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t~ • ! , , . r ' 17/t t, I , Tri E EVENING STAR. LONDON'. MONDAY, AUGUST SO, 1819. THE FUND& - PRICE OF STOCKS TRIO DAT AT 011 O'CLOCK : 3 per Cent. Reducittl 72} 3 per Cent. Cnnsols 71111 5 per Cent. Navy 1041 Bank Long Annuities 191 S-16 Exchequer Bills (2d.) 1 pre. par Omnium 4il pre, Cons. for Acct. 71172} 72. How must the People of England, and those who venerate its Constitution, be amazed at the result of the many .deliberatiops that have been held respect ing Mr. Hun', and the otber3fanchester prisoners! We were assured by those base outcasts of the Press " who live," like Mr. Snake," by the badness of thei r character," that HUNT, and his associates, had been guilty of High Treason. They " had it from the best authority !"—" The evidence given was upon oath ; had been submitted to the Law Officers of the Crown ; and they had given their decided opinion on the case." Could such statements, pretended to be given on Official Authority, be 9uestioned by any ? Those who audaciously promulgated them hoped they would not ; but they gained no credit, and the result has shewn that they were mere fiction. But enough of such men, who are, in truth, the most deadly enemies of ourPovernment and Constitution— though they would pass for the only " sound men., and true."—We have not room for even the shorter co.nment on the facts which we are about to submit to our Readers ; but they are of such a nature that no person, in his right Mind, can possibly draw from them a wrong inference. The charge of High Treason is abandoned—Mr HUNT is now charged with "having conspired to alter the law by force and threats!" Te poor woman, Elizabeth Gaunt, it now ap pears, was put into the cart in which she was found, by nobody knovls who, and was found in a fainting state. No evidence against her; yet she has been confined for 12 days! Assuredly the Riot Act was not read, or if read, the law was violated ; for, it now appears, that the warrant to apprehend Mr. HuNt (resistance to which, was charged as the act of riot) was not issued till a quarter of an hour past one o'clock, and all the world knows that the military made their charge, dispersed the assemblage, and actually cleared the ground, be fore two o'clock ! If individuals are killed by the military, even when acting under the Civil Magistrate, before an hour has passed after reading the Riot Act, we ask, What term does the Law of England apply to such an gent? The Manchester Observer states a fact to which we' cannot give credit, and which we earnestly call upon the Magistrates to contradict. "It cannot fail," says the Paper alluded to, " to strike our Readers with horror, when we inform them, that every patient in the Infirmary was literally turned out, which could possibly be done, PREPARATORY to the horrible butchery which took place on the 16th instant, in order to prepare for the wounded which might be brought there for surgical aid."—lmpossible ! Impos seble 11 IMPOSSIBLE! ! ! In our preceding columns will be found accurate details of every thing that took place at the exami nation of the prisoners on Friday ; and we here sub• join some important documents necessary to the more complete elucidation of the facts: LEI 4 TER FROM MR. lIUNT TO LORD VISCOUNT SIDIIIOUTIL I " New Bailey. Filson, Manchester, August 17. ti MY Loan—From the hostility that I have con scientiously shewn to most of the measures of your Lordship's Administration, as well as a general oppo sition to the corruption of all parties in the practice of Bribery at Elections, and the buying and selling of Seats in particular, I know that I am not entitled to claim any indulgence from your Lordship, yet I am induced to hope that you will not deny an act of justice, when demanded, even to a political enemy. " Your Lordship is aware, before this time, that I came to Manchester inconsequence of an invitation to take the Chair at a Public Meeting intended to have been held on Monday, the 9th, 4 to take into consideration the most legal and effectual means of obtaining a Reform of Parliament,' in consequence of which all hostilities to the holding of the Meeting appeared to have been withdr.iwn by the Magistrates, and I was prevailed upon, much against my inclina tion, to stay here to preside at the Meeting to be held tie 16th ; and I did it under the firm con. would have been conducted with perfect id have ended peaceably on the part of the my arrival there, I was confirmed in my the very orderly conduct of those assembled, ;neatest number I ever witnessed together, disposed to commit any breach of the Just as we were proceeding to the busi day, and