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l an great expedition, and instantly 0. : ;nob, ia consequence of which two men f . :ut,l toome others, as 1 understaml, were •Lh is the iinplacabte spit it of vengeance ‘ ,.., t h„ a „ ir og the Reformers against all .., ;; ;0;i: who wielded their swords against the po i'.l.-aiday, that many of those military gen- CioliTht it praclent to keep out of the ; : . em a Er ir of being a ssassinated. On T hurs .. •i:;ht wiadov. sof Mr. Long, a sadler, who tie Yeomanry corps, were broken by la short, tl.c Refoancrs seem to be ..ie; b d.'speratc spirit of retaliation, and nothing ence ef a I.r:ge military ferce continually can sire \yhoin they have marked A. e:= K 11 , • v st.itement in sonic of die I.ondon .:t wilco the penile were marching tip to lact.tins on Monday Ltst, in a soil of they were armed with sticks ; and a w.b thrown out that they might have had a:I rockets for tlic purpose of fastening .;!...-c the moment it diould become 0 . ;7 u.e them. I saw there people marching 1 I ,, ,i;:vely declare to you that not one ILLI a s:ick in his hand ; and I am ~ is eley had pikes in their pockets, the' , i h tl n, without a moment's hesitation, u' provoked attack made by the Ca tr ;!icy sve:e quietly assembled round the attack, / - "am rrieveel to say, has ge ein minds a deadly spirit of revenge, it likely to be soon appear d. The Civil y Ric %NTH aware or this; and .eir that if only two persons toi. , ,cther :1 1 ,01)3 the streets, a soldier comes up, thrusts his musket between them to se l sara:c. In consequence z:iat have taken pi ice at Oldham and rt nt the military that has been station•. retytir to those towns, and of duty is ne.w oa what is - 1 AUCUST co. T?. rinks) the area occupied by the rr, (.c. :10n..1y last. The pressure must have on d.. range of boa es called Windmill ali'd iron railings in front cf the r brolzeo, an:l the people were iiled by • the cellar 9. iahabitants did not received some of their friends, alit li.ercv, through their a indows or of their doers. They all descrilbe ::f t:lo. Yromanry as ir.dicative cf wan. barbarity. The account which (t the scene, like the Dagca 9f Death, had is it hidicrous)y horrid. The living heaps re-•.lrrection ," the grotesque attitudes ..c falivn ; the quantity of shoes, hats, e ::ad batons, strewed on the ground, here and there with a silk banner and a rtv, presented a scene of disci-der and whoa contrasted ~ e ith the previous Lty and triumphant shouts of rtetorm, must i•ej laughter, had it not been connected so • itii in,n.aa suffering and violence. The •-; iber:y, a large fat woman, more like a • ! a a divinity, was exposed in a way by • a.." as lindubras says, was more r . cded tr... 0 Ler care ise. She lay some time for and tLa was carried a prisoner to a house in r,,igLbeurhood, where she tried to bribe the ser ve,:: ‘‘,:h t sixpence L.) get her a " glass of gin." Aster bei , %; at the s..eae of action. I proceeded to the Kniary, .e inquire afier the number of killed and t,mied. Time are only five dead r—Whitworth, ri•ilydc, vi•ho was shot in the riot at seven o'clock tr Monday evening ; Ashworth, constable, who was 1.1e.1 on :he fief,' ; a man called Ashton, who was rr: , hed to i!eatli by the crowd ; a woman from smothered, as I have described ; and a .!:o died from flight. I hive seen to-day the !naval. Ile was a respectable man, and UCCS1;011 was respectably attended. - Whit- Niho was a great Reformer, vied this morn duz, Imirmarv. Ile was wounded in the back !:::.21•,:ad. Ile had some lucid intervals, and was 'm pray fervently. There are !2.9 patients now f4e Infirmary, 31 being b r o ug ht in. There are 4fcx-patients. Ilulme, the Yeoman, vho was struck it.7.t . le head with a brick, and thrown from his horse, LIC~ . • to tocover, tit:A:l;h a: first ills case was re prdAl as desperate. To.day at twelve o'clock a great crowd attended r.t11,2 New Bailey, with the hope of hearing the ex 'tination 4 Ilant. The Bench of Magistrates was There being present, NAisis, Esq. in the Chair; THOMAS W. TATTON, RA. • WAI. MAR R I OTT , WILLIAM HULTON, RALPH FIaTeHRI., • ATRIA,, TRAFTORD TRAFFORD, Esqrs. Sci W. flicssuws, . A. Et HELS I ON, Clerk. S l l.l4ltis PAN.G was also on the Bench. Nolutts, the stipendiary Chairman, ordered State Plisoners (as they now must be called) to teb;ouOit up. Hunt was brought first io the bar. I observed no C age upon him. Ile walked with a firm step, and ;=slirled an undaunted and resolute, though not an n. , .nuer. His features, which are always tie; ;t: seemed more than usual to wear a smile of ce:itrained conycsure and self-satisfaction. He l'otl-ed 64117 round. Mr. NORRIS addressed him to lhi , .efroct : aY " Ikra, the prosecutcrs ar e p er f ect l y prepare d to go a rn•iderct• ir. suprort of the charges upon which you w. re b•.it tiller evidence has con:e before the Maris oi the Ilighc.st importance, and they have deemed it their 6 . 