The National Register. — London, England, 1819-10-10 00:00:00

wefts, as I-4NCAIIIIRE CORONERS' INQUEST'S. CORONER'S 'NW:ESL' ON LEES. INCIIESTKII, FRIDAY. Ocr. I. We menti,died \lr. 'tanner's rejoinder to the candling of Mr. Ashworth's blood. So..n afterwards Mr. Ashworth explained, t.tat lie had been indeoi at the meeting, and impropoly, it it. 1 , 10.• 1.3 unlawful assembly; but he had lg...as unlis:A:4 to go merely by c.triosity. M a . lianner.—'a were many who were murdered there. (A I: , -- ig CAple.wilillt qt . lrytHilat'ly. Mr. SinnuaiDateniat ha fit ' been t Worn, Coroner, evieer,Lly detetrinin to refuse his evidence as Map. Ciusble, asked, ttl:at do p.m know of the :..-atta ars John Lees? 1 /{t . , - ..et" saw Will eait I icauw.—Vott caa therefore know nottinag t.l i.i i tkatii ? I eon% know whether it was he or ,i0...r.X0u know, Sir, that is no answer to my question. Did you see John 1/..&; cut? I don't know whether it wss he or rot.—You k.low, S.r, UlOt if, po MU wer to nay question. Did you bee Jos:: Leer eta? I don't know whether it was be or sot; i saw s perso..l u . ..1...r use hustings cut by the Yeomanry. Guronci . —That - is uu answer. Ilanner.—" 1 .aie a person near the hustings cut by eic Yeomanry." Cutoner—(sninding op, having taken °tibia spectacles and laid Cem on the table, and Molting moat caineat arid agactLint.)—Alr. I lutWelt, I tell )IVI o.lee fur all, that l will not allow you tube au !.o to your Wltilt.lSCd. lluniier.-11 ails not an echo to thou, I merely repeated tau I eomiaered important evitLate:., that you nii,,ht for E ;et to .libert it among our liOteS. Comma. (with pae,ithiate warmth.)-1 say you have been an tellti to them, mina I 4.iy immure, you have /WUXI Illglelll4ll to the Witlitlool. . _ _ ... Mr. Ilanter—(Jvidently morel and urd,:nt.)—...‘ir. Coronur, t;i4t L-1 wa, going to sty wiat might bu iipprupa—mat i. untrue. _ . . The witness procectleti.-1 saw a young man cut; be held hir arm over his heal, :t., is to prutag hnu,elt, e3d his atm wao cut with a sabre. Mr. Asbworth.—The witness makes a motion to illustrate the cut, and shows Out it vnu upon the inside of the arm. Air. llanitc:.—\u, he only show, that the cut was made; it could nut be the inside of the arm if it was extendetl over diehead. Coroner.—Alt. Ilunuer s you ore nut tv comment upon the es:di:nee. _ _ _ Mr. Ilarmer.—l only spoke in reply to a remark by Mr. Ash worth. Surely he has no right to rigsam upod the evrlence, if 1 Lave no right to correct him. Witness proceeded—l could not see what became afterwards of the person whom I saw cut—Did you kiwis who cut at hint ? I knew Mr. Burley and the truirmeter—Did they cut .John Lees% I told you that I did not know John Lees—Why then did you not give a direct answer i Did you know who cut this person that you saw cut I. No, I •.'id not—Why then did you niention who cut .1 1 . 4 suiu , ' I saw these cut—But you did not sec them cut Jahn Lem ? I don't know whether Johu Lees was die ketsun or not—Now you know that is no answer. Mr. Ashworth here renewed Ins objection to any evidence that did nu. identity the individuals who actually cut John Lee,. Mr. Manlier contended dun all who were active in cutting :mil injuring on the Midi were answerable, not only fur the pierise injuries which they individually had indicted, but Mr all the eve• sequences of the enarge which the body made upon a peaceable and unuffeedi.o multitude. The Coroner began to give his judgement against Mr. Homer Mr. Mariner (addressing his clerk.)