Star. — London, England, 1819-08-19 00:00:00

c ,l not tel v i.slently r owers eon!: o f the ret ard t( far short o f the 'aid :?? • n:c or ;) • ; tvC ad ..•; ;Ilea a „eir . ; ,fte the v n to be a' vte ohs! ;!. t',:e fa a on 1 wl , 7: .;P s: 1 t'..eir a , yn foTc.s kr, rn sised of C('l cool .t t:•.TH the: 1.15 tscti: lact rnec , t nut ly..y r2j;tary, t we i ef,•re. Y.; tramp 1 . ...11 to c wh T.: !ran , t licry I ot C. - J . . I tit I a • -J,e, Ant war.acie I ,{e, .rme: s, :r. tic, ;ice was Thtis wen tt appri, but the :ler well: secia ausf. rioahle m ae cr tv ttcs vvoul to pre kf*COUN` • :1e :Islamij :et of Spe ITe Isastin e seen, few of h - fa mud thro rTas Gcc it wa , d7. - as ca: the tvm half -pa! in ;sox rinc amidst I , d to th , . it, he s • .e alarm it, a tro, 21 IOC) in CI ; h 'r,a;ted " ltecci' t HUNT ii iS a ttic :rte's pa splirrin a Jed tla is oing, 11 ~ ration the cu nd in the hu and c; j , and 41 you that both the Mercury and !Jerald aristocratical, and at all times succumb er s :lus t t be. Y o u must not, therefore, pay • ~t•lßence to their statements. As to the persons killed, they arc correct ; but ;o 010 wounded and mutilated, they f a ll in of the actual number ; and it is with `le (knot anguish and regret' (I had al ri„,,eio,o I learn, that nearly 100 per m IC,, mutilated, (some past all hope of :re carried to their respective h omes ; to these the number who received !J., bruises, and other per%otial injurier, as to prevent them from attempting to wn Lornes in the country, we may fairly whole number at not less than 400.--: ma: be asked, is this mischief and mime scri)ed? HUNT and Ins partizans cee• i:h great folly (to give it no worse a ;tinuely persevc ink; to hold their Meet -lee of so determined and declared an the part of the Magistrates; but it was 'en no breach of the peace had been :!le. part of the RelOrmeri e beyond sseinbling, to let loose so powerful a ~ to charge indiscriminately, in all di- Igst an unarmed defencele,s rabble of and children: .0 4 • * * !TIC to say on whose head the blood that i rest ;—al I know is, that from n,hict resolved and acted upon, the con not he erpeeted to prove less disas n- have: and thb. only wonkr is, that ;ve - , were not sacrificed. Poor ASH. :ockingly trampled on and mutilated, a most horrid spectacle. bers assembled in the town, and at the were about four times as great as !ether, when Mr. HUNT presided ; but, Net for tie uncalled for interference of there can be no doubt whatever that rolid have gone oft as peaceably as it The ; , ..,.reat body of the people, though ipkei oa in every direction, evinced no. con/mit any sanguinary act ; and, with of the young man belonging to the 'ho lost his life by falling from his horse mpled upon, all the others were injured I dread to anticipate what will yet 21.:11 these proceedings. ur Magistrates and Police are so panic, !h!y add to our alarms. At half-past is morning they sent orders to close the Bills were stuck up throughout the Ole inhabitants to shut up- their shops eries, on an alarm that thousands of v: c!! armed, were in full march to It would appear from the result, that !east pains were taken to ascertain whe s truth in the report. 7C W e all thrown into the most dreadful .elieLsion and dismay, without the least to hasty credulity of those who guard :are. Where our alarms are to end, un piees, we know not ; but such are our mticipations, that all thinking men wish :wo of the cool-headed 13ow-street .Ma ltl us with their presnce for a few -ent any farther blunders from preci. T OF MONDAY'S PROCEEDINGS. THE CiI.L:S TER CHRONICLE, EXTRA.) 11)l age was almost entirely composed of :der of the people, except where strong .ecial Constables were posted ; and even scarcely a man of respectability was ith the exception of Mr. HUNT and a .:is friends, whose appearance, at least, .h superior cast. The most perfect order 17(gh 111 , ! Lninense assemblage; and if a :casionally heard above the hum of the is to recommend order and peace. A an ied in front of Mr. HUNT's procession, Order, Order," inscribed upon it. ,aFt one o'clock, Mr. HUNT came on the an open caniage, accompanied by Mr. Id a few friends, and mounted the hust load applause from the crowd. He was ie Chair by acclamation ; and, having spoke to the following effect s—(See Sren .rn turned out to be well founded, for at the 700 p r,f the Manchester Yeomanry Cavalry, in rumber, galloped on the ground at full halted within 100 yards of the hustings. in extreme disorder,and Mr. HUNT cried ' VP them with three cheers, and be firm." thus male were punctually obeyed, and again said, " They are all in disorder: ick,." But it was no trick; for, after a iause, forming, brandishing their sabres, ;ng their horses, they charged throagh the :!rd, instantly made a passage, and .sur :e hustings, on which Mr. fIuNT 'was still vith ottretched hand, "Be firm." The was vain : the trampling of the horses, .utting c.f the riders cleared the adjacent an instant; when, without a minute's de ustings, with the Chairman, men, wcmen, caps up:m it, -Neve horlA to the ground— in the midst and upon them. Mr. HUNT, . 