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    • ' HENEY HUNT: 0D THE JiANCHESTER MONUMENT TO PEB^ETUATE HI S MEHORY.
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      The aooompwy iag Enuring repute a ttcmu-^ hesur , Vthe tarf " - !«•»*<* «¦• »»^ Songing * ° . tfe Bev . Mr . Sohoutou * in Every-^ jeet . It-is raised , byi » e * ns ef a subscription ¦ atones * the sreriongpeople of England , fo perpetrate the naow and fciae of one of the most bold , - ^ strenuous atost disinterested , * nd most able iToeates of jiiBoraV-CACSi , ftst that cause era ¦ , |

      t a 4 to boast ' of . He was a Leabbs in . the worst of ^ jga . He w » s a Leader before lb . 8 nafls of faction jj ^ beenp&rtdj or its teeth drawn 1 -when h was j ^ paat , insolent , and biting I The tact he diBpjjjedas a " general , " and the devotion he evinced to gK causa of the people , endeared him " to the heart $ f every son of Labour ; while it procured for him the jjteteraie hatred and bitter scorn of the entire rt ^ er aad ljSddle classes . With the working people , ages * . < 8 fe Liberty" was a watchword . They rjHied sr $ s 3 | riu 3 standard—Usiteesal Sctfkage ; jgj , witfii ^ liihey braved proscription , persecarion , igp risomaeot , transportation , and even death !

      Hrcr was , the first man in England who nailed $ s colonrs of TJktvbbsai . Soffsagb to tie mast , as I candidate for a Beat in the House of Commons . He w& 9 the / first candidate who stood upon that ^ inciple in England 1 and this he did when he stood pc * ndidate'fbr Westminster , in 1817 . With the Vents of 1816 and 1817 , Mr . Hunt ' s

      us e was maeh mixed tip . He was called upon to Jar his full ^ share of the persecuting power of the * strong" Government . Charges of conspiracy and treason were hatched up against him plentifully exragb ; bat his good tact and watchful eye foiled the attempts * o ' entrap , him .. Castles , the noted spy , ¦ nts spscially . stt npon himi to induce him to commit himself . The fiend laboured hard to accomp li sh his

      jmrposej bnVfie Failed 1 Through the instramentaBty * of this infamoQ 8 tretoh , the * Spa-fields meetings" werehetd , which tree attended by Mr . Hdst j and which , meetings ftnned the mom feature in the famous Green Bag 'eosipiracy , which ended in the passing of GAGGING BILLS and DUNGEONING BILLS , by yirtue of vrh | oh hundreds of men were consigned to iQyd , kept there for months , aod then turned cut kgiia without even , being told v > hy they had been inorcerated , or what was the nature of the charge

      agiinst tbem-J At these meetings , Petitions for Ps&Maentary Reform , baaed on "DmvsaltL Suffrage , were . passed ; * nd similai petitions were jereed to at immense and-enthusiastic meetings ail over the kingdom . These petitions were signed by more than a Million and a-half of man ; and . were in numbers more than three hundred . Parliament met on the 28 th January , Ml ; and there were depatstions from the workj 2 g people of all the considerable towns in the Kcrth , prepared to go in procession to carry the

      pffitions to " the House . ** Great „ alarm prevaUed Moongst the tax-eating crew ; and it was deternmed by the Government , not only sot to listen to fte petitions of the people with any degree of attento , bat to ' treat them as applications coming from conspirators , or intended traitors ! They com B 2 iced this game by making the Prince Regent nSer lies and calumnies from the . throne ; and they {( Sowed it up by the appointment of a ComaSieein each Hoase , to report ( after examining nidenee ) npon the designs of "tie disaffected , "

      The secret committees very speedily reported ; and i M was brought in . Chapter 3 , 57 th of George the Erd , " to empower his Majesty to . secare and detain b& persons as his Majesty should suspect of congnaig against Ms person and goYernmeni f that is tear , an act to aothorize the ministers to take , and i&wt into prison , any persons whom they chose , in

      Bjprison that they chose , for as long a time as &ej chose , without any cause assigned , without ngjfcr commitment , without being confronted with tbcr accnsera , rwithont era being , brought to any bai at all , or to hare a hearing before any magisfajJe , and to torn them out of prison when they dose ,-without ^ any power of obtaining legal redress teHheiBJnn . ilX - ¦ - ' . _