before I had taken the Chair, was surrounded by a military force of -s, who charged through the multitude .abres, cutting and trampling all under particularly a body of Special Constables, very severely. The soldiers cut at me, and those who were upon the hustings; and upon my demanding what they wanted? the Commanding Offi cer said hehad a warrant against me, upon which I in stantly surrendered. This was all done without any pre vious notice, and without one hand being lifted to op pose it. I saw one man with his nose cut off, and I r*- ceived several blows with a sabre on niy head myself. I was brought here by the Magistrates under a mili tary guard, at two o'clock yesterday, and I have been kept here without the means of sending to procure bail, not having had any oopy of the warrant, or hay ing any charge made against me, till after I had been kept in custody upwards of twenty-four hours, when that which is inclosed was given me by the Governor. I am sorry to hear that many lives have been lost, in consequence of such violent, and, as I conceive, ille gal conduct of the military, towards an unarmed and peaceable people, met for the purpose of exercising what they thought they had a perfect right to do. I therefore trust that your Lordship will not sanction the keeping me here a close prisoner, unless there be some specific charge made out against me. I know not if the other prisoners be still in custody or not. " I am, my Lord, " Your Lordship's most obedient servant, (Signed) " H. HUNT. " There are one hundred thousand witnesses to prove the truth of what I have stated. " To Viscount Sidmouth, Home Department, London." tion, to stay hi • yesterday, the 4 viction that it decorum, and people. On m opiition,by the by far the v.( !• and the least peace. But ji tress of the da the hustings 1, horse soldiers, with drawn sa foot, and "part who suffered •, COPY OF THE WARRANT FOR ARRESTING MR. HUNT. " Lawsuits zo wrr.—To the Constable of the Township of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, and also to all other Constables and Peace Officers, within the said county. " Whereas Richard Owen, bath this day made oath before rr i se, his Dlajesty's Justices of the Peace in and for the said county of Lancaster, that Henry Hunt, John Knight, Jos. Johnson, and Moorhouse, at this time (now a quarter past one o'clock) have arrived in a car, at the Area near St. Peter's Church, and that an immense mob is collected, and that be con siders the town In danger, and the said party moving thereto.— These are, therefore, in his Majesty's name, to require yon forthwith to take and bring' before us, or some other of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and for the said County, the bodies of the said Hunt, Knight, Johnson, and Moor house, to enter into recognizance, with sufficient sureties, as well for their appearance at the next General Sessions of Assizes to be holden in and for the said County, then and there to do and receive u by the said Court shall be enjoined, and also, in the mean time to keep the peace towards his said Majesty and all his liege silbjects. Herein fail not. Given under our hands and seals, the 16th day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen." Wet. Hums, C. W. EVILLSTON, WK. 111ARSIOT, W. IL HAY, J. Savanza, J. News, IL Wale" T. W. TAI7OII, R. FLISCILEIM I ROBIULT TaMlllolc LETTER FROM MR. HUNT TO THE MAGISTRATES OF MANCHESTER. " New Bailey Prison, Wednesday Noon, Aug. 18, 1819. " GENTLEMEN—As I was informed by the Magis trates, before whom I was taken yesterday, that a Coroner's Inquest would sit to-morrow (Thursday) on those persons who lost their lives on Monday last, in consequence of the dreadful attack of the military, upon an unarmed and peaceable multitude, and as I was present, and saw the commencement of this ille gal and unconstitutional act of violence, and can iden tify some of those who first committed a breach of .the peace, I demand, as an act of common justice, that I may be permitted to be present at such In quest, in order that the Coroner, if he thinks proper, may interrogate me, before. the Jury ; also, I beg to suggest the propriety of the Gentleman, who is the Reporter to the Times London Newspaper, being also present at the said Inquest, as he was an eye-witness of the whole; and being altogether unconnected with those who called the Meeting, or meant to take any part in the proceedings of the day, will be a pecu liarly important because a disinterested evidence. • " And as I have seen quite enough already to con vince me that the real murderers are endeavouring to wipe the bloody stain from their remorseless, guilty souls, by casting imputations and suspicions upon others that they know had no hand, directly or indirectly, in the foul and cowardly deed, I am bold to say, that such Inquest will be esteemed in the eye of GOD and man, worse than suspicious, unless all the parties who are imprisoned, or said to be instrumental in the act, be permitted to be present, and interro gated before the Jury by the Coroner. You will recollect, Gentlemen, that you have no common case in hand, and that the eye of the whole country will shortly be fixed with a scrutinizing penetration upon every step you take in this bloody affair. " I am, Gentlemen, your Prisoner, 41 HENRY HUNT." " To J. Noses, Esq. the Rev. W. R. Hay, Chairman, or any of the Magistrates of Manchester." •' Be you assured that there are thousands of wit nesses, and many of them of the first respectability and fortune, in this town, who will prove that not one finger was raised against the Peace Officers, the Military, or the Magistrates, upon the ground where the Meeting was held ; and that no resistance what ever was made to the bloody murderers, till the Yeo manry had driven individuals to the wall, and they resisted to protect their own lives. As for the Man chester Yeomanry, they were all in disorder before the charge ; and if the people had chosen to resist, the men who had the flag-staves would have unhorsed and taken them every one prisoners, if they thought proper. But the people had been instructed not to resist. Whether this were wise advice or not, remains . to be proved. FROM OUR PRIVATE CORRESPONDENT. 4. MANCHESTER, AUGUST U. Id By The Mancheztar Gazette, which I now trans mit you, you will see the results of the final eaaml. nation of Him' and Co. viz. the virtual, though not the professed abandonment, of the charge of Treason, and their commitment on a charge of 4 conspiracy to alter the laws by violence and threats.' You will ob serve the notable anti-climax of this charge. The evidence was complesely common-place; no one cir-i cumstance was elicited which was not previously known ; and the only ground for the prosecution con sists in the turn which the apprehensions of the wit nesses induced them to give to undisputed facts: thus' it was sworn, that the sticks were like threshing Hails, though no one could pohit out any distinctive diffe rence between a walking-stick and a Hail. The' mi litary array was sworn to, but no one could make it clearly appear what it meant. Mr. HUNT conducted the cross-examination of the witnesses with great acuteness and skill, but was very often interrupted by the Bench, reference being sometimes made to Mr. BOUCMIER, the Solicitor to the Treasury, to know if HE would permit the question to be put? " In one instance, when Mr. HUNT reminded a witness that be was upon his oath,' he was told that he should not be allowed to intimidate' a witness. After the evidence had been gone through, Mr. BUNT addressed the Bench in a most animated manner for upwards of 20 minutes, and with great ability. I should have previously mentioned, that one question which Mr. HUNT proposed to a witness was objected to by the Magistrates, who stated that it should not be allowed then, but that Mr. HUNT would have an opportunity of putting it 'at his trial.' What, then,' said Mr. HUNT, you have made up your minds to send me to ti ial. I thought this examination had been for the purpose of deciding whether I was to be tried or not ?' When the hearing had concluded, the Magistrates left the Bench to consult amongst them selves, and Mr. Bouctlien quitted the Court; pre sently he returned, when Mr. HUNT addressed him, saying he feared he had been out with the Magis trates, and insisted upon his remaining in Court, un less his own Solicitor (Mr. PEARSON, of London,) was permitted also to be ptesent. Mr. BOUCIIIER then resumed his place in Court. Mr. HUNT'S bail was fixed by the Magistrates at £lOOO for himself, and two sureties at £5OO each, and the Magistrates stated that they should be willing to take it at any reasona ble time in the course of the evening. It was under stood that notice of bail was immediately given, brit this was not true, respecting Mr. HUNT. Before six o'clock, Mr. Hum' and some of the prisoners were on the road to Lancaster, under an escort of Dragoons. This measure excited great surprise, and was consi dered by the populace (who knew not that Mr. HuNT had refused to give bail,) as exhibiting an appearance of being founded on personal dislike. 