1 1 tt lay body of it befor e th e Law OfEe;:rs of the r'at, to advise apoli it. The Magistrates, whose organ I ant, taeref...re arat.iironsiv deemed it their duty to remind you 4 datZt ni HIGH T REAsoN." pre,etne, I am not allowed to say any thing"' lae N lra a e." l to state one word. I ant pig - reedy innocent t: eh, iharze , d y to IMO then 110W44 to the and 'rent duvm. Jwig, Joi,mion was brought up. 1k appeared :arch agitated. N otutts addressed hi:n in the same words as did aut.:. Ichnsn " but bowed and retired. 1 :It 1 nit. .a.ctt;it \vitt; brought up. lic bowed slightly. After Mr. NORRIS had addressed him as he did the others, Saxton said-4 , Am Ito consider myself as committed on that charge?" Mr. Nonats--" You are detained on that charge, not finally committed." John Knight was the next. He was addressed as the others ! . but said nothing. John Moorhouse smiled very contemptuously. After Mr. Nona's had remanded him on the charge of High Treason, Moorhouse tcok up his white hat, [most of the leaders wore white hats,] which was close to him, and said--" I presume it's my bat you mean, and not me. lam ready to meet the charge." To understand this, it should he known that since I hint has wont a white hat it has become the badge of reform, Johnston wears one; Sir C. Wolseley, 1 have been told, weal a one. Moorhouse would not be left behind in this c7ital point. The follow ing were all brought up separately, and addressed by Mr. NORRIS as the others had been, and then remanded on the same charge as all the others, that of High Treason : .v.kabeta Gaunt, a tall, thin pale woman, P.bollt 45. &acts MArgreati:;, about 26, dressed in black. 11 , bert Jutec , a rag-6.4,1er, from Manchester, about 25. Robert Wild, jt:n. about 23, from Staytey bridge. Genrge ALA late of Doncaster. Whether the prisoners are to be tried for high treason or not will depend upon the advice of the Law Officers. Mr. Hay, the Chairman of the Salford Sessions, who went to London with the case on Tues day, is expected to-day. We shall then know the determination of Government. From the number of persons under the charge who have nothing in common but their being at the same Meeting, the treason committed must have consisted in not dis petting at the reading of the Riot Act. If this be' the case, high treason may now-a-days be uncon sciously perpetrated. After the State prisoners were disposed ot, a crowd of SO or 40 pi isoners were brought up for rioting, some of whom were remand ed, some, committed for trial, and some discharged. There was nothing at all interesting in their respec tive eases. EXTRACT FROM ANOTHER LETTER IN THE TIMES. " Manchester, August 19. " If the conduct of the Magistrates was precipi tale, that of the Cavalry was violent and unwarrant able. It is allowed by every one here, that much un necessary cruelty was inflicted, and it is even af firmed that intoxication only could explain the wan ton violence they committed. They cut down and trampled under their horses' hoofs the poor deluded creatures who had assembled, without provocation and without mercy. I could send you the deposi ti.nis of hundreds, if it were necessary, that not a stone was duos... n, not a stick was raised, and not an insult offered to the military, befOre they commenced their furious career—that they trampled on those whom they could not disperse—that they hunted them down like wild beasts, and cut at the living heaps that were piled. on each other in running from their violence. The constables, who suffered nearly as much as the rest of the multitude, from a perfect want of system and plan, stewed in many instances a savage spirit of malice and revenge. Some of them were seen beating with their staves those who had fallen, and one of them, in the drunken delirium of savage triumph, brandished his baton, and ex claimed in the hearing of the terrified inmates of Windniiil-street, " Here is our field of Waterloo." Of the numbers that composed the Meeting, no cer tain information can be obtained. " The numbers collected could not fall short of 30 or 40,000. The principal passages leading out of it are by Deansgate and St. Peter's Church. From their being hemmed in on one side by the military, and from the narrowness of the other egress, the crowds could not escape, but were trodden down or heaped upon each other like corn in a field. Thy consternation and confusion that followed the charge, the dreadful screams and heart-piercing shrieks of trampled wretches of all ages and sexes, can scarcely be conceived. It is surprising that the carnage should be so trifling. The number of killed, whose deaths are ascertained is just five ; and the number of wounded who have been carried to the Infirmary, or placed under the medical men of that Establish ment, amounts only to GO: Foor . Ogden is grievously wounded ; he has received several sabre cuts about the head, and has been again cured at the public ex pense.' Carliie, of London, made a narrow escape. The woman from Eccles, who was killed, was the. rally smothered to death by being below a pile of bodies in a cellar !" LEEDS, AUGUST el. FROM OUR PRIVATE CORRESPONDENT. A very numerous Meeting of Reformers is to be held on Hamlet Moor, on Tuesday next; and as the Mayor and Magistrates do not mean to interfere with their proceedings, provided they conduct them selves as peaceably as heretofore, it is expected that the Meeting will be more numerously attended than any that have hitherto been held in this part of the { kingdom. A Military Officer of rank called at the house of our worthy Chief Magistrate (who was out of town), on Thursday, to make a tender of the services of the force under his command to clear the ground of the Reformers upon Hunslet Moor, provided the Mayor did not think proper to forbid the Meeting. His Worship was again waited upon in the evening, by the same person, when he declined the proffered ser vices of the troops, expressing his conviction that it would be more proper to send food than swords and pistols amongst the people. A Meeting of Radical Reformers, numerously at tended, was held on Thursday evening, near Hud dersfield ; when a stranger (strongly suspected to be a Spy) harangued the multitude in the most violent and inflammatory manner, insisting on the necessity of using force to obtain their just rights. His ha- 1 rangue, however, made no impression upon his hearers. A strong body of troops, however, is now stationed in Huddersfield. _ _ . Another Reform Meeting was held last night at Shipley (about six miles from Leeds), and was at tended by at least 3,000 persons. Mr. EDMUND FEARNLEY, a respectable manufacturer, was called to the Chair. The principal speakers were—Mr. M#- .40$, of Leeds; Mr ( UntsTow, a schtrolrnavr, Shipley ; and Mr. Rttaftwaw, It schoolmaster and Preacher, among the Free-thinking Christians. The Resolutions, Declaration, and Speeches, were the same as those adopted at the other Meetings in thi vicinity ; and the persons dispersed peaceably. Another Meeting was to be held on the Aldmon bury road, near Huddersfield, and considerable air prehensions seemed to be expressed for the result.— The Yeomanry, under Sir JOSEPH RADCL Lira, and twc Troops of the 4th Dragoon Guards, were ordered to be in readiness ; but up to this hour (ten P. M) no accounts have arrived of any disturbance having taken place. I therefore conclude that either the Meeting has not been held, or else that all has gone off peaceably. • Posting-bills and advertisements have been circu lated throughout this and the adjoining Counties, numerously signed, for convening a Public Meeting at Wakefield, on Monday next, at which all the Re formers in the District are expected to attend. Ru mour, however, says, the Magistrates, fearful of the consequences, intend to prevent any Meeting taking place. The four Troops of the 4th, or Royal Irish Dra goons, under the command of Cclonel Ross, that marched in here on Wednesday last, returned again to their head-quarters at York, this day ; and the two troops which marched for Manchester, have .come back to resume their old quarters. We remain perfectly tranquil here, notwithstand ing the numerous groupes of unemployed and dis tressed men that are constantly parading the public streets, from sun-rise to midnight. PRIVATE LETTER. " MACCLESFIELD, SATURDAY EVENING. " During Thursday and Friday ar town continued wholly undisturbed, but this being public market day, the disaffected seem to have chosen it as a fit op portunity for a new manifestation of their wicked de signs. The market-place was crowded by perions of the lower orders, who bad evidently no business there,:and who did nothing but go about in groupes, uttering the most inflammatory expressions, and abusing every decent and respectable person they encountered. Several individuals, I regret to say, were attacked and much hurt. " At length'the confusion and alarm in the market became so great, that the Magistrates, supported by a large body of the Special Constables, were obliged to make their appearance, when several of the most active °ldle mischief-makers were taken into custody and order restored. The prisoners have