * TiPortsr , &ai . ' : rfora . : :: ¦ ¦ ¦ •; . rV- - :: / - ' -: ¦• ' . - : y : \ : •;¦ : ; - / - t--. ( Hilton , John , calico deaier . ; ; .. ' * .. - •• . ¦ Huiea , Henry , ¦ w atchiaabp . ; - .: ¦ / : ; '" . ¦ . ' ' . ]_ . ¦ .- . - " Joaes , Kichatd ( for T . Moitiolt ) , VTpiAr- ^ s « x ^ ' : Jackson ; John , Parkflhm ^ v Traffbrd-roa ^ - ; ; : ^ Jactson , Peter , Under Traffard , of Tfafford Hall . ( Ktauas , John ; drysalter , Cheetham , ( a foreigner ^ ~ Knowles , JoM , jun . i painter , 10 , Meal-atreet . . - ^ LUly , Frederick , flour-dealei . Shudfrhill . ' • .- ' :: : : v * :- : ¦ '¦¦ ' :. ' - - ¦ , ¦"'' : '¦ - ¦ ; ¦ ; ¦ ; ¦ " . ¦ •¦; - . ' ; . ] ' ^ - -i ^] ^ y-

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      Monument To The Memory Of Heney Hunt. ~ : ; ~ _ —' . " ~ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ — . ... . — - ••* ——(Erectert In The Chap*! Yard, Every Street, Manch«Oter, By Tne .Ww(Fin&Lt;L^Opie^^-.; ^- . ; '' &Gt;¦.•;¦; ^Y; ¦; . ' . ,, V.:; : : ; : : /.-; ;, : ;

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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-ncseproduct902/page/1/