44 When the Magistrates were waited upon in the course cf the evening with bail, they excused them selves on some ground or other from attending to business that night, and fixed twelve o'clock this day for receiving the bail. Accordingly about that time Mr. EDMUND GRUNDY, of Pilsworth, and Mr. Tito- MAS Cll.levA v, of Manchester, were received as his' sureties, with the appro'uation of Mr. BOWCHIER.— When that Gentleman had quitted the Court, I un derstand Mr. lltiNT's friends applied for an order for his discharge, which the Magistrates refused, under the pretext that they could not grant it without the sanction of the Solicitor to the Treasury, who had then quitted the Court. Mr. PEARSON was therefore under the necessity of going in quest of him, and having obtained his consent for Mr. HUNT'S dis-' charge, the Magistrates acceded to it, and Mr. CHAP.. MAN, I hear, set off to Lancaster with the order, at two o'clock this afternoon. " As a proof of the temper with which Mr. HUNT, and all who have to do with him, have been treated, it may be noticed, that his Solicitor was, on the day of examination, refused admittance to him for at least an hour and a half. He stood upon the steps of the prison, exposed to the grossest insults and abuse. One brute said to Mr. PEARSON—" B—t your eyes, if my duty permitted me, I should like to, bury a bayonet in your guts!" This conduct was so often repeated, that Mr. PEARSON at last sent a note to the Magistrates, saying he considered his life in danger, and as he should no longer expose himself to the treatment he had received, he would require Ito be summoned when the examination commenced. This had the desired effect ; Mr. PEA nsoN at length got admission to see the prisoner, and assisted him, with great ability during his examination. The town is most perfectiy quiet, as much so as before Me Ma .istrates and Military exerted themselvei g to preserve tranquillity:" PRESTON, SATURDAY.—EarIy last evening it was given out, in this town, that Mr. Hunt was etpected to arrive, on his way to be conveyed to Lancaster Castle. Curiosity to gain a sight of so notorious a character, drew large crowds together, opposite the Bull Inn, who continued to wait with great patience until past ten, wheal many considering his arrival un certain, the streets gradually became less crowded. About one o'clock, however, the rattling of a coach, and the trampling of horses, announced the approaLli of the object of curiosity. Mr. hunt was accompa nied by Knight, SaAton, Healy, Wild; Jones, Swift, and Bamford ; and the whole were escorted by a troop of korse. They remained in town about three quarters Tf an hour, and were then conveyed for ward to Lancaster Castle. LANcAsTER.----Gazdte Offee,• Saturday, Five °Clock, 4, M.—We stop the Presi to announce th.e arrival and com mittal to our Castle of R 3nt a. seven•others. They were in the custody of A t. \ DIN, and escorted by a troop of the 18th lips ,„ are informed they are committed for a Consiitar. A Meeting of the County of Renfrew %% 1 ,4 ,, the 20th instant, the Vtcr-LnsurEsattr in 04(14 when it was resolved to open a Sqbscription fi lt; relief of the operative Weavers out of empi„,, 44r Nearly £l,OOO were immediately subscribed. NOTTINGHAM, AUGUST 27.—The nalinchob heart-rending spectacle has been corrinued e tt , the week, of the workmen, in great numberr, k . ing in solemn procession thrcugh the streets most orderly manner, and with dejected county t caiTying boards affixed to poles, be ar i ng 4/ Pity our Distress! Pity our Children! W e as k Bread!" LOUGHBOROUGH, AucusT 2 6.—Tuesd:ly a truce was announced, in consequence of the having acceded to an advance of prices; and fore no more flames w•ete brought in. Ind, of the men have already fetched their recpecuretio chines back again from the general depot, Mr. L., new corn warehouse, with a view of resumir.g employ as soon as the preliminary arrangein ex , finally ratified. The Paris Papers of Thursday and Frid a y arrived since our last. The Fete of St. Louis, which was ca. Wednesday, was commemorated by a very br a; , : act of Royal clemency. His MAJLSTY granted 535 pardons to person s der different sentences, of which 315 um free ! dons, and 190 either commutations o: rein<sior, , part of punishment ; 113 of the pardons or tations were granted to individuals under political offences, 26 of whom had been c to banishment, and eleven to deportation. Five per Cents. Thursday, 71 fr. 70c. A Mail from Holland has brought us th:s Papers and Letters to the 47th instant. It says one of them, that the French Gov:. taches great importance, to what is now passing England; Couneriare continually arriving -- - and the telegraphs from that town to Paris are tinually,kg work. . ' A Dqhlin•Paper. which we have received wooniag; announces the receipt of a letter from titilton (Berruda), dated July 4, stating the • there of a 'level called the Three Brothers, ' ighl•important intelligence from the . 