1 ^11!•(.!: and one or two others, was se• scat v. i;1 a an ona c - ,cott„ to the Ncw Bai- ley. A dreadful scene now tools place near the skit tered hustings ; and the ground was strewel with bleeding bodies of men and women, bruised, cut, and trampled upon. Amongst the rest, a Special Con stable, Mr. ASHWORTII, of the Bull's Head, atds cut• to the ground by a trooper, and almost immediately died. A pistol was discharged, but by whim we cannot positively ascertain; the account most preva lent was, that it was discharged by an individual un known, at a yeoman who was riding to him, and the shot brought the unfortunate man from his horse to tale ground. In the other parts of the field, the Cheshire Yeo manry, the Dragoons; and the Fifteenth Hussars, charged among the crowd, without, as far as u•e could learn, striking at them ; and the whole ground which had been five minutes before covered with an attentive audience, was now completely cleared, and the Cavall y galloped up and down on it enveloped in a cloud of dust. The streets into which the af frighted populate had run, were scoured by fresh bodies of horse; and in a very few minutes, the im mense assemblage was so completely scattered, that . _ no considerable body remained together in any one place. A Regiment of Infantry was drawn up in the immediate neighbourhood, but was not called out : and Special Constables went about charging the peOple to retire and disperse. Thus ended the Meeting; but not thus the conse quences of the mtasure used in its dispersion. Our Reporter himself saw sit coaches, three carts, and three litters, loaded with the wounded, proceeding towards the Infirmary. Some of the girls dressed in white, who were on the hustings, were among the number. We afterwards heard that the report of Dr. BARDSLEY, the head Physician at the Infirmary, declared eighteen in, and thirty-one out-patients to have been received at the time. Independent of these, many were seen wounded and bleeding in the streets; but not disabled. Among the sufferers, were two of the Yeomanry, both severely wounded. We understand that two or three persons are dead ; and, though much large numbers were stated, we think this number most likely to be correct. It was rumoured in the town, after the disturbance had somewhat subsided, that the Riot Act was read previous to the first charge of the Yeomanry. We state this rumour, as we are extremely anxious to present a perfectly impartial narrative to the public ; but we are decidedly of an opinion, for several rea sons, that this could not be the crow. From an atten tive observation of them from the hustings during their short pause, our Reporter concludes, that there was no timefor that purpose, their whole pause being only about a minute and a half; during which time they were forming and receiving orders. Nothing we heard from them, but the clashing of their swords, and no paper was seen. Another almost conclusive reason against it is, that the Riot Act was read in the nearly empty streets about five, in Pic • cadilly ; and it would have been singular indeed to read it then, when there were no people to disperse, if it had been read three hours before, when 70,000 persons were assembled. Several Magistrates and Constables rode about with the Cavalry, and appeared to be directing them. General Sir JOHN Bvwo was not in the town.. The captured standards and caps were carried in triumph by several of the Yeomanry. That part of the au dience which had come from the country, in the morning, in high spirits, in orderly procession, with flags and music, now sought their homes, in straggled parties, with melancholy aspects, and leaving several of their companions behind them. One woman, we un derstand, who stood by her colour to the last, was cut down by a trooper. We should not state this, as thinking it totally incredible, had not our Reporter seen the woman and flags fall together from the hustings, while the soldiers were cutting round them ; and afterwards seen at least four or five women dreadfully wounded, conveyed to the Infirmary. At five o'clock,"the streets of Manchester were not much more crowded than they generally are. Several hundred horse were drawn up in St. Ann's-square, and parties of them f)atroled the streets. Every thing seemed to promise a continuance of quiet (or rather freedom from disturbance) as the military power was known to be so strong as to be able instantly to over power any resistance. We must not omit, however, to state, that, as the Meeting was orderly and peace able, till tho approach of the cavalry, not the least shadow rf resistance was made by them to the attack. " MANCHESTER, Eleven o'Clock, Tuesday Night. " The tranquillity of the town continues still unin terrupted by any new