      Edsw * s iii 4 < s »« wr wWe 2 » the 2 WK * mea * s » tc to the petition for Parliaaeniary Reform , The Ministers lost no time in availing fteaselves of the poirer : they seized upon numerous persons , dragpsg therein some eases , two hundred and fifty miles trm their homej imprisoned them in a manner that iej could hire no commoBicaiioQ with wive ? , greats , or fxieinda ; shut many of them up in BoliUry « Bs , and forbade thea the use of pen , ink , and japer ; and never , from firsi to last , brought any m of them to trial , and Berer gare any man of

      hot * hearing before any magistrate whatsoever I Ttolawwas adopted with * Tery feeble resistance e the part of ihe Whigs ; a sham resistance j for , imle they opposed the measure as unconstitutional , fej admitted that the parties agtamt whom it Talerelled ware nerg uieked men . They abased '* m in terms " still stronger than those made use ilj the ministers ; and , while they pretended to « 033 the measure , this perfidious faction ; this hi sad detestable aod cowardly and cruel faction ; Presented the persons aeainsi whom it was

      di-Wed in such a light , and represented their designs »» full of horrible wickedness , thai every one who ad their speeches , aad who believed what they sd , must haveTegarded the measure as necessary J file safety of the eonntry , theagh at the expense i the whole of the constitution ! This is the ciform practice of this selfish , this greedy , this Kttbtrous , body of men , who b *? e made ill the srolntions that England has known , for the last aro hundred years , and who hare fattened on the jpoil of eTcry revolution i

      To accompany this act , there was another , forbidcng the people meeting together to discuss political B « ters ; and authorizing the magistrates bo to aterfcre with puWfcations as to destroy whatever fere remained of fee liberty of the press j and tins "nu every vestige of political liberty and of personal scanty taken away from the peeple of England . Rese bills were broaght into the House of Lords by Hoar AuddsctoSj called Lord "Viseouut Sidmouth , » bo was an Englishman ' by birth ; and into the loose of Commons by Sir Robebt Stcwakt , called

      lord Caetlereagh , who was an Irishmao , and whom «? shaii by-and-by Bee ettiling his own throat and X&ng himself ^ North Cray , ia Kent . These acts nm&ined in force until 1818 , when they were affered to expire ,- * nd on the 27 th ol March in feit year aa act was passed to indemnify , or hear Wwfess , every person , and aH persons , who should ine violated or gone b eyond even these acts . So

      &k , even if &ey had violated these actB on the teoas whom they had seized * nd imprisoned , ^ Atarer they might , iave done to sooh imprisoned Jasons , they were by thi 3 act , chapter 6 , 31 st year tf Geo . III ., indemnified and borne harmless . Talk ** ef the cruelties and ferocity of those who fesroved the noblesse of France I After this , talk *> S of any such things i Talk not of " eon-Siintion asd order * aod "the laws " : Bhow

      tejildng equal to this , done by any « ther people in 8 te world , calHng themselves a government and k &E&twe assemblies !!! . ¦ - BuringaathiB . Uaw Mr . Host was not idle . He ifc ' eaded the prosecuted , and npheld fte persecuted . He procured himself to be snbpcened to the trial ^ Messrs . Waeok , Thisb ^ wood , Pb ^ tor , And

      aooPSB , who wfflB charged wiih high teeason fox ^^ rences in connection wilh the famed " Spa Field •^ fctingsj" andhis evidence respeetiBg GisaKS , ( the *^ i indeed , the only witness agaiast the . prisoners ) *** « o eosduave as to the iflf&moas daracter of the Oft « 0 d of his hell-dcsgned attempts to drag him ««»! ) into the . Bess , thai the Jury , after * irial seven days , acquitted the prisoners 1 asd the

      ^^* perse ontmg dungeoning of Befonoere , Jwerer , did art pat downihe cry lot B » dieal Be ^ , *** br » k 4 be epidtoftb * people . Oo < tl »« Q

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      trary , they seemed to add to both-And in 1818 , the " mild and meroifnP Government found iteelf compelled t » hatch plots aad conspiracies ; to get np " risings" and " riots , " to enable it to farther coerce th 8 nation . For this purpose ibey employed a set of atrocious miscreants , of whom Oliveb was one . Through their instigations ,

      Bhasdeeth , Tuzser , and Lvdlam , of Derby , were induced to take part in a " rising" and a " not , " which pui them in the powtr of the ** mild and merciful" administrators of th ^ laws ; acd ; they fa rnished tk ree heads to bs added to the long , long list oi those which rolled frtm the scaffold in the rei ^ n of George III . !' .

