The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-03-25 00:00:00

° ~~ win's, or other expression, to induce them to resist. •'r impress was, that he merely wished the people •, 4..ta1, and to prevent danger trout their running say. objected to any questions respecting I?.iess's impressions of w hat was said. Mr. Justice BATLEY said the witness had r1;:111 tit riie his impressions cif what Le had seen and heard. . Ur. Iler•r.—My Lord, 1 3lr. Justice BATLET.—Mr. HIIIII, I have &Third in your favour. iit•NT.—MY Lord, I shall waive the question pith poet to this and ell other witnesses, and terhair, it nil! lie for %vet' Loniship's convenience. provided Mr. '-earlett will consent to expunge from the evidence the • presaions of Messrs. lireen, Hardman, fl.c. 3!r. Se.titLETT.—That is different. Those are hit ! -,scions . o•ith respect to the meeting. Bc the Jcilir..—When the it ords " be fin,.'' were scree, the people stood perfectly still. I !How nn .licks Hp, or stones thniwn. The people did nor pot in a ny twatnre, either of isth•nrr sir ...1 ryes were bent on the eJvalry. It it very t those n-arest the cavalry either to hive iii irr.l moot tress. sir struck them. I did not appear that the wor d s t Ity sir. Hunt were for the purpose of itsiliteinz the i„.0 11 !e to lan thritorivra in a posture of resistance. Ai,. 1; wi t .141 not 'tilt nor thine a , if tinilio ! • f mit nit). the espie for rot putting themselves in a posture of of tener or defence. Itr Mfr. Hi "••T —Sihen vote used the words " hr cno.'• sum ytrelyboof mit imitr arm*, with your hall% 11/111 n awl the palms . 1 0. .N . 5 ,11 ;Mt clench pi g ,. censiii•evaiiiiiied by Mr. St•%irtari.-1 du rot know whetf... Me. Itiont had hi. ha: on or oot. I soli' saw the left hand. Ido tort know what lie Lad in his right 1 we , imloreil to notice the 'dirks, from having 1., 4rd that the ila.iiral Reformers came to their inert jogs artne4l with Joh.' and mirth. I !save no recollee ',in of having. seen a letter of Mr. Hunt to the people of ..finrhester, intitiuv them to EIMIC to the meeting armed r sill en other weapon than a self-approving ronseirnre. by If still not see Jones on the heisting*. Ity Dr. Healey.— I saw yea ma the hustings; you de- Sirr4ll the people to lie quirt. Py the .1 t• m; --I took notes of the places from whirl, the parties came, as they were mentioned on tier 6.tnner.s. Tarn Schofield. examined br Mr. treble at Slielderalow, near Manehester ; I was at Lees on the 1 1'4111 of AlifliAt• I .at' about -10 or 511 Men. assemble on ih it morning they loot nothing in their halide tinier its the cistrioon walkino.stieks ggsed in the country. I 'tient to Oldham that morning. I maw a large aeeenthly t peoplr on lient•green; I left them there, and pro lib Manchester on nisi bueiness. I ang a riviton carder. I found that business was going on as nenal at ;it igitlgest e r. It was half-pact ....even when I rift down t o the Infirmary. I heard no fear% exprerseil of the I etweptemers of the limning.. At the top or Moody -.reel I San' the Stockport people page. They rontiirti . ll 1.1 . torn, women, boys, trirlr., all walking in pro ....thin. There were mans of the s - nnien walking arm aria men in the proi••••eien. Thee did not ••il, to me as if they were Koine' to commit any art of v.ii!egtee. Some appeared rather decent, and other. not. Thee appeared so be a people rainy torn flown tool in tit...trine. I dare say they hail on the beet clothes they • enlil Power. The shops were all or!, the same as they • on any other der, for any thing I saw. I saw the Roxton, Lees' °rat, and Mii•ely par l•-• pages the lintelialigre. There were many rocnticulen •• the town stiosilinw at the Est-loin : re door, and tgursingth the windowe.--[llr. Hunt here observed. thet r Ettelisnge wait a Parte building. where the jrimileturn ••1 thr town en •ie read the papers and transact losostn.mil --The *meowing .wined lauzhing at tbe hdlg.. 'I here 44 no eymptoni of alarm thaiiiloarsl. The proil!t• p].•ol v in .1 peaceable and erderly manner. I saw uo 1 1 ,141 • t•rell in any our. I saw no unronsmon tottolirr rf r irks gil•li th e e, people.. f lint join the proceeeion. I saw Cn !.t yes shouldered li!:e musket% MI that eat.. I ...vie !Minns: to alarm um I went to I'r'orr.!t -f•111. 1 sgie some peare•ndicers. but I did not know t .rig to he such ;Aril they began to nee their I • see the errata'r come largos the They formed i.• rant of Mr. M1%4111 . 14 house. I saw them advance r 4.71 •;••• •icople. ak fife jL . 4 12%1' no resktanre on the part of the 1 ....1 1"!r• Ile r.--I was near the hnatin, . hut not so 1 .., r as that the cavalry eould rear!' tow with Ow rata ..f their sabres. I saw no insult or abuse whatever offered r.. :he cavalry or elinqtables. The people appealed to rt.' or of the way as fait as they eo.shl,tu let this ravalry tease. I was nearer to the !sliming., than to 3lr. ltoTtou's 1 rI.P. I kept my eyes on the 1 eomaury as well as ti:l they not t i to the linstinirs. lam 5 feet in I-rhea high. I conhi ere veil• well over the people. I sax ens hrirk-liats or stones tlirown, nor midis lifted np e r linkt .ti.r cavalry. The people were so jammed and I rawfled Ns:ether:that they could not do so, even lead t: Pr been Mr. Mc.seLerv.—lion may go, my hien'', I hare no qa sehoss. !., as:; you. Euisert ifittrup examined by Mr. lit.nr.-1 live at and ,shape a spinning concern for me father. I recollect directions having been given to boy linen to r. ..4:b a F AZ ......441111e !demsed white cambric wits bought —it was to wake a deg to go to the Manchester nieet i-.1. Direetions were given to lisp inscriptions and oltA!res pnt upon it, and they were put on aceordingly, h o t it sylph] no: ulsStVer, herall‘P, when the painter, ILluin to letter it in black the lettering was seen throng!), and it prevented the reading. W e determined to have it of so*# other colour, and the painter having si., paint lint the Mark with which he was painting the 1, ;lets, we peeved that the flag should he painted black, • thatthe Inscriptions and devices should be pointed white. This was the sole rause of the white flag being no* a black one. it was never pointed out to us, nor lad we env idea that a !dark flag urea more offensive than a elite one. 1 did not 'tee the procession go off Iv Alapri s'er. I dill not go with them. I wont by ntriaf.• I 'stir the patties in Manchester. I did not tee any of nay townswomen with them. There were women - with tic Stockport party. I saw no large sticks flt staves, either with our own or either of the other forties. I saw no long stases or clubs shouldered by Li- of the parties. If ans of niv own townspeople had rime armed in this way . l should have noticed it. I wi.nt to the mertinK. 1 *Au• nothing in the conrse of tt.e morning v. Lich created any alarm in tny mind for t! !e safety of die town ; the shops were all open, aad I'Llsiness going on as listed. I was at the Exchange. Th. re were teeny of the townspeople there, I heard no evirrs‘lon of alarm by any of them I did Lot see any ;L I of violence or any Insult offered to the gentlemen on t FAO:atter, or any one else, by any of the partici. saw the cavalry gn 'to the hnstings. Re the JVUGE.—I t • the people do tidy t o t••< at the cavalry. mertisig, and heal . to jd it situation to see i near tholmstities. I of the flay. Natie of hOt "there simpered I not See ate sdnbs C•osswiatnined Joy n fortis on the aig. itsg." " Unite and .610444 Unit,n," THE il.'filEAlN., lion without representation is nnj att and tyrannical." •• Float re r rewntat;on or death. There was a hand h o l.t ing of Jo.