disturbance. Two more of the wounded persons in the Infirmary are said to be dead." FROM " THE TIMES." • This Meeting, which has caused such universal anxiety and trepidation throughout the whole of the country, took place on Monday last at Manchester. The place appoir.ted for the Meeting was a large vacant piece of ground on the North side of St. Pe tet's Church, which is well known in Manchester by'' the name of St. Peter's Place. At half-past ten. o'clock ; about 250 idle individuals might be collected within it. About half-past eleven, the first body of Re formers arrived on the ground, bearing two banners, each of which was surmounted by a cap of Liberty. The first bore, upon a white ground, the inscription " Annual Parliaments and Universal &page ; ' on the reverse side—" No Cern Laws." The other bore,. upon a blue ground, the same inscription, with the addition of " rote by Ballot." After these fiagS had . '•een paraded over the field for some time, it was thought kt by the leaders of the part? which had brought them that they should remain stationary.— A post was accordingly assigned to the bearers of them, to which shortly aftet wards a dung cart was -brought, into which the stAndarc4bearers were or dered to mount, and from which all the standards arriving afterwards were most appropriately dis played. Numerous large bodies of Reformers con tinued to arrive from this time to one o'clock, from the different towns in the neighbourhood of Manches ter, all with flags, and many cf them drawn up five deep, and in regular marching order. A Club of Female Reformers, amounting in number, according to our calculation, to 156, came from Oldham ; and another, not quite so nurierous, from Royton. The fi , •st bore a white silk banner, by far the most elegant displayed during the day, inscribed—" Majzo C'art wright's all, Annual Parliaments, U4iversal Stfrag,e, and Vote by Ballot." In one compartment of it was .Justice, holding the scales in one hand, and a sword in the other; in another a large eye, which we sup pose was impiously intended to represent the eye of Providence. On the reverse of this flag was another inscription; but in the hurry of the day we found it impossible to decipher what it was, and can only say that there were uron it two hands, both decorated in shirt ruffles, clasped in each other, and underneath them an inscription—" Oldham Union." The latter, (i. e. the females of Royton) bore two red flags: the one inscribed—" Let us (i. e. women) die like men, and not be sold like slaves." The other—" Annual Parlia ments and Unive-sal Suffrage." The Radicals of Saddleworth brought with them a black flag to the field, on one side of which was inscribed, " Taxation toithout Representation is unjust and tyrannical; equal Representation or Death ; ' on the other side was— " Union is strength.—Unite and be free. Saddleworth and Mosley Union." The Reformers from lloclidat! and Middleton marched to the sound of the bugle, and in very regular time, closing and expanding their ranks, and marching in ordinary and double quick time, according as it pleased the fancy of their leaders to direct them. They had two green banners, between which they had hoisted on a red pole, a cap of liberty, crowned with leaves of laurel, and bear ing the inscription " Flunt and Liberty." Another band bore a banner, in which Britannia was repre sented with her trident, leaning on a shield, upon which was inscribed the motto borne by Sir Wittiam WALLACE, " Got) anneth the Patriot !" In this manner the business of the day proceeded till one o'clock, by which time we should suppose that 80,000 people were assembled on the ground. The enthusiasm excited among the crowd by the presence of the HUNT was certainly beyond any thing which we ever before witnessed ; and the cheers with which he was hailed were loud and lasting. When he had taken his stand upon the hustings, which were formed of two carts lashed together, and boards spread over them, he expressed considerable disap , approbation of the manner in which they were formed and of the place in which they were situated. This will not excite surprise when we state, that it was so ar ranged that the speaker had to talk against the wind ; and also, that on Mr. HUNT'S last appearance at Man chester, dr! hustings were so slightly built as to yield to the pressure of the superincumbeat crowd, though fortunately no accident happened from their giving way. After the different persons who intended to address the multitude had taken their position upon them, and silence had been obtained, Johnson came forward, and proposed drat Henry Hunt be ap pointed their Chairman. Here a short pause ensued, as if Johnson expected that some person would have come forward to second his proposition. No person, however, doing so, Johnson proceeded to call upon them to carry the question by acclamation. The meeting did so, and HENRY Hustr was declared Chairman amid cheers