      In this case , too , Mr . Hdkt did his best'to saTs 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 plead ing of the leading counsel for the defence , Mr . Cuosi , sealed the doom oi

      the prisoners ! With the bsst answei to the cliarge in the world , he admitted OuArfftall , and begaa to whimper abou their being the < fupfis of such Beoitiuu .-and treasonable writers as CosBtTJ and Co . The men were executed an * BEHEiDHD ; and Counsellor Cboss wa immediately ms . de a Kiag's Sergeamat-Law , bung presented with a silk gown !! * " .

      The hanging and beheading of thes men did not deter the working peopli trom seeking / or Radical Reform With Hujrrat their head , they per sisted in their dcmaLd , holdiB ^ rote ings a' which petitions were agreed to , praying for the adoption of Umver sxl StnTBAGB . Theso meetings were atteaded by almost the entire working population of every district , particu " larly in tho 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 . ii u . nx engaged to be present . The meeting was originally called for Monday , the ninth day of AngusV . The Magistrates , however , having issur d hand-bills , denouncing tho intended meeting as egal , and " cautioning all persons to abstain , at their peril , from attending it , " the promoters of . it looked over the steps fh-y had taken in convening it , and examined the wording of their advertisement , to discover wherein the "illegality" consisted . Not content with their own judgment , they took the opinion of an eminent counsel who happi-ned to be

      at Liverpool . He pointed oat to them that one o the advertised objects of the meetinc , that on < - which was to the effect , that the meeting would consider the propriety of electing a represtntativr . or legislatorial attorney for Manchester , was agaisst law , and might bring them into peril if . persisted in . The requisionists , therefore , issued a no ticca that the meeting on ( he 9 th would noj , be held ; while at the samv time another requisition , of which the following is a copy , was laid . for signature tt two places in the town for one day only ; and it received the names o ! upwards 700 inhabitant householders in a few ho '< r * . Sszv \ ia ibo rvqaieitlon tO the BvrvUfchrBQTe Olid Constables of Manchester : —

      " We , whose names are hereunto subscribed , request that yon will convene a meeting at u early a day 8 * possible , 'to eoosfder the propriety of adoption tbe most legal and effectual means of Reform in the Commons House of Parliament- ' * This requisition , when signed , was presented to the authorities ,- and no answer having been given to it , after waiting a reasonable time , the requisitionists proceeded to call the meeting themselves , for the above objects , set forth ia the above words They fixed on Monday , the 16 th day of August , at twelve o ' clock at noon , as the day aod hour at which tile meeting would beheld ; and tbe pb > ce of men ing was an open area near to St . Pete ' s Church , called StPeter ' s Field .

      . The Magistrates did not issue other notices respecting vhis meeting , denouiioeing it as illt > ga ' .. " They Buffered all the necessary arrangemens to be made without warning or caution as to the consequences they had in store ! Thus lulled into

      iuto stvuriiy , tbe meeiiog was held . It was attended by 70 , 000 personc . As soon atmost as the praceedjngs had commenced , the Manchester and Cheshire Yeomanry Cavalry were le * loose upon the assembled thousand ? , withoot notice or warning of any kind ! Havoc and slaughter was the consequence ! The '; heroes" had been made drunk , to string them up to the work they had to do ; and their sabres were newly-ground t « enable them to do more execution ! This attack was wholly unprovoked ! Tiiere was no riot ; no violence of any sort ; and there had been no riot , and no violence . Y-. t this multitnde . thus ocaceably afs ? mblp . d , for a lawful purpose , and tbapurposj amply made known before hand , was slaughtered without the Biightest provocation ! 1 !

      The following are details connectedwnh ths atrocious and ho / ribls outrag ? . They are uot fulled frooi Radical or Chariiat publications , but they arc extrscted from the Leeds Mercury newspaper , of \ Uijust 24 \ h , 1819 . They are copied from the iIe& 5 T 3 . Baines ' s own cfilce-file , which they have been kind fnon . ijh to lend us for this purpose ; and whose courtesj in so doing , we tkus publicly acknowledge . The facts , as narrated , were witnessed by Mr Ebwjisd BAi . vES . jun . Ha was on the hos £ io «; sat ( he lime ** tho chartro" was made ; and it is ms account la&t the ie&der is now presented with : —

      "MANCHESTEB REFORM MEETING . "DISPEIISIOX OF BT AN ARMED FOBCE , " MONDAY , At'GUST 16 TH , 1819 . Before we proceed to detail the occunencea of this fatal day , it may be proper to premise that this meet ing was int « n ( led to have been holden on Monday , the 9 in instant ; but that the magistrates having denounced 'hat meeting as illegal , on the ground if one of thnbjects stated in the ttquiaition , convening it , feeiug t < i elect a person to represent that town in Parliament , it was coniidered . after taking Caunsel's opinion , upetiient to postpone tho meeting to afford time to call