•irts, ant the wont " Javier" owlet ir. )1: tehiir there were two hansls vl errs% Anil the ttor,l " no kr diem. [fiery the flag' Wm., aklllll 9:IN feet long by three or four hrolsl.] sr the hiao ; t6r moors', 1 thin!, Vitt the white tc:l. i; e qv° it. I selected tome of the mut toes. Mr.ScattiArr. Do..tor Healey choose ally of the limiters? if herons.—\n. Mr. SirAillATT.-844111t1W he Permit to bare fonds/so fur it. Mr. Horr.—l perrette there is a piece rot out of the the, I hope it Wont M sail that the Moody dagger was upon that piers. Witness.—No. There was not a bloody dagger on the flag. Dr. ilr tt.re.--I was afraid von would not produce the OW, Mr. Scarlet+, and Po I have brought a newts.' of it. I [there 'lie iiortor produirril a small ntod•l of the nag. wills the ipirriptions. /cc. It was fastened to a Mirk. ssoiriiiliql from a le, as hanging signs are over shop %lours or witoistwa. ,Ir. Si ‘I:I•ETT ff erred, tint t h e word . 1 , 1 . ; 01, was i n small letters on the model. hut on the Itzte; itself the letters were large. Mr. lii'Nr.-31y Lord, the model is stone from me utorv. tl ittirmi.—l am finite ante there was no bloody dagger paiollefi upon it. Mr. IluNr.---ire you 'pile sure that there was no bloody dag g er 41.1 the 01. r, all hay Mr. Scariett ant store there was not. Mr. Seant.ttyr.—l shall explain that by and hr. William Nicholson palmier/I by Mr. lire at Lees: I am inter: I was not raped upon to paint a gag before the 16th of :Utast. I went to Mancheste► en that tlay i hot with the Lers path•. I saw them near the Exchanre at Manchester; :her hail a black Nag % I .ow part of it pr: ; 1 saw no 'difference i 3 the ap pearance of Manchester om that day, save i u oUr in- stame, I saw a ptslolic.liffusr with the %%inflows shut; I went in with some friends and called for a quart of heer ; a female servant said they could not free it, as they hail received orders frosts the Maristrates not to sell any on that flay, however she would ask her this. trees : she safterwaras retnrned. and we got two tioart. of `err; I silt. a procession li,ss• ion broke through it w•ithont molestation, :31 'll,l 3 13., s 1 gen tlemen. I took node, of their sticks; I think alh►ut fine to four hail 'Helm they were for the muss part switch sticks. The procession was headed by shout 30 or 40 f.•males rather poorly attired; they milked four a-hrras: ; 1 saw people passittor along without taking any notice of the profession, whirl: surprised me. heard no one express any alarm at the entrance of the people into town. Mr. 111:3Y.—Were yon on St. Peter's-rtelfl? Witness.—l beg p, •r pardon. Sir; I hare made a di gression : I mast co hark to the Exehattge,if von please. Mr. Ili:sr.—Sir, I Irish hi brinm• von as shortly as ran to the evidrnee ; yen had heifer let me question you ; —Were von un S. Peter's-field: WitlleiP.—l Mr. Hu :cr.—Did yogi He ►ne irrire. Wit nrs..—l brr your !union. \ir.—are you Mr. Ilan , ? Mr. 111'ST.--.Ye%.: did pot He in.. erriveots the liebl Witness —ll h, I her your pardon, .Sir; I had not the pleasure of knotting run before.—Vet, I saw you arrive. I had heard of yottr great reputation for oratory, and su I was anxious tort near the hustings, in order to hear yon, and judge for tryself. I saw the soldiers a lvance, hot not a single person igereJ thrice the least opposition ; in fact. the petty* were su drug« that it was isepo.sible to 'col out of the wily. I 'lid not see 14.114.41er advance with his party. h o t I w as t oo bn.ily ruselnyea looking at the people in the E‘rhangP g !teeniest ansiotts to ate the proces sion pass; but they positively betrayed no symptoms of :darn,. I saw uue yeoman pass the Exchange, and no body insult loins. I saw both Wilde and lir. Healer on the . busting., and heard the hotter say, " lie peaceable; take earo y•ou nre not thrown into confusion.' lie lived at Lees, an•l had a considerable property there ' with Isis father. When the cavalry hail ad% awed heyond the hustings, he saw some sticks thrown: this was after the arrest. Thr Conti Lehi that this evilearr was not ner ee aa Cross-examined ** Serjeant Ilcu.ocit.—We ere booksellers, lint never still anv of the " publica tions, as thee are ealled—that h. Cubbrit, Weittri . , and such like. IVe never sold lloines 'perches; 'lli not know whether they are tr tsis.—[ rhis witness excited consi derable lanilster, from the didactic otantier in which he delivered his eviilerwel —At one time Mr. limit is as th-east of him, at another south-west. Sometimes be %11 If his lurk, sometimes his front; at 'other times the nind was in his favour, as well as against him. The witness himself, being a cheerful good-natured man, heartily joined in the laugh, which the gravity of the l'antrt could not occasionally resist. John liallev,exaniltted liv Mr. Ikx-r.—Was a woollen clufhier. residing in Slowly, and went to the Illanrhestor meeting with his mother aml wife; the former n•as 6.1 years of age. There was Mb appear.itici. at Alatieltester of alarm. The shops were at bnstru•ss, and the people following their naval occupations; he sitw the different processions enter, awl in a peaceable, quiet, and or.lerly manner, without offering the slightest insult to any h ot ly. Ile took his gouils into lanehester, and went round as nunsl to his customers. Ile had mint the slightest fear about his properfc on that day. Ilia enstomers ilia not appear to be alarmed about the meeting; they were carrying on their trade as usual, and expressed no ap prehensions :shout the people. IVitness went to the meeting with his wife: and his mother, after she trait- acted some business of her 0w.., was to have joined them. He saw nn insult offered by any of the people at tfte meeting to any body. Q. laid you see lire,. violence committed by any per sons else ? Mr..loostice 11.mrs.—No, don't ask that qnestion. It is obvious to what he alludes. I have other reasons for not wishing that their case should be investigated or prejoodired here. Mr. I!;•sY had no wish to press any question upon a nitness ethic!, his Loroishi:o considered irregular.—lie 54W Mr. Ilnston's hoopoe as well as the h Istingt. and mold see plainly what ocroorreol in the line bet • ern them. He saw the 1-avoilry (lune frotn ilustoon's to the hustings. There was no resistance whatever otferml to the cavalry loy the meeting. He olio' not hear any of the cavalry say what they wanted at the hosstines. Ile was nearer to iloe cavalry than the people on the lowing,. and if any of th.• tatter bean) any of the cavalry say what they wanted. he moist have heard it alto. He did not know the object of the cavalry to lw to enable the constables to get up to serve a warrant. If any — .outlook , o of their object had been loudly made, wait, he most have beard it as soon at 'v on the hustings ►a oth!. examined.—Was mother of the last • to Manelorster on the 16th August, though it was ten miles distant. the of her own towhswotnen (from Molte n( others at the meeting. Thongh' afro she walked out tots arda Nesedlag walk Into 3130v/tester, and they formed lead of the line. as rooemnader of about libel:new SI. Peter's-field, sad get , ... .. .. V there heture.Mr. hunt eater. She wanted relief, and I went and fnt a Kill ef:ter, when the suet Mr. Hunt ; as she wi• •ng back to the gronn I, the ettealry-usen were riming There she stopped there. Neither herself, nor itay of the 200 or :MO women offered to ta'ie the ea- vain- riatinrrs. She went with Peace, and joined in the shouting when Mr. Gina arrived, before she got her ii/ if beer. th- earalry-men i••. 10 lip she hearl .1,9110111 z, hut slid Hot juju ill it, Mgt kuuaiut what it was for. 'Elie people of Maindieater not seem alarmed ahopitt the ineetin.r. It "tie hall any a pp r ehension o f r i o t alit host; I not have gene there. 11 r. Si' I.::TT said, it did not follow that because straii , ers enterillff the town hail no app eitengions (+Print. ther •fore the inliabitanta in the town Arida be also free from alarm. Ile here freely imillecaell, Ilia he did not vharge Mont with intending to excite the people at the instant to action' tumid?. It was quite eiso.i.th to show that the effect of his proceeding was i It tVl.l'l".—Tliell it may an happen, per• !nits, that your atliket is titst sulliciently stated isi the in -31,..,4. %It I.l'T r thought intimidation would be quite Mr. Justice Dal - Li:v.—l would nut fur the %Yuen' tills lead the Jury. 11l fall hold the scales ofJustice 'Weever& t;.en I shall tin my dote. it It LETT roul.l not see .I r. hunt's object in pla ting a numher of the ipiestions he hail put. The only effect wag to wimpy a large portion Of time. Mr. lit ". 'l' it' .< surprise) at this observation. The pro aeenlatior,mpivil tour tlar , , nut .!mile as much was yet given for 'he elefettee, an 1 vet the Learned Gentleman comp! tined. 3lr. SCA 'aid that three ipiartera of the time ri the prosecution wan taken ty iu crot,••exaiiii nations. . . Mr. IlexT.—Ye.: and my necessary ones. Mr. Sc4t :Arr. —We have sliewn that a strong alarm was felt in Alanehrstrr. Mr. 1111111 T said he had shewn Ilt reverse. Mr. Justice lIATLET.--1 must leave that to the Jury. Mr. SCARLETT repeated, that it sictitied li:tle what was the feeling of those who Caine itt from the rountrr, it was the people in the town whose feelings were to lie pritteipally considered. Mr. Jamie., LiarLatt.—There are two (petitions : Pita!, whether there was actual terror in any consider able partite of the inis,thitants? Serondlis whether there werofty arrothrtnyi•te eirennestaores in the MM. iat PIO as to eseite reasonable grounds for apprehension of the rorwittenees": two points I shall submit to the Jury. Examination resumed.—They were all women; no man erne to pat them in order. She went to look at the free man, and see what was going on. She had nothing to do with the dogs. Re-exatnined by Mr. Hs. xT. --I carried no sword. We had gond intentiona—that Ire had.—(A laugh.) Robert ►Wood is a chemist and druggist in Mantises ter, residing near New Cross. lie observed the Oldham noel Saddleicorth people enter the town on the 16th of Anglist, mud saw multi's? partieular in their conduct men, women. and children. passed altogether quite peaceable. lie dill not shut up his shop until even ing. when the Magistrates ordered the doors to he 6s.ral. lie g;l1r MD ramie whatever for alarm, the people had no appearmre of an invallitur army. Some fex• bad common nalking-sticks; he saw no large staves whatever. H• went to St. Peter's-Mil about twelve o'...!erk, and certainly beard no alarm expressed by any inhabitant. Mr. Serjeant ('iota.—Ten thousand may hare no fear. and vet twenty thousand others may. leis if ten !boos-toil have no fear, It is dear Bier were free from she apprehension. Witness (Alr. Wood) nil, Pr. Earnshaw, of the So ciety of Friends, attempted to pass up to a window of a "sense to overlook the area, but were prevented by coo +stables. They, however. at lesieth get to the window. and had a eoinfilete view of the hustings, and the whole line between it awl Mr. Buxton's ho. Ile saw many divisions of the people come no to the field. Some played • Hod save Nitta" and " Rule, Britannia," and those near the ttttt sic book elf their hats, he supposed on ac count of the vanes. He saw no insult whatever ofte:ril by the profile. Ile cow 3lr. Hunt arrive 1111 the gronnol amidst land cheering. fife then describe,' 3lr. limit's speech. as before described by other witnesses). the speech was going nu there seemed to be some slight disturbance towards Drans-gate; and he beard 31r. Hunt say, he had no doubt people would be seta among them to create a slistnrbatire; that if any such appeared, they shell,' put thesis down, and keep them down. Mier, the disturlisnee was, the !place was exactly opposite Hlrke•emn-street. It was some time before the soldiers I roue., that 31r. Hunt desired the meeting to keep down their enemies. 'rise observation could not possibly have been meant for the soldiers, who were nut at the time !on list- spot. He paw the yeematiry advance at a golds pace round Brim n's cottage, and ferns in a line opposite 31r. Burton's homes. Ile afterwards saw the n during their proerees to the hustings, and did not see the least ' resistance °filmsed to them by the people. I saw 1111 brieh-hats, sticks. or stones, flung, at them as they ad v:lnted ; if !melt hail been thrown he oast have seen ' th em . 'rise plan where the yeoniatiry charged was ' iriposite his window ; lie saw no sticks field up against liven ; some constables held up their staves. The ra- I valry were within 20 yards of where he stood, and be did not hear them say what they wanted at the bust togs. The staves appeared to be held up by the eon- I stables to protect themselves from the swords of the cavalry. Mr..lnstice II —That most not be asked. Ile was its the window with 11r. Itarnalsaw and Mr. Nanrroft (two of the Society of Friends). 'They were Lmtilr men,anil rep . dno apprehension for the safely . of !tide families. He saw no resistance offered to the eaealry, ezrept from the density of the crowd ; the people could not get out of the tray. • Mr. tit:ar.—How did they got up to the hustings, if die crowd &mid ant get away. ‘ Mt. Justice NATLEV.-1.10 not ask that. Witness said, a passage was kept up nearly to the hosting' Iry the constables ; he saw Mr. Kadin and others pass it. If a person from his window said that a constable wanted to get up, it t hare been heard. Nadin was frequently within hearing of Mr. Hunt ; he (Naslin) was never disturbed whilst walking up aid down through a cordon of constables. Hr did not see a cordon of people around the hustings. From what wit. ness saw, Nadi's, he thought, might have passed up to the hustings; Ise (witness) could certainly have got there. The people stood about the hustings in the or dinary way ;.he was in a second flour, as: I much nearer the hosting, than Bunton's house; about eighty-five yards. nearer. If bludgeon* were thrown, he must have seen them ; he saw no appearance st of disciplined troops in the crowd ready to fight for Hunt if occasion offered" (the words of a witness for the prosecution.) He did not hear Mr. Hens say, they (the soldiers) were very few, sand the meeting a host against them. He merely heard lsiso propose to give them three cheers, When the soldiers cane, many at the skirts of the crowd began to ran away. The cheers restored peace, red the people came back. • John Itoetliffe lived near Lees. and was a master Totton-splatot. Wsra at Manchester on the Illsk of AU gust, and saw holiness going on there as usual, with out any symptoms of alartn, or any shop. shut. Mr. 1 dill nut see the people do any thing I i enomottniration of I ley. 1 yrs% at the extremity of the situated as hr was, to look arrOSI the people. 1 . WAS nut least as any holy u .e whether any reantraare tram.offeml N anc y p re e tr i v h 1 Saw nu resistant., daring the whole w i tm .". alga went I of the ravalry Came hea' whew! was. and walked there, II 1 no dispo.tiftos to Itesittelliptt ill saw 21 & n i l , ~r su (1 : inba .„,„ 111111 tile 1" 4 0 1 " 111111111 4., ' ' • .q ) awl a ontntser c M Mt. SCWILLE+T.--.1 454 . )1111 . She was 45 year, of I . . The Words `. No bat* rr- Initials., after her n he free." " Saddlrowortit. . , r ...i. mid her then e at no hra n :one aide; an the Oho' 6 74211-' AV tat 300 wamcn. pees w e rka were go ing on, and the people were look.. log out for the procession, rather with the 41111t4T.111ft of cheerfulness than of alarm. Witness wilt ;wel % erg s at t h e me eting, which he drier:l;M 54 twin,: tut the iss;sst peaceithir description. 