been com mitted to prison, and will be brought up for exami nation on Monday.. _ _ " A person of the name of TRAFFORD, a hatter, was held to bail yesterday for using seditioits expres sions, himself in £2OO, and two sureties in £lOO each." REFORM MEETING AT GATESHEAD. A Meeting of Reformers took place on Friday evening last, near the turnpike, at the head of Gates head, pursuant to the adjournment from the farmer Meeting. The same Schoolmaster addressed 'the persons assembled, and the Meeting was again ad journed without doing any business. A Deputation of Reforming Pitmen, from Ayton Banks, attended. Saturday was the Duke of CLARENCE'S Birth-Day, when His Royal Highness completed his 54th year. His Royal Highness Prince LEOPOLD of SAXE Co. solmo arrived in Edinburgh, on Wednesday, at noon, on his way to Thirlstane, the seat of Lord LAUDER DALE, and was received with cheers by a multitude assembled to welcome him. The Paris Papers of Thursday and Friday have ar rived since our last. They contain some articles of intelligence r.lt without interest, but the length to which our domestic accounts extend this morning, obliges us to defer their insertion till to-morrow.— Five per Cents, Thursday, 71 fr. 25 c. A Dutch Mail an ived this forenoon. One of the German Papers states that Prince HARDENBERG, Some time since presented to the King of PRUSSIA the outline of a Constitution for the Prussian Mo narchy, drawn up by himself. He maintains the necessity of giving a Constitution suited to the spirit of the times ; but he is equally adverse to the claims of the Ultra Liberals as to those of the old privi leged classes, who would have old forms and feudal rights to remain unaltered. The Dutch and German Papers present no other intelligence worthy of notice. This morning we received New York Papers to the 25th ult. The Government Paper presents the fol lowing paragraph No news yet of the ratification of the Treaty with Spain. We wish the event may shew we have not been too sanguine in our expectation of its speedily receiving the sanction of the King of SPAIN. What is given with an ill grace is more than half refused. Rumour speaks of considerable efforts be ing Made to defeat the Treaty : may they have just such success as they deserve." An attempt to fire the city of Charleston has caused no small degree of alarm among the inha bitants. On the 12th ult. early in the morning, a groter's house was discovered to be on fire. flap, pily the flames were subdued, when it was found that a parcel of combustible materials had been thrust through a broken window. A reward of '2OO dollars has been offered to discover the incendiary. £72,000 NEXT FRIDAY.—The State Lottery finishes next Friday, on which day both the Prizes of £36,000 Consols, and every other Capital, must be di awn.— Bisn's Offices have been most conspicuous for sale of great Capitals (whether Money or Stock) as he has sold Two out of Three of the £50,000 Consols, the only £40,000 Consols, and several 1:30,000,D/0,000, besides having sold full half of all the £30,000 Money Prizes.—Tickets and Shares are on sale at his Offices, 4, Cornhill, and 9, Charing-Cross; and by his Agents in the country. CORN- EXCIIANGE, MARK-LANE, AUGUST 23. The Ports are now shut against the Importation of every description of foreign Grain, for home con sumption, for the next three months; yet the Wheat trade was very heavy this morning, and 2s. per quar ter cheaper than on this day week, having a large supply of new IVheat from Essex, and the quality muciffiner than was expected. The arrivals of Oats (particularly foreign) since last Monday, have been large, which were taken off slowly and in small quantities, at a decline of full ls. per quarter. In Barley, Peas, and Beans, little doing; prices nomi nallv the tame as last week. MA ,VSIOR HO U..cE. EXAMENATION OFMF:SSRS. CARLILE Alit WWI, Mt. The crowd which had collected about the doors of the Mansion-House this ihoriiin4 in expectation of the examination of Messrs Ca, file and %Vooler, wet immense. It was with diffictit ) . that the officers could prevent the Justice Room from h in so filled is to Frevent the public business horn going Oti. Alderman ItornweLL was along with the Loin MAYOR on the Bench. Several Gentlemen of not* in the City v ere also present—tome si,eaki:.g of re; cent occurrences with fear and trembling, others do riding, with unrestrained freedurn, the active part now taking by the LORD MAYOR. About half past twelve loud were heard from the mob on the outside, and Mr. WOOLER ap peared immciiately after in the Justice Boom. The Loan MAYOR--" I Understand that Mk Woofer in attendance. Tell him to appear." Mr. \VOOLER immediately came forward, and bowed. The LORD MAYOR-6' Mr. Wooler, here is a bill to which your name is affixed as printer.