of three times three. At this stage of the business the Yeomanry Cavalry were seen advancing in a rapid trot to the area : their ranks were in disorder, and on arriving within it, they halted to breathe their horses, and to re:over their ranks. A panic seemed to strike the persons at the outskirts of the meeting, who immediately began to scamper in every direction. After a moment's pause, the cavalry drew their swords, and brandished them fiercely in the air : upon which HUNT and JOHNSON desired the multitude to give three cheers, to shew the military that they were not to be daunt ed in the discharge of their duty by their unwelcome presence. This they did, upon which Mr. HUNT again proceeded. This was a mere trick to interrupt the proceedings of the meeting ; but he trusted that they would all stand firm. He had scarcely said these words, before the Manchester Yeomanry Ca valry rode into the mob, which gave way before them, and directed their course to the cart from which Mr. HUNT was speaking. Not a brickbat was thrown at them—not a pistol was fired during this period : all was quiet and orderly, as if the Cavalry had been the friends of the multitude, and had marched as such into the midst of them. A bugle man went at their head, then an officer, and then came the whole troop. They wheeled round the waggons till they came in front of them, the people drawing back in every direction on their approach. 'After they had surrounded them in such a manner as to prevent all escape, the Officer who commanded the detachment went up to Mr. HUNT, and said, brandishing his sword, " Sir, I have a warrant against you, and arrest you as my prisoner." HUNT, after exhorting the people to tranquillity in a few words, turned round to the Officer, and said, " I willingly surrender myself to any Civil Officer who will shew me his warrant." Mr. NADIN, the Chief Police Of ficer at Manchester, then came forward, and said— " I will arrest you ; I have got informations upon oath against you," or something to that effect. The Military Officer then proceeded to say that he had a warrant against JOHNSON. JOHNSON also asked for a Civil Officer; upon which a Mr. ANDREW came for ward, and HUNT and JOHNSON then leaped from off the waggon, and surrendered themselves to the Civil Power. Search was then made fur Moontiousa and KNIGHT, against whom warrants had also been is sued. In the hurry of this transaction, they had by some means or other contrived to make their escape. As soon as HUNT and JOHNSON had jumped from the wagon, a cry was made by the cavalry, " Have at their flags." In consequence, they then dashed not only at the flags which were in the waggon, but those which were posted among the crowd, cutting most indiscriminately so the right and to the left in order to get at them. This set the people running in all , didectiods, and it was not till this act ha d been coos mitted that any brick-hats were hurled at the mill; tary. From that moment the Manchester I - nmanry Cavalry lost all command of tenTef: peron of the name of Saxton, who is, we believe, the Editm•ef the Manchester Observer, was standing in the cart. Two privates rode up to him. " There," said one of them, " is that villain, Saxton: do you run him through the body." " Nol replied the other, " I had rather not—l leave it to you." The man immedi ately made a hinge at Saxton, and it was only by slipping aside that the blow mis,ed his life. As it was, it cut his coat and waistcoat, but fortunately did him no other injury. A man within .five yards of us in another direction had his nose completely taken off by a blow of a sabre ; whilst another was laid prostrate, but whether he was dead or had merely thrown himself down to obtain protection we cannot say. Seeing all this hideous work going on, we felt an alarm which any man may be forgiven for reeling in a similar situation : looking around us, we saw a constable at no great distance, and thinking that our only chance of safety r ested in placing ourselves un der his protection, we appealed to him for assistance. Ile immediately took us into custody, and on our saying that we merely attended to report the proceed ings of the day, he replied—" Oh ! oh ! You then are one of their writers—you must go before the Ma gistrates." To this we made no objection ; in can' sequence he took us to the house where they were sitting, and in our road thither, we saw a woman on the'ground, insensible, to all outward appearance, and with two large goutsof blood on her left breast: Just as we came to the hou'e, the constables were conducting III;Ny into it, and were treating him in a manner in which they were neither justified by law nor humanity, striking him with their stares on the head. After he had been taken into the hoase, we were admitted also ; and it is only justice to the man who apprehended us to state, that he did every thing in his power to protect us from ill-usage, and shewed us every