'Mai h n, th y at the Patriots had taken the City Saturday morning, at eleven o'clnck, the Raceivr, attended by Sir B. ElLoomriri.n. ton-House in his . travelling-carriage for Wind:a a visit to the Princesses. His Royal Ilightms not return, but was to pioc;red Froth acrlcc c: tour to Warwickshire. Mr. BROOKS, to whom the letter of Sir BURDETT had been originally forwarded for cation, has received the authority of the Boo; Baronet to deliver up the manuscript to Mit.i , they desired. Thus the worthy Baronet . avows, and is ready to meet, as we expected, consequences of his act. Sir FRANCIS is exp.. town this day or tomorrow, and on his arrival day will be fixed for the Meeting of the Westminster, at which he has been invited —Morning tlrenide. It is with much pleasure we have to Mr. HOBHOUSE has sent £lOO to Major CAN as a Subscription for the Relief of the ' Sufferers. We refer to this fact with more tion as no efforts have been made to disserm circumstance, and as this is a comms.ncement we trust will yet be a munificent subscription. HAYMARKET THEATRE.---One of those bar for which this Theatre is remarkable, was' Saturday evening, by the production of a new medy, in three Acts, attributed to the pen of JAviEioN ; it is entitled P1 . 17'0713 awl Crows. ception was perfectly and deies verily enthu. The Piece was announced for repetition arras. of applause, and promises to have a very st. run. The Prologue, which was delivered by TFRRY, is chiefly remarkable for an allusion to intended re-building of this Theatre, after the of the present season. Dorms, Anc. 28.—His Excellency Lord CLawc..Rt arrived here last night from Calais, in the Chichester Captain Rurraa.—Sailed this day, the Lord iLacan Captain PASCO/L. for °stead, with a mail and plssenttn• the Lord Duncan Packet, Captain IlAvatos, wills a tag passengers, for Calais. Aucs. 29.—Artived this morning, the Princess Packet, Captain IfALLANDS, from Ostend, with a mad r gers ; also, the King George, Captain Kist, and a Packet, from Calais, with passengers.—Saßed this Captain ?sloven, for Calais, with passengers. Posmoaotims, Anc. 29.—Arrived the Thomas wan t Gibraltar; dobn, Fatamas, from Sierra Lem, idol Lord Mulgrave, TINDALL, from Halifax, in 9.7 days; tad Briton, ROSE ' from th , . Downs, for St. Johns. Nor 1 ' —Passcci by the Colonist, from Bariaadoe..—Sarad Dis ship Hves:rtotr, for Plymouth; lismschatka, Russia for fit. Petersburgh ; and his Majesty's ship GaNstass. Downs.-.-Wind S. w. CORN-MARKET, MARK-LAE!, AITUST Our Market was 'wen sup Plied with Wheats, from Essex anti Kent, the major part of %% 10 _, of this year's growth, and chiefly of fine q but the trade was heavy at a decline cf firm it 2s. per quarter from the prices of this dal New Barley comes slowly to hand, Oeren tittle demand for it, and prices art nnir'...lY last Monday, picked samples having sold 38s. and the infetiar sorts from 345. to Is. per quarter cheaper, and dull sale at th meat. In Beans and Peas there is no alterx SMITHFIELD MARKET, AUGI-ST s. (To sink the offal ; rr stone of Beef .51. 8d to Oa V c aL ........ 5, od tr Mutton ....45'04 to 5s 2al Pork ..... Ss Lamb 9a Od to 61 6d. Beasts 2,llo—Calves 300—Sheep and Lambs 1 4 1.1 0 N" Hay se4 Os to ,lab Os Straw ••• , e= si3 Cenver—,.. s QC to 7 tos I Itowen .....to of ''' lA\'DON ; Printed and published by I.rs !lace, Ten Irk , ki t ; . 1 :1 ; e 1Y°' ilifan:nifica i t l c :: h .. 3 e 1: 01 1: 4 1: : a' ll C "siirac 4l rip ti on 046, F empl(l ter cubed, • inued du, umb er ,. v . streets. • I countena,, ing the s t , ) ,. n ! We as Ithly ren t s of the 11 0 . A. ,• es: and char, Indeed 5e ,,, t4 respe et h. e tap Pot, Mr. t a i l resuming • ran g e mets Friday celebrated very g raz if,. to Ftrsor ts r• wete free pr re nksior4 ors orcom., ler sentence via con. ion. c. s this fe ant. It ..eee n . iovernmernt low passing e iving at • Paris are received etter from ing the brir ' ss the Spar' he City cf the NI r.r.n. left Ca' Winchar, 1 Highness ' ti.cnce c: Sir Fits - ded for pu. he Ilona: to 111inisters Draft na. expected, is expect! his arrival the Electors ited to p announce th CANTWIIIGST he Mans more unix limeminatr :ement of ,ose happy .; was made of a new C le pen of :rotes. Its end:lmi. • arrids!. et C ' vered by • Ilusion to after the ic..s Ts and 1 blows:et F. -, psz<engen. with a Mall inc:ss Cr mail ita , and a hit 1 trariret e , *ailed All (Jaya. sad Nor /tidal NTarig . I ' OUS T 1 Wheat of vbiA,. fine 9' from is 1;s day theri 5 4 11'.:1:111 1.31 • Ifs.• ° II/ • ' altcratie - - ST I a aC • .2! tO E• taco 1 r ~~