—(His Lord• ship handed a paper, headed Massacre in Manches ter by the Yeomanry Cavalry and the Magistrates.) I wish to know from you by whose authority you pi i nted that ?" Mr. WOOLER" Give me leave to ask the pur pose for which I have been summoned ?" Here it was intimated by the Chief Clerk, that the summons which Mr. NVooler had received must hale put him in possession of the object. Mr. WooLitit—‘. I have not the summons about me, nor am I acquainted with the charges that yna may think proper to bring ag:iinst me. Surely your Lordship, as you issued the summons, must be aware of its contents !" The LORD MAYOR—" You are summoned in con sequence of that placard which has your name at tached to it." Mr. WooLEe—" I should wish to see the particu lar clause of the Act against which it is presumed I have ofFeiided." The LORD NIAYOR." I ask you, Mr. Wooler for the copy from which this was printed, and for the name of him who employed you 7' Mr. WOOLER—" I have no copy, and was not em ployed by any body." The LORD MAYOR—" Then am I to suppose that you are yourself the author ?" Mr. WOOLER--." Your Lordship is quite at liberty to suppose what you please, but your Lordship can act but upon proof." The Lonn MAYoR—" Your name is affixed to the Placard." Mr. Wootea—i. So might your Lordship's name." The Lotto MAYOR— , "lhen you refuse, Sir, to give me the copy from which it is printed?" Mr. WOOLER— " I refuse, because it is impossible for me to produce it. I have no copy. Your Lord ship can proceed as you think most expedient ; but if you have charges against me, you must seek other means of establishing them than through the me dium of myself." The LORD MAYOR—" Then Sir, having received this refusal, I shall no longer detain you." Mr. WOOLER made a low bow, said his Lordship was particularly kind, and retired to the outer room. A shout of applause was raised the moment the crowd outside saw him. Mr. CARLILE was then put to the Bar. To a question from the LORD MAYOR, he replied, " My name is Richard Carlile, and I reside at 55, Fleet-street." The LORD MAYOR---" What rent do you pay for your house?"—Mr. CA RLIL c—Cl5O." The LORD MAY OR-...." I understand since Saturday, that you are bound over on other indictments ; and I give you notice that you must find unexceptionable bail." Mr. CARLILE.—" To what amount?' The LORD MAYOR.-" Double the rest of your house in your own person, and the rent of it in two housekeepers. I shall require twenty. four hours' no tice for the examivation of bail, or perhaps forty eight." Mr. CARIALE turned about to his friends, many of whom seemed to be near him. Two presented themselves as his bail. Thomas Fulham, of 24, Mitchell-street, St. Luke's, was one. The LORD MAYOR said to him—" Are you bail for any other, or for Mr. Carlile upon any other charge ?" Mr. FULHAM.—" I am bail for Mr. Carlile urea, two indictments." The LORD MAYOR asked who the other offerer of bail was ?--Zlr. WOOLER presented himself: The .LORD MAYOR—" Where do you live, Mr. Wooler?*Mr.Wooler, " In Fleet-street." The LORD M.IYOR—" Are you a housekeeper there? —Mr. Wooler, " No, my Printing-office is there." - The .LORD MAYOR.—" You are aware that I Cita tion take - bail from any but a housekeeper." Mr. WOOLER..—" Oh, yes ; but I have only to change the address from Fleet-street to Sun-street, and there I am a housekeeper." The"l.oleD MAYOR.—" Then I can take you, Sir. Are you bail for any other ?" Mr. Woot-En..---" No." The LORD Mason.—" Is Thomas JonathanWooleg your name?" Mr. Wootzn—" My name is Thomas Jonathan Wooler." The LORD MATOR—" What are you ?" Mr. WOOLER—" A printer." Mr. Carlile was then remanded, and Mr. Wooter left the Justice Rocim. _ _ _ BLANDIORD was then brought up, and the LORD MATOR told him the papers found upon him were under consideration, and it should be decided to morrow whether bail could be taken or not. The prisoner was then remanded. The LORD MAJOR.—" Then I am done for the day." His Lordship, in passing from the Justice roam to his private apartmeirts, took a full view from the great entrance, of the vast crowd assem bled. At this moment there were Cheers for Wooler and Carlile. His Lordship laughed and retired. SMITHFIELD MARKET, AUGUST 23. (To sink the offal ; per stone of albs.) Beef .......4s ad to 5s 4(1 I Veal ss Od to la Od Mutton .. —45 Od to 5i 4d I Pork Lamb Is Od to 7s Od Beasts Is2o--Calves 340—Sheep and Lambs 17,200—Pigs 300. Hay__ £4 Os to £6 Os Straw XI les to £2 6s I hs to 7 lOs Bowen AO Os to dO Os ' T g 21 , , s• , i l l : I) H. 1 , i ~ . 1 .) ,1 1 • . l' ;,. , 1 I ) , , , , I , • i I , 1 1.1 i I .• 7 •'f.