1n the street s b•• saw mme respectable ladies, like those. i n Coart. walkis( the s treets, free (runs alarm and sn4u:t. In lee.' as lie imi. e d along High-street, he felt arystslse•l at the in tif er ,. twe of the people. The first time he saw the yeinii.i!tr. they were drawn in line bri . ?re Mr. 11 1 11,4011 . $ 1•3114. brandishing their swords. tt fitness seas from a doten to twenty Yards before the biennia's: .4 V ille yetolumre *OP • Toad. ; they went quite 'lose to him. , • ma. no opposition whatever to them, or he t i ! ,„, r ,, t Le most have seen the missiles, fur he saw the iciioie 5.. 3 ,.. made by the cavalry to the basting.. awl sac jointing. lie watchei tient the way they wen:; k e ant look whether the crowd closed in behind thew.— ' When the cavalry rause throngb, every body moron, Imake the best °ilk way. Mary Jones was the wife of a fustian-cutter. resi,llag in Wind i nill.street. near St. Prier's.lield. Slw nal home on toe 16th of Ausntst last, aml woolsl re•ree f or . get t hat shy. Her house was atom Mt yards distant from the hustings. She then desrriisell the arrival of th e fernst parties of the crowd, and also of ill • yeomanry ca. fairy. She saw no tiersun whatever iesalt ri i he , er lalarmed at the crowd. She saw the whole of die ap. prisach of the revelry to the hustings, and nu opposition was made to them by any of the crowd; if it had b ee% I made in any manner, she I pie AM alien the yeomanry came up to :he huitinp; a great litany rota not get away ; many near her dew were so pressed as to throw down au iron railing, n a l a woman was there killed. John lares lived at (*mouton; was a issasteramnn• fainting% and went to See the nweting. IN SAW the eru ;yds ad vanei ng to Manchester —they ciiiisisteal of tam women, and children. .1 few had calki , !l•ricks, bu: no other weapons. He then descrihad that he fav the people afterwards on the field, Irons the frauc win.lner u f the Windmill public-house, almost immediat e ly k • t h e hark of the hustings. The meeting la as Isso,:l „.,.. able; they flrJ when the yeomanry caner, And made no; the smallest res:stanre, or lir mist have siren it. !lessor Kadin on the day walking up and down in the line of the hustings. Heard nolmilv call oat and make sic to have a warrant executed. lie did not hear the smallest notice given to thr reoplr of the annual -Is of tiecm a i rv , nor of anv warrant bring. almost to be serveil. ..Jr. Ssitat.El r observed, that many of Mr. Valet questions to-day were founded un a nassapprehensisa of Mr. linhon s testimony. Mr. IIt:NT denied this, and said hr wafted to show Oast neither Na:lin nor any other person bpd atteaipteal to execute a warrant ; if this hatl,t herr would Lase kers no rcsistance. tie was nn.ier no mistapinvisen.dian Tertian/. Mr. littlton's evidence. That gentler's:as hal reptesen:e.lNrdin's telling him he I-amid is execree the warrant without military aid, and he (lir. lhoopriaket to show that there was no foundation for the sweriT of such assistance. Mr. Justice in tYLICT.-1 tiltlSt nhignatelf tell thrloy that there is no evidence from Nadirs to purify thee♦ ploynicut of the yeomanry to support the civil merit the rceention of a warrant. John Fell, a grocer ! in Maneheeter.-1 saw the pee. pie ramie np to the field on the Ifith August ; they were as peaceable as this Court. Some bad a few roe:um walking•sticks, but no staves• lie ea:Tuba-mei a ll its parts the evidence ahlready given of the spirt de l:teat 1111 l r of the meeting. front beginning to vei— l!: saw many Magieteates in the first akar of Mr. liatatun's house, when the carairy aivaiced; a:Lentz them were Mr. Hay, 3lr. Fletcher, and Mr. IVrigle, anal he saw then; in York sittee this :rim' .senniencei. He saw a tall gentleman call from tits eauslaw the Inaroiaehreeve, an:l soon after ha me A:. !:adia