—Take down every word of thin. _ _ --- 1 he Coroner qualiCad and refined his expressions, so that we milky cannot report. them. Ant. J WILSON (F/FItELIAN or THE JURY.) ..-SIR, I UN. DERBYAND THAT ALL THE JUItY AGREE WITH ME, THAT TILL THE EVIDF.NCE IS CONEADICTED EY SUFFICIENT CONTRARY EVIDENCE. WE ANE ALL SATISFIED THAT THE WELTING WAS QUIET AND S'EACEA3LE, AND THAT THE. RIOT ACT V.:AS NOT READ.. . . . Coroner—N'¢ wa piocual no farther to-night. (It was now near 7.) Mr. Xshworth requested to have an adjournment till Saturday m9ming. Corouvr—l suppose Mr. Harmer consents to that. You con sent Mr. Harwer Mr. llanner—l, too, have professional duties to attend to; and I think, Ltesitk.,, Unit this inquision should be brought to a close as soon as pos•:ible. Thera ar.: witnesses kept in attendance at great expense :ice.— Curuner—You don't object t it? Mr. Harmer—l give ❑o consent= I say nothing to it. • An aged Juror remarked, that it MIS very lard to put off to much t;nte for oce person who was paid fur U. The Court was adjourned till Satutday morning. Aa Mr. Harmer rewrite,' to Alisticiw.ier, he tams cheered by Lr a e groups, who Hoed the IVA& For tea,' wild, at s.iterra.a, ono ligh.ed candle, held on the t..tis of their gleadt. OLDIIANF, SAIUDAY, Oct. 2. At 9 t i c l oc k the Jury unsttered to their mune% Ibtr. Barrow u New Bailey attotnev, snit, if, that as )Ir. Ashworth nits nut welt, he appeared there rot him, and F,ot permiutou to have the exatunutti tttt of Mr. Davenport 14.5 t aithett. fill Wednesday, left open till Almada), a Yu . . Ashworth n litttd to ton him some qutstudis. Mt. Barrow raJw surd that Ire uoadtrut.ud ilfrecvidecce was blr. Harmer begged to read a case ssliieh was strAingly tipplicAle to the present, in order to save tutuir dratussru In ll'luw'deu'. 0C:11 of the Cross n, the opinions of the Judges at an anwize in Salop, on the Ist of Jay, respet lung the trial of prisons upon an indictment fur aiding iind abet ting the Lowder wf one uliver, in Alontgomeryshire. The oluection was, th.rt the principal in the het degree, that in, the pee bl/II who iodic it d the ureitiM, had not been {w o w or ti Mil, um!, therefore, that the ailh.ged abettors could not be All the J u 4es held, that the :inters and abettors were to be tried es priwti,rttls , nut only in Lit% , but iu deed ; rot by their numbers rind strength they preventel the deceased from inahing, the defence which he might hare other wwe made, and n high might have weed his life. C.l goer —t llama that (here clot Dr no a et mai ies xithout prii‘rioal. Mr. fla rum —Nu, they are I:6116p da. in the SeCOUti de gree, 411.1 n..t tteceit.aries. Ke:.i.dy xaY IMtI 6.•%01f1. Curuncr.-1,111..t do yuu kuow of the (tenth of Julut Lees ? Oul) the sharp.- fling of t 'wt.; ds of t 14, Yelointury y. We sharpened 6J uu the wrck eudijyl 11 lb Jul). till auft.ter wits Mr. ft•chutd...u. (Mr. 11111111er prumisrd to produce on Moodily ) Mr. pariroW uhjerlea to this es:deuce, as being it month i t etwe the otte6ilg., Mr. Renner—bid you sharpen any after the 181 b t Scme fro, but the priucyul port wu* beh.re the Ilth. H:amer.—You bliarpeavd a few after the 17th. 114 r. Coruner.—You ultt..)t echo the witite,so,; but you ought at least to do it fu11y...." Wit the FM( jpgi put was btivre the 11m, THE NATIONAL REGIS'T'ER. Mