Star. — London, England, 1819-08-31 00:00:00

i . , THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. TUESDAY. AUGUST 31. 1819. THE FUNDS. !RIC' OF STOOSIs THIS DAT AT OHS O . CLOCIL Bank Stock 229 230} 3 per Cent. Reduced 7211 i ' 3 per Cent. Consols 71ff 3i per Cent. 81i-1. :of Cent. 906 5 per Cent. Navy 104+ flank Long Annuities 193.16 • Imperial 3 per Cent. Anns. 70 India Bonds 16 14 pre. Exchequer Bills (2d.) par 1 dir. 2 pre. • Omni= 4111 pre.—Cons. for Acct. 71ine The importance of the details respecting late trans- actions at Manchester, have been such u to exclude almost every other subject from our attention, and from that of the Public generally ; and the room they have occupied in our columns, left us but little space to express our opinions respecting an event which N e sincerely wish could be blotted out from all record and recollection. As this, however, is impossible, the bane, we hope, will not reach pos• terity unaccompanied with its antidote. It will not— it cannot !—Already the correctness of pure, uncor rupted English feeling ; its innate detestation of the blood of war in the time of peace ; its abhorrence of all indiscriminate anticipations of vengeance, on sup posed, or on real culprits, of any description—have been marked in a tone of feeling which will vindi cate the national character in the eyes of posterity, in spite of every effort to paint the outside of the se pukhre, and hide the dead awns bones.—" Should you lay it on an inch thick, to this complexion it must come at last !" • The leading facts are now before the Public—but net all the facts. In justice to the Magistrates, and jtistice to the sufferers, " the truth, the whole truth," c.:ght to be fully elicited. Let the Public have " no t;arng but the truth." We demand a full and serious inquiry into the conduct of the Magistrates. In using this language, we arc only speaking the voice of our country. W e demand a serious inquiry into every part of their conduct, from the commencement of their proceedings to the tragical catastrol he cf the 16th of August—Nay, to the end of the examinations of Mr HUNT and the other prisoners on Friday last. This, we maintain, is due, in justice to the Magistrates, as well as to the pi isoners, that they may have a full opportu nity to wipe off; by the force of unimpeachableevidcnce, every unfounded aspersion that may have been thrown upon them. Evidence they must have, which has never yet been suffered to transpire. We say so, be cause we cannot believe it possible, that, upon such evidence as has yet been offered to the Public, a letter of thanks from the Secretary of State could have been sent to them. A full opportunity should, therefore, be afforded them to bring forward •this evidence; and if, in the proud consciousness of their correct conduct, they would prefer the silent approval of their own minds, we dten say that, not for their sakes, but for the vindication 'clear national character—a matter of much greater importance than any thing that regards them, the subject should not—eanno— - must not, be permitted to pass unineestigated. We insert a note from Sir F. BURDLTT to Lord grobloorri, avowing himself the author of the letter which appeared within these few days, as an Address to the Electors of Westminster. Our Readers are aware of the steps which have been taken, prepare. tory to the prosecution of the worthy Baronet for the said Address to his constituents, on the ground of its being a seditious libel. The opinion of Ministers, therefore, being already pronounced upon the sub ject, and their pledge being given to proceed against the Honourable Baronet, nothing remains but that the Public should wait with patience until that opinion and those proceedings shall be confirmed or over turned by the superior authority of a Jury. It is determined that the Westminster Meeting shall be held on Thursday next. A Meeting to fix the day was held last night at the Crown and Anchor. The Requisition to the High Bailiff, and his refusal to comply, wise both read. Some of the Electors were for having the Meeting on Monday, in order to allow Mr. LANs, the Marquis of TAvirrotx, and some others, an opportunity of knowing the day of meeting in time to attend it ; they are absent from town. This deference to them, however, was