called. Tile latter went to the range of con.iables. —The yeomanry came np just as they were rheerri by the popnlace, and returned that cheer; witness: heard the word " forward," given from l:IP wit low, or the • sallieer at their head, he caul.' not say aviscli. Thee , then advances' sword in hand, though ten the slightest opposition was offered to these, a nd the p•oisie were us:thing sway as last as they could. The crowd did eat clavie in upsna the cavalry as they advanced, aorta-mash sticks, nor hoot, nor any thine. of the kind. lie bed ao apprehensions of the town when be heard of the ewe. ing and saw it. The yeomanry could not have la n closed in upon, fur they were supported by the reeniar cavalry, then by the Cheshire, and last by two pieces of tlyiug artillery. litry Knout examinetl.—Resisted at Maachester, is Ladd-lane, an I was at the tneetieg of the 16th of .to ; else remained on the lield until Mr. Hunt was talon from the hutting.. She stood 'limn a rising atrounsl, near the paildiedionee. Sims saw all the isrocessiest come upon time field with slags an.l tunic; and felt se alarm at all for the safety of herself or of the town. She also saw the cavalry come upon the grottos!, end alranre towards tl.' hustings. The special constabiee fell hark to admit them in. I heard the penis* cheer the sol diers, lint I did not hear tbe.soldiers return it. laid not hear the people hiss or groan at the soldiers. I saw no 'wick.; or .:ours thrown, ur sticks held a? at they'd dire.. Some few old people had walking snare. lal not see any one offend the solml:ers in any way; I sre the people meninx away from the soldiers. This witness was not cross-examined. Joseph Watson, examined by Mr. Ht'T.—l rejile at Oldham. I overtook and passed the Oldham party as they were going to :Manchester on the lails Almost They were going along euietiv. I saw no acts of ;W -hence. I maw a few walkini-sticks; there were let many who had them. None of them had long dam 101 l Idurecl like musheta. I observes' Hr. Healey antelf: them. I walked with him. lie and two oth.ra anlMl a little before the rest. I wanted near tv—s assiltserbh him. The whole party esteemed in the heat h The party halted near New Cross for a time. Thermal" room on the road fur horses and gigs, ea they 3;01a sa the road. They were walking in prozession, by wb 4 means they were better enabled w wake roans 'far pa'' sengers than if they had been walking indiscriminuele There were many fen.ales will' the party. They did lost look like an arrow going to invade a town. The pre' cession to:ached in time same order as Benefit sea Ober Societies do, I did not go to the meeting until thrill , persion had commenced. I was not undo,. any &peer heitsion for the safety of the town, nor did I coaceite there was any danger. Cross-examined by Mr. fierjeent Ilet.t.orx.-14111 awl intend to speak at the meeting. M never pretended Si be a maker of speeches t . properly speakitee I never dreamed the people. 1 might have read somethlell to them, bat I never made all extempore speech. ir haps read it string of reeolutiona. I septum ._I waif/ 041 the Chairman on that occasion. It was near Rechdl e on the 16th of August, laid. It was the first sod lea time I was phased in saris a situation. There were Ile w one thousand persons present. Ido nut recalkal wee! dissentient voices to the resolutions. Mr. Justice B s( BATLEY objected to this •mode nation. They hall a right to ask %sitars. a• to every ens ue of his life connected with the proceedings before the Court, but no ether. Examination continued—l know Mr. Knight. I V at a meeting where he will present. It wag is the Its end of Jahr, between the tOth and Nth t I Ihinit the ?6th. 'Knight was not the C ei inase 4uyM. ing. I beard him speak at it. I de eel legli"rv" 16. • I .4 is wed of 14 the 1 illy. pnb Ti prop 31/ v. At MIN ohm n 1 ■