civility consistent with his duty. In the room into which we were put, we found the Orator, Johnsor, Saxton, and some other individuals of minor note, among whom was another woman in a fainting condition.. NADI N the constable was also there. fitaxT and Jorrxsox !Nall asked him to spew them the warrants on which they had been appre hended. This he refused t•? do, saying. that he had information upon oath against them, which was quite sufficient for him. HUNT then called upon the persons present to mark NADIN's refusal. Shortly after this transaction, Mr. HAY, the Chairman of the Magis trates, came into the apartment, and asked' IIuNT if he was aft aid to go down to the New Bailey ? if he was, he himself would accompany him, and look after his safety. HUNT, who we forgot to say, had received a slight sabre wound on one of his hands, said, that he should have no objection to the Magistrate's com • pang ; he certainly did not like either a cut from a sabre or a blow from a staff, both of which had been dealt cut to him in no small quantity. Mr. HAY shortly afterwards went out, having first made a reply to Mr. HUNT, which some riot out of doors prevented us from hearing. On casting our eyes at the place where the immense multitude had lately been assembled, we were surprised in the short space of ten minutes to see it cleared of all its for mer occupiers, and filled by various troops of mili tary, both horse and foot. Shortly after this had occurred, a Magistrate came into the room, and bade the prisoners prepare to march off to the New Bailey. HUNT was consigned to the custody of Co ' lonel l'EstnalloE, of the 31st foot, and a detach ment of the 15th. Hussars ; and under his care, he and all the other prisoners, who were each placed between two Constables, reached the New Bailey in perfect safety. The staffs of two of Huxr's banner; were carried in mock procession before him. After these individuals had been committed to the custody of the Governor, .they were turned into one common yard, where the events of the day formed the subject of conversation. KNIGHT and MORE liousE, who had been taken a short time after them, were afterwards added to their company. About . . tire o'clock the Magistrates directed th . e . GOvernor of the prison to lock each of them up in a solitary cell, and to see that they had no communication with each other. This was accordingly done. At seven o'clock, when we quitted Manchester, all was quiet in the town. A report had however reached it, that there was a serious riot at Oldham, and in consequence some troops of the Cheater Yeomanry were sent to quell it. In our road to Stockport, our attention was forci bly struck by the numerous groups of idle men, who were congregated together along it. They appeared ready for any wicked or desperate purpose. On our into Macclesfield, ab:,tit ten at night, we were stopped by sonic special constables, and advised not ' to proceed further up the tewn, if we had any regard whatsoever for our lives. Of course we took their advice, and turned our horses into a yard, as they desired us. On inquiring into the cause of the anxiety which was depicted in all their faCes, they informed ns that the Reformers in their ncighboui hood, irri tated by the defeat which they had sustained at Man chester the day before, had assembled in a body of two or three thousand men, and had been commit ting the most abominable acts of violence in different quarters of the town. In the market-place they had broken every window which looked into it, and in various other places had dine similar acts of atrocity. Mails have arrived this forenoon from flamburgh and Flanders, with Papers to the 13th and 17th inst. A dreadful fire broke out on the 27th ult. among the shipping on the Neva, which occasioned damage to the amount of a million of rubles. T rang uillity is entirely restored at Wurtzburgh, and tqe Jews are beginning gradually to return to their homes. FALMOVaI, 16.—Wind variahle.—Arrived the Bidder Darre, LUDVIOSON, from I.ongsound. Sailed the Bideford, M' Du' for Barbadoes ; and Marchioness of Queensberry packet, with a Mail for the ll:azils. PLYMOUTH, AU. I ;.—Arrived the William and Henry, Cour,from St. Kitts, for LoLion, in 64 days, having lost her rudder BO days since. In heating into Catwater she struck on a aand bank, but got off gain. Also arrived the Pursuit, Ile- THIRFORD, from Rigs; and Friepds, FetaltttiON, from Memel. PORTSMOUTII, Acc. 18.—Wind \'.E.—Sailed the Star trans port, for Chatham. DIAL, Arcusr 18.—Wind N.r.—Arrived and sailed for she River, the Paragon, Wine, from Grenada. Passcd by the Mentor, ItAyrza, front Bremen for B..ltimore—she reports the loss of an American brig, on the Sth inst. in the Weser. Ilahwten, AUGUST 1 g.—Arrived the Castlereagh packet from Cuxhaven. Sailed the Auckland packet for ditto, ar.d Parc, of Orange packet fur Holland, all with mails. 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