soon over-ruled. Mr. HonHovas was present, and ad dressed the Meeting with great vehemence, and as great effect. He stated, that Sir F. Buitom was arrived in town, and prepared to take the Chair "in his old-fashioned way at the Meeting. The Paris Papers of Saturday arrived this morning. M. DE CAza has been seriously wounded by a fall from his horse. It is reported at Bourdeaux, that the Captain-Gene ral of Catalonia, CASTANOS, has received orders to to supply the place of O'Doxim, in the American Expedition. landate removing 0 Iloa NEL has been Madrid Gazette. It is so expressed ery poor apology both for the Gene _ delay in the sailing of the Expedi ksidering," it states, " that the delicacy •-General Count AotssAt. would not represent how injurious it would be to while the serious wound which be re (orious action of Adisbal is still oft!; bad state of his health, and wishing is devotion," &e. Friday-70 ft. 90 e. MR. HU'I;T. . , FROM ObR PRIVATE COMSIONDIter. lbothester, Sunday Evening. " The town was all in a bustle to-day, in the ex pectation of Mr. Huives return front Lancaster Castle. The streets were crowded with people pre pared to greet his artival. He did not, howeier, make his appearance, nor could any accurate infor mation be obtained as to his movements." " Monday Morning, Ten o'Qoek. " Still no appearance of Mr. HUNT. A report is now current amongst us that he has gone to Liver pool to be present at the Meeting held there to-day. I cannot, however, find a person who can set me positively right as to the fact, whether he is yet at large to go any where. It is true, as I told you in my last, that two Gentlemen entered into rzcogni minces- here for him on Saturday, but unless he chuses to sign his own recognizance, which some said he was not disposed to do, on his departure for Lan caster, his liberation cannot take place." We have just been favoured with a perusal of the following Letter from Mr. HUNT himself to a friend in London. He hot .been liberated, and was to ar rive in Manchester at twelve o'clock yesterday. -The statement that he had declined entering intb his °sir recognizance, was erroneous. -` He was hurried off to Lancaster before the bail bondikould be esect4ipd: LETTER FROM MR. HUNT TO A FRIEND IN LONDON. (RECEIVED THIS MORNING.) " Swan inn, Belton, Lancashire, Sunday Evening. "MY DEAR SIR—I am this moment arrived here, on my way back to Manchester. The last dastardly • • • • • trick of the judicial • * • ***** *, in sending us off to Lancaster Castle, under the follow- ing circumstances, will complete their character for any thing but justice:—We were brought up for a hearing on Friday, about one o'clock ; and, after hav ing been told that the charge of High Treason was given up for the present, but not abandoned—that they should go into the charge for n Conspiracy and Sedition. Well, four or five fellows were examined separately, after having their former depositions read over to them, when, on their examinaticn, they every one contradicted not only each other, but their own depositions, in the most material parts, if there be any material points. " However, the worthy Magistrates, although vastly calmed down since I saw them last, after con sulting in aprivate roam with Mr. 13ouchier, the Solid tor ("the Crown, the Prosecutor, determined to hold us to bail, for a conspiracy and sedition; and should these same Vagistrates be the Grand Jury at Lan caster, I should not at all be surprised if they find a true Bill against us for sheep-stealing, upon the vexy same evidence ; for, really, it will be as applicable to the one offence as the other. However, Johnson and Moo:house were bailed out immediately; and good bail was offered for me—but as I was very hot with the exertion of tour hours in a most crowded Court, I retired to change' my linen to at►end for that purpose ; but before I had done this, I was informed by the turnkey, that he was very sorry,but there was an order come that I must be ready to go to Lancaster Castle in three minutes. I had not time to take even a cup of tea, or get clean linen, before I was hurried down into the ya:d, where I met my fellow-prisoners, who had not yet been bailed, and who had been handcuffed, and ironed, and we were crammed, some in, and others on a coach, and off we went, escorted by about SO of the 15th Hussars, to Bolton, where there was a relay of the Cavalry, who conducted us to Blackburn, from thence to Preston, and on to Lancaster, by some more Hus sars, all with drawn swords, &c. &c. We entered the Prison at half-past four in the morning. At seven at night I was put into a Felon's Dungeon, and was just got into my first sleep, on my Iron Bedstead and Miran? Bed, when a Gentleman, who had followed me in a chaise and four,' came to say that my Bail had justified at Manchester.— I left the horrid Basalt', and slept at the Inn in Lan caster.—On arriving at Preston this day about two, the Authorities have witnessed such a scene of enthu siasm, which was continued at every place we pissed, and not less than 20,000 persons have conducted us here, having taken the hones out of the coach. The accounts of the immense numbers collected on the road to Manchester are such that I deem it prudent, to avoid accidents, to delay my return into that town till to-morrow. " In haste, your's, 44 Hi/MY HUNT." Mr. HARMER kft town this morning to go down to Manchester, to assist Mr. PEALION in the legal proceedings arising out of the late transactions. We understand that there is no doubt Mr. HUNT and the other persons prosecuted, will traverse till the next Mixes. The first person tried, on account of the late pro ceedings in the Manufacturing Districts, will be John Adamson, at the Lancaster Assizes, which commence to morrow: He stands committed for " having as sumed the character of a Delegate or Representative, ' at a Public Meeting, unlawfully convened and held near Burnley, and with having, in the character afore said, at the said Meeting, used certain seditious ex pressions with intent to excite contempt and disre spect to the Laws and Constitution of the Realm, and with having in his possession, with intent to publish, certain seditious and libellous papers and writings, tending to vilify the Constitution in Church and State." MANCHECTER TRAGSDV. ANOTHER NARRATIVII MOM AN ,YE-WITVICSIG - TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. Sta—The atrocious falsehoods which have been Meeting, Manchester propagated through the medium of som e of the News papers, on the subject of the are so extremely disgusting to every friend of hu manity, that I could wish those who witnessed any act of wanton barbarity, to detail it to the Public, and thus to let facts speak for themselves. The ex tracts you have made from Wheeler's Chronicle, and which you state may be considered as official, are a tissue of as complete lies as were ever huddled to gether. I had a pretty fair opportunity of judging of the nature and character of the Meeting, and, as far as I am able to form any opinion, it was exactly the reverse of what is stated in the Manchester Me. gisterial Gazette. I was in St. Peter's Field soon after ten o'clock in the morning ; at that time there were not more than twenty or thirty perions present, and no appearance of either Military or Constables ; I went to the New Cross to see the Oldham Proces sion enter, and so far from their being any thing like "Military array," I at the time remarked, that a great part of it had the appearance of a Female Be. nefit Club, as hundreds .of women were walking hand in hand, four abreast, and nearly the whole dressed in clean white linen caps ; and I will take upon myself to affirm, and to swear if necessary, that not one man out of one hundred and fifty, had a stick of any description in his hand ; I saw a few boys, indeed, with twigs in their hands, and some few wish short sticks, about half a yard long, and as thick as a man's thumb, which had the ap pearance of having been pulled out of the hedges as they passed along—and yet this was the vast body, that had the " appearance of military array!" An enemy, indeed, quite fitted to the coolness and courage of the Manchester Cavalry. When I returned to the ground, the Special Constables had just taken their stand, and they, as well as the people who were assembled around them, appeared in great good humour. I mixed with the crowd, and passed through the body of Constables :—all was peace, and not a syllable was heard either of a disposition to, riot, or of the Riot Act being read ; and surely, if either had been the case, I must have had some inti mation of it, as I conversed both with the Reformers and the Constables. I then took my stand in the window of a house which fronted the field, and which commanded a fine view of the whole, and I am con fident, if the Riot Act had been read during that time, in an open and undisguised manner, I must both have seen and heard it. I heard, indeed, "Goa save the King," played by the Band, and I saw the people stand uncovered, but I saw no riot, nor did I hear any Riot Act read. Apprehending no danger, I descended from the window, and, mixing with the multitude, I stood within twenty yards of the stage, where I remained till the arrival of the Cavalry ; their ignorance of military tactics had thrown them into considerable disorder, and, while they were forming, I retired slowly to the outskirts of the people ; I there got on a post about a yard high, and in one minute saw the horsemen gallop at full speed among the crowd, some flourishing their swords over their heads, and others cutting both right and left ; and though Mr. Wheeler says, " the Cavalry had not advanced many yards before they were assailed wit'. a heavy volley of stones," I de clare before GOD, with all the advantages I bad of viewing the scene, up to this time I did not see a single brick-bat or stone thrown. I now thought it high time to retreat, and going doss n St. Peter's street, entered a house not far off the ground, from whence I had a tolerable view of what was going on: in a few minutes hundreds rushed down the street, pursued by the soldiers, who sabred the wretched fugitives indiscriminately; some of the wounded sunk at the steps of the doors, unable to proceed further, while others ran on, the blood pouring from their heads, sides, or arms. Amidst this scene of general horror, one had scarcely leisure to notice any indi vidual act of cruelty. Some people had taken refuge in the perch of a Charity-school that fronts the street, where they stood completely out of the way; they were, however, unfortunately observed by one of the fiends on horseback, who immediately rode his horse amongst them, and dispersed them, by sabreing them right and left. The yard of this school is separated from the street by an iron railing, over which many persons had clambered, to escape the blind fury of the soldiers: a boy, about 14 or 16 years old, had with some difficulty ascended, and had got one leg over the top—at this moment one of the armed ruf fians came galloping up the street, and, seeing the situation of the unfortunate lad, immediately checked his horse, rode up to him, an d gave hi m two cuts th ra e d b io o g y , fe ao ll d li ktehea gallant n c t m h w ors o e n m t a h n e his sab re—the the other with galloped off to his brave associates in the field ! Wheeler states, that " not a single shot WAS fired by any of the military ;" whilst I was in the house in Peter's -street, I distinctly heard three gun-shots ; I am confident, from the report, the firing was from 'a musket—and where, I would ask, could any- of the crowd secrete such a weapon? Perhaps the sa pient Mr. Wheeler would tell us, in a breeches pocket, or a watch fob ! Pray, were di the persons reported from the Infirmary as being shot, killed or wounded subsequent to Monday? After the tragedy had closed, I went towards the Polic..ciEce, ?. t z square, which is close by, I fou n d Constables assembled, relating to e..c, respective exploits z one of them, 4 the keeps a public-house, stated, that s R, thrown a stone at him, which gra ze d and, being observed by one or the inL. mediately levelled his piece, firQi, and down ; the Constable was miru:e in lin be placed his hand behind him to 1 4., Reformer had been hit, and bent his ost wards to chew the Manner in which fill; and it should be recollected this less than an hour after the circumstance] and most likely before instructions been issued. No doubt Mr. Wheeler man he was greatly mistaken, and that ever happened—but I bel;eveif the time, and it was believed by all his Constables who heard him, .rnd I hu t doubt—not a shadow of a doubt, but tary did fire. It is a sacrifice of one's fee:ilF,s to argue on this execrable business—disp, graceful as it is ! Indignation shout;! breast of every Englishman, and the patriotic fire would make the upholder despotism tremble at their own audaci± certain, that if the people of this Isla quietude and silence to this invasion of and dearest rights, without even a let;.ti 1 against it, personal safety %%mil Ivo guarantee from the hands of the wand than from the laws and institutions of Er THE• ARMY. We are happy to understand that the for the National Monument in Scotian, up rapidly. The pliant 71st Regim scribed one day's pay towards it. Lord F. Gowza gave. a supeib enter Tuesday last to the Newcastle and Pntv Staffordshire Yeomanry, on his Lordshi pointed to the command cf the Corps. Extract of a letter from an Officer dated Oldham, Saturday, August 21:, Manchester on Monday, but only empl ing the outskirts of the town quiet, wh an occasional charge; it was shockingi pie lie wounded, there were at least about, but not so many kille l as has 1 We have to clear this town every nigb public-houses at the different village,. ral BYNG has ordered us to be on the Nts o'clock to-morrow morning, and disperse who regularly assemble to drill with day morning. They meet, as we are the amount of several thousands Al der from the Magistrates to fire, and ma, swords, if the least resistance is made, and, they.do not give up their arms the appear." NAVAL INTELLIGENC Posts:wows, Armin SO.—Arrived the Lord port, from the West Indies. Passed by the Cr from Quebec for London. Sailed his :Majesty's for South America.—Wind S.S.W. Daws., Accts: 30.—Arrived and sailed for Colonist, Basstirosn, from Barbadoes; Oral wows, from Dernarara ; JaMto, WALTON, from Brunswick; and Alonzo, from St. Andero. Cab. the River, the St. Lawrence, Douctrs, for Quebec, yesterday, the GANYMIDE frigate, from the Ms' from Portsmouth.—Wind DIASCIAM AUGUST O.—Arrived in oar evening, the Fortitude, Starves's, from Ted!) , charge of a Deal boat, having been on shore Sand, with loss of an anchor and cable. AZZILDEOI. Aucctr v.—Arrived the Jean, Gseenland, with two fists. Yesterday morning, the Duke of Yo) York House, St. James's Palace, from 1 Yesterday the Duke and Duchess companied by the infant Princess A who, we are happy to say, continues enjoy excellent health, the Princess their attendants, left Kensington Palace Palace, on a visit to the PRINCESSES, for The Duke and Duchess of WELLtsc. town, for their seat at Strathfieldsay, H The Duke of NORFOLK does not sta . Castle more than a week, when his Gi visiting his seat in Yorkshire. The Marquis of SALISBURY has left , his seat, Aldborough, Suffolk. The Earl and Countess CLAIMS STY arrived yesterday in town from Bristcl. they are expected to take their departure in Ireland. The bankers of Newcastle have rcdi date of drafts upon London from 40 to Birch, the Constable, is new said to of danger. DEPARTURE OF THE FAIR CincAss day morning, the fair Circassian and Excellency the PERSIAN AMBASSADOR . Charles-street, Berkeley-square, to go Lord Exmouth ; she was accompanie , by Colonel D'Ancr, Captain WILLOC , PIERCV, who slept on board last night. morning for Constantinople, from V , 17 , by land to Persia. Ills Excellency rem: land till April or May next. He is shortly gt a tour through England, Scotl.vid. and IrelghL STEALING OP THE BANK Isis.—An old ea woman, who is possessed of some property Bank, on going a few days ago to receive dend, watched an opportunity to get into the W.,: Lodge, and put the keys into a small basket ! . e .. .. 1 . 1 tied with her. We are informed that when take. the Borough, where she resides, and on being (l :; ‘ , tinned as to her mntive fcr having stolen the ~.‘; she replicd, that if the keys were in her her dividend would be secure! She has bra some time in the haiiit of stealing keys from 31: 1 e,, , .`" : Offices, and when taken, in t less than'2oo keys were found in her room, and those of were tied to the bedstead with a string. P: •', r• ral of Catalonia, (, . , . ,? i repair to Cadiz to ~ I. • - the command of 1 The Royal mat published in the , . ' as to contain a ve ral, and for the ' • i Lion. " Consider of Lieutenant-Ge permit him to ref i him to embark wl ce ived at the glo informed of the t to recompense his Five per Cents. 1 . S. • a! . . de s eu • 'r : n .0. re , , • e O.: tt rtin 7 A 4 hut,, ;. Est.: I , ?I of itY r and s. 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