      ^^ iother , to which no « uch objection could apply . Tar . object of this second meeting was stated id the notice to be ' for the purpose of taking into consideration the most effectual lesal mearjs of obtaining a Reform in tdt-Representatfoa of the Hou « a of Cotumon * . " . To \ k \> > ne « ting , publicly annDunced through the medium of thu newspapers and placards , bo official objection was m « l » - by tbe mayistrscy on ' -be icrounfl of its illegality ; thcuBh the B jrouzhreeyea and Constables of Manchester nnd Silford , « acpr «> 83 inK in oblique terms tbeir dislike . of th * propoaert meeting , pablisheda notice , which was eouchea in the following ; terms : —

      " The Borojighreevea and ContUbies of Manchaattr and Saiford , most eatneatiy reOKiirmuna thti ui-acramr aud w « U-dispoHed inbabitaiqits of those towns as uiuch « v possible to remain in their own Iiousea , ilutin ^ the wfeoi . « f this day ( Monday , Auif . 16 ); and to keep their children and servants within doors / ' : "At ten o clock on Monday rooming , th « niaglslracy « rho , probably , at that tSrao ,. had not detorwiiheil upi / ii adopting any measure either to . prevent or d : aperi > e tn » meetint ! , assembled a considerable nuinher of » p < . o-. il constables in the vicinity of the placuot meutinn wi . tici . was fixed upon to ba in a lariio open : spatca of « ioua-i n « ar St . Ptt « r a Church ; ami the Otfftrtiut military curp . wtre resting < to their arms , prep&rwt to act / nt a nio luent ' a notice if their EerVicea shout d be dubiiit-.

      necessary .,. . ¦ :.- ... - /¦ .. ¦ . .: ¦¦¦ :. - .- . . ,:-. ; . ¦;¦ - ' -. ;¦ \ ' The Be formers , who Rsemeii det « Tmine ! l t ^ -rnaktithii ^ a splennid day , w »* re t-q « al | y on the tltrt , ; ii !> t indt-td •<> preparing arms , for of those they w « e totally fjeMtituttnut in preparing fhgs anil small bands of musip , an < t ti > arranmng matters for the approaching imt : tins ; It v-« vident , hp-rover , from the ' great * . * number'ii . f fumataa ' in < l even chiWren , who fortut'd p : irt of the procvasi ? '" ! - tbut nothing \ ras anticipatwi that coul'l involve t . i- in the leaat negree of i-oril ; aiidan-iiiim . obsti otuttrt'iUi-H ^ thered togetber , relying with ; cocflience on r «« i itbtr ' s pftaceabie inttiixioiiB , and cerUiiiily not' c-xp- c ; ing , that tbe precauticua taktn by the niagihtrucy >¦ > preserve the pca « e , * would be tmployfcd to . deatroy it AtM cuuvctc a peacefulVaEsembly into a sceue of terr-it iiud alarm . dahKeran ^ death . ;• ^ of

      , "Mr , Hua ;; itffc the j ;^ stdence Mr . Jobngon , at dreedlHy-CWUas ^ ab « at ^ twelve oolook , in an ( ip « . Mtnage , in « r bicJl werealso watettMr . John *> o , Alt Kai ^ ht , and ilr . Carlilo , aod on tho box with tti . oyaebman , was a feioale * cT tbe name of vyaterworth " ixMrinjj a white flag . TUs processlbri , vWiih ooimi ! tte < T niany thoasands . passed through Shmfe- Hut , Hunt-\ nv Oiteh . Oid Mijl-Gite , Market-iPiiice . St Mijry n Gtale , Doan '» -Oate . and" SSC- Petefs-itreefej : to tne a . re .- ' appointed for th « place of meeting Sonio id «> a niav *• forjjVed of the iraraense numboM that attended th ;> ¦

      meeting , when we state , "that : Newton-Lane ^ ' .. s » f \ ieh ¦¦»> m ) t lew than thirty yar ^ a wide , was literally c ^• ort ^!^ + up for above a mile with ths divisions froin SJa- } nu worth . Oldhifn , Jtnytoa , aod / Faijswnrfh . E >« cq my '; . « wa ha ^ i its respective fltgs , music , ' &c Ail tbe Any sons took Mr . Hunt ' s route . F ^ tnalss -: of oil ««»¦> vvtre Inter 3 per « ed In eBchconu »» ny , with- '; shiWret .. { bi ) th stxea . -Mr . Hunt reached , tbsgrouni a J » c ; ifter oiso o'clock , and ¦ wr 3 | s received wish .. w » jj * itt : «; « aeeriu « s from the iaauirierwble ihows »«« ls that we >* . * sditibiecl . ¦ "•' - ¦ . : ¦ " . ¦•¦¦ .. ¦ • ¦ ¦ '¦¦¦' -. ' '¦ ¦ . "¦ ¦ ¦ ¦'¦ •' ¦ ¦ '•¦

      •• Itmay be proper hero to stat 6 v that ' th « ma ^ tra « - had assniubled about twsivo a ' ctyck , at \ h-y JwuKr i < > lv . BaXtoQ , prob ; ib ! y about one hund'ect anrt fl" . arVls from the buiti « gaV " and . " ffom > ybi ( : h they «• 'i £ maaded a vie * nf the whole field . . In a iim-. froai ; thi > miae to tne tinatin ^ s was iirfan ^ e : ! a Btroiig-boclVi > 1 ' *? -ctaiconstMes armed ori \ hbluffs , iheiusignln < i [ tilth ffl v a » idtha NiaiicHesteryeiuiiaury ar »< 1 ChfsWrw . c-iya-. Tj

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      were drawn up under arms behind the house , and of courao out of sight of the meeting , who were , however , sufficiently apprised that a strong mllitaty force was at hand . 8 ocli was the istate of filings when Mr . Hunt arrived upon the ground : he immediately proceeded to the hnatings , aud 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 was surrounded ; at this moment the most perfect order and entire silence prevailed , nor had any . of the taouw proceedings of the magistracy exoited any uneasiness , nor ; any

      apprehension that they wera assembled in defiance of tha laws . Mr . Hunt had n «) t spoke more than from eight to tenminutes , in which he exhorted them to the maintenance of the most perfect order , and instantly to put down the man "who should make any attempt to create a dieturbance ; and was proceeding to state that , the mttgistrates , by ' oansing the meeting to be postponed , bad been the means of creating a twofold attendance , and instead of gainJDg an advantage by thf » poatponemenfc , they ; had MtsUinedftdefeat;—at this moment a shout of terror announced the approach of the military ,

      anct the ManoUeat « r cavalry appeared in eigb ^ galloppiDg towards the bustlogs , / and wbea they arrived within about one < toindred y « r » ls of the HustingB tt » y b » lt « ^ . le ^^ vtoain ^ t , H peob ^^ prdctedlng , by the solid mass through ¦ which they must lores their way . At this moment , Mr . Hunt , who saw the ap-: proach of the cavalry , and ' ' th « paage they tod / made , « itb a view * as he : exp ! a { tted ; to the persona who surrounded him , of re-inspiring confidence * gava directions for a shout , with three timea tbvee , wbicb "W 88 compiled with ; The cheering bad not the tfftct of inducing the cavalry to retreat ; the pause was but momentary ; they drew their sabres , and

      charged through the immense body of peop ' e that was interposed between th « m and tbe hustings , which they instantly eurrounded—but wq will here give the words of the Police : journal :--- ' The yeomanry cavalry , in support of the police omcerB , armed with the warranUi of tbe rnagiatrates , dashed through the crowd , and surrounded the hustings . ' It was in vain that Mr . Hunt , wittl outstretched arms , exhorted tbe people to be flrrri ; the trampling of the hors « a , and the sabres of the riders , which were not unemployed , cleared the ground in an JDstiut ; and Mr . Huat was called upon to Burreuder himself ; which he expressed bla readiness to do to a magisrate , but not to th « yeomanry cavalry . A

      gentleman in tbe eomraisalon then presented himself ; Mr . Hunt acknowled ^ d his authority , and surrende re d himself ; most ¦>{ the otUcr persons da the hustings , inoluding Mr . Johnson , Mr . Tjat , a rep » rter from the office of tbe Times newspaper , Me . Smltb , Mr , Saxon , Robert Wilde , Tnonnia Taylor , and threa females , were carried off the field under \ n esoort to the New Bailey prison . ; Mr . Hunt was taken !;•> the rend ( Z 7 oU 8 : of the magistrates . At this moment , the Manchester yeomanry were joined by the 16 th hussars , by thy Slflt , and 88 th regiment of foot , and the Cheshire yaoinanrymade tbeir appearance in another part 9 f the field ; the Infantry and artillery did not take any active part ; and tbe Marjcheeter yeomanry cavalry began to Mb with -. reat visour . gallopplng about / and thrusting tbeir sabres ; n every direetion . The hustings , with ; . . " a considerable

      amnber of persona upon them , were instantly thrown ilovvn , and a sceneiof terror , confusion , and dismay presented itsel ' f , to which no language can dj » justice ; the people « ece thrown down by hundreda , and gallopped over , and ao Mdiacriniinate was the attack , and furious the enset , vbat tbs > pec ! al constables shared the common fate , one > f them being killed , and many wounded , and still more ¦ drown down ; nay , the softness of the female , sex itself

      made agalust this terriSe display of mtlitary force ; it u Bjitl , inde-d , that whan * the mlUtary had surrounded the h : twting 8 » ^ few b « ick ^ Hutraa , one of ^ the lldianchestar : yeomanry < ja * va !* y , waa knocked . from bis horse by this means , but hla fall Iihs ( iibeu aiaJgiied to * anot&er cause , and the dreadful Injury fie received was the result of being ridden over . It is impossible , by any vftrbil dewriptlon , to cinVeyan adeliuate hUa of the dreadful sesne ; which now ; presented itself ; it liad more than tjte horrors of a fl « ld of battle , because it presented the unusual spectacle of unarmed men . defenceie&i women , and infant CbHdren , falling beneath the sword > t the ( We atb going to use the term Warrior ) but we will not fo di « pra < 5 oit . '• . ¦ : ' / ¦ ¦ - : : ::: : ' .::. ¦'¦ r ' -: : -.. "''¦ ¦'¦ '' . .. : -V ,. v ' - : - .

      " The , Hussars conducted themselves with great propriety , » nrt * .:. « id ' '' : 'Botv Q « e '' : ' -theijr * sabres to the injury of s single individual .- . ; ¦; ¦ -.- . : ';¦'¦ : '¦' " - ¦" .- ¦ ' : ¦¦ : " The atreeta into which the terrlffad people had fled for BheUer , were scoured by detaclinienta ; o ( cavalry ; and in a Tery short space of time this immense assembly was so ' . Vmpletely dispersed , aa hardly to present to tbe eye a awgh : group , save those that were laid bleeding on the ground . " So ifar the Mercury ' s account is written editorially . Vlio nest extrabt is from ; ihe same paper , but there given as " deuilB from our o ^ EdwAttD BainieSj was , at that time , the sole Editor : —

      " The number ofpereons asBombled at the meeting this day inay be safely estimated at 70 00 Q . Varidus female societies epaired . to ths huistinga , preceded , like the men , by their flags , surmontad with the cap of liberty . The swaemblage was also entirely composed « fthe ; working clasaes ,, iexeept wnere atrong totliefl of special constablpa were posted .

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      "? At fanif . psat one o * elotk , Mf . Hont came on the ground in an open cswiags , ioeompanied by Mr . Johnson and a " term friends , and mounted the hustings amidst loud ap- ' planse from the crowd . He wu e » Hed to ttieTchair by acclamation ; and having laken it , he spoke to ihefoN lowing effect : — , - Wy friends and fellow countrymen , —I must entreat four indulgence for a short time ; and I beg yoa will endeavour to preserve tbe most perfect silence . I hops you will exercise the all-poweifnl right of tbe people ia an orderly manner ; and any man . that wants to breed a disturbance , let him be instantly put down . For the ?

      honour you have dons me in inviting me a second time to preside at your meeting , I return yon my thanks ; and all I have . to beg of yon is , tfeat von will indulge us witb roar patient attention . It ia impos * ibie that with the most silent and patient attention , we shall be able'to * make , ourselves heand by the whole of this teemendeus assembly . It is uselessi for me to atteuaptftj wlate to yoa tile prOoeedings of the la * t week or ten days in this town and Beighbourfaood . You well'know * them all , an * the cause 6 f . the meGtlnc appointed for last Monday being preventeoL it is therefore useless to

      say one word « a that subject ; only to observe that those who put us down , and preyent «< i us f torn meeting onMonday last , by their malignant exertions , bave produced two-fold the nnmbeVto-day . ( ( Vpplause : ) 11 wiU be perceiv ^ i , jtbat in conasqHence of tee oalling of ibis new me ? tiag ; our enemies , who flattered themselves they had gamed s victory , have sustained ri great defeat Tl ^ ere have been two or three piacarris posted up during the tost week with the ^ nasttw of ot \ s > or two Insigttiacant persons attached to them . One Toin Long or Jack Sliort , » printer' . — ' . ¦' ¦ ' . - - • -:.. ' :

      •• JSere Mr . Hunt broke off suddenly , and gavertiiectlon for a ahout , with three time three , which was maae ; and turning round , with a nianner that showed him perfect roaster of the art of managing large assemblies , he espUlned to hisr friends , who were at a loss \ fhat . to shoot fdr » tfiat it was only b « pahsa > there waa a little alarm mamfosted ; at the ijutafeir |; 8 , and he gave the shoui to re-Jaapire cbnfid » noo—tftat ' s aH . ' \! - * ' The alarm , however , turned ; out to be too wellfounded ; for , » t the instant , » troop of the Manchester Yeomanry cavalry * about a hundred in numbsr , g& . looped on the ground at full speeil ^ and ialteti withina hundred yards of the huBtings . > ' They baited in * xt « e : ha disorder , and Mr . Hunt cried Wt , " Rs-ceive thfcm witk th |* o Aeors , ; aad , '; . b | trm , " ^ orders tluw made ; ^« re - pnnctniaiy Cobejed ^ arid : i' -Mr . Hudt a | auvsa ^ L VThey awiOl in aisorter "i flbft la k ' trtct . V ^ iim the ?

      tmwute ^ imjw ^ - ttmWihun ^ h th * cmjm& crowd , ittBtantly made a paaaage , and surroaaded tbe hustingB , on which Mr , Hunt was still shouting , with Oat-sfratcHed hand— ' Bs ^ flrini' . ' ; ^ ; "The ; e ^ ortatich was . vam : tt « tramgHiig of the horses and the cutting of the riders cleared the adjacent ground in an instant ; when , ' without * a HiinuWa del » y , the hnKtlnB 8 , with tbe chairman , men , women , flags , and caps ngon ifc were , harled to tho groundtbe ca * alry in tUe midst of and npoii them ! M ^ Hunt , with Mt . 'j&cksbn and a ' numberof others , w ^ re secuted *

      and sent with a stroiig escort ; t » tha New B&iiey . A dreadful scene now took place near the shattered hustings , and the ground was strewed witfa bleeding bodies of meii and women , cni . fe * riiised , and trampied upon . Amongst the rort R speoiar constable ^ Mr . Ashwcrai ; of the Bull ' s Head , was cat to the gronod by a trooper , and ahnost immediately idied- A pistol wiw discharged but by whom we could not posltiTdy Osertain ; th « account niost prevalent was , ^ ^ that it w ^ s discharged by an individual unknown , at a yeoman who was riding np to him , and that it brought the unfortunate man firom his horse to theground . 7 f- '

      M Several msgistratea and OonstaWeB rode about with the cavalry , and appeared to be directiDg them . Cten . Sir j . Byng was , not in the town . The captured standards and caps were carried in triuaipft by several of the y eomanrr . That pait of the audience , whicli bad come from the country in the morning , in high spirits , in orderly procession , and attended by flags and music , now sought their homes in straggled parties , with melancholy aspects , and leaving several ' of thalr companions behind them . One woman , we understand , who stood by her colours to the last , was cut do > n by a trooper . We shonlu not state tfcis , aa thinking it totally incredible , had not our repoarter Beea the woman , and the flsgs fall together from tha hustings , while the soldiers were cutting round them ; ani . afterwards seen at least four or five women dreadfully wounded , conveyed to the Infirmary . " —Leeds Mtrearp , Aug . 24 th , ; 1819 .

      And this was the way the middle-clasa men of Manchester and Cheshire , the ** Yeomanry ? served a peaceable and unarmed people , wekiagfo petition for a Reform ia the system of Represeatatioti ! Theee were the terms of "Union" betwwa the . middle and labouring class at that period J This was the way owi ^ class , bloatedy WasteriDg , Vig , and inflated with gin and pride , —brandy and arrogance ; this was the way they attempted to prove 4 &ai the " interests of the iteo classes are identica ? ' / and that the middle classes are the " natural leaders

      and protectors of the labouring portion of the « ommunJty ' 1 01 how ; arro ^ anti how ^ puffed-up with pride , they were < A «»/ How they sneered , arid Bcoffad , and turned up the now of aff « cted contempt t How they gloated and glorified over the blood they had shed—the suffer ing they had caused—the life they had sacrificed I ! What "heroes" they then were ! Whbbjb Jiaxmit ^ Ho ^ f-Jffisi ^ m ^ ftornetifio tel How mifly ^ W ^ bi ^ aro ^ B a ^ t * keepottt of ; tiw Gazette , or out of = tha Insolvent List ! How many of them have been able to keep oat of tho workhouse ? And how many of them have cuf their throat * , or hanged themselvea 1 When is tto thing amongst them that weald row glory ik the

      bloody deeds ; he then committed ! Where is the thing amongst them that wonld not give his ears to have his name erased from the damning record—tho list of the ^ hews '' orE « terto «! 1 It bin Tain , however , that he ao wishes ! The oharaot « rs in which the names gust written are those of blood 1 They cannot be washed out , but by the waters of Justice ; and those have not yet been applied , —or Thistlewoop , I » Q 8 , Bbtjnt , and Tidd would not have beei the last men Executed ancT BEHEADED in England for High Treason !!! No ; the names are not to be obliterated from the bloody ¦ list 1 Here it is !! Let the actors of the fiendish deedg of 1819 feast their eyes upon it 1 ! J - * / : :

      Names of the Manchester Yeomanry on the ISth of August , 1819 . Hugh Hornby Birley , Commander . Aecougb , Christopher , butcher . Anthony , Joseph , cheesemoBger , Deanegate . Ashton , -, fustian-manufacturer , Ootton-oourt Deansgate . Bowker , William , King ' s Head , Old Shambles . Bowker , John , cotton dyer . Back Salford . Bowker , Witliam , corn and flour warehouse , 26 , Brid street . Beeston , John , Windsor Castle , bnt since of the George Inn , Deansgate . Barns , , spinner , Miles Platting .

      Benson , Wa , the Fox , Jackson ' s Row , Peansgat * . Briddon , Samuel , butter factor , St Mary ' s Gate . Barns , Thomas , cotton dealer , Ardwick Green . Burgess , John , corn dealer , Worsiey . Burgess , George , late of the Hen and Chickens , Deans gate . Bailey , George , watchmaker , near St Ann ' s Square . Bailey , John Broughton . Barker , James , Nawton , ( son of Joseph Barker ) . Bourne , Joseph ; Audrew ' s-lane , ( son of the coachmaket ) Bentley , John , labouring man , ( substitute for Thomas Cbodier , butcher , Stretford . ) Calton , WUliam , horse breaker , sign ofitbe Fox , Dean ' sgate . Cope , , liquor vaults , corner of Bridge- street . Cbadderton , J . icofr , Wool Pack , Pendleton .

      Chotlton , James , butcher , Stretford . Ghappee , Paul , Pendleton , ( a foreigner ) . Cooper , James , near the Cottage , St . Peter . Coates , John , ( son of Richard Caates , eotton dealer ) . Cbadwick , — , ( son of Chadwick ,, late ChadwklE and Clogg ) . DatbyBhira . George , Shopkeeper , Stretford . Day , porkbutcber , St . Mary ' s-gate . Fiddian Edward , ( for T . and R . Barton ) . Fletcher , Jacob . Eccles . Fallows , Wttllam , Stretford . Fox , Edward , V ., Lieutenant , Cinnon-street Green , Samuel , dyer and printer , New Garratt Green , John , Attorney at law . Green , Robert , Hargxeave-strest , Sad Bank , iron-liquor merchant , Gibson , William , farrier , Toad-lane . Goodler , Mark , butcher , Stratford . ) Greenhaigh , John , ( Bon of tbe Sheriff' « officer ) . Gregson , —— .. Sergeant Major , ib . Back King-street Grkashaw , > , warehouse in McDonald' s look ' Hol liss , John , Bath-lane , near Bury , gentleman servant - . i ' / Hwaman , James , tobaeconist , Salford . / Hoghea , -, cotton spinner . / Hbrsfleld , Patke « , British Proteetton , V * terioo-str eefc Hulme , John » calico printer , Gaammyontf * . Boldgate , John , partner witbIiind /«^ Deansgata . Hey ward , , ohsesemonfl *^ St . Mary ' s-gate . Hamnett , JTames , iiaofcney wrOw , SaKord . Holme , Edward , Bine Cap , J 6 MMdi HardmaQj , bumjr * d ^^ MiUest % Ims . Haltonj , ironmoBge * , Saifotd . Hindley , Robert oaptaoi * brewer , Balfbrd . Hagnisoq , Samuel , jVues Platting , ( for T . Poitsr , Bndij : i ' i ' ord . y . ' * .,- . « ,. - ¦ . . Hilton , John , c ^ fieo dealer . MolW , Hewa ^ at « hmaker .. .. Jones , Rlc ^ ( for T . MarrloltJj WateT-rtreftt' " Jackson , Iota , " Park Hadaai TMBRnd « jtoad " - - , Jacl » on ;' Je « t « , Under Tr ^ tdvdlTra 8 Md Hafl . JKrws . Joan , drysaUer , flhaettiam ^ ta foreigner )* KWWea , Joha , jaru , r ^ t ^ . ltf . MtWstelSr W fi Frederick , floar-deakr , Sbu «> bllL ^ i- » . & ***< . , „ , " r . ,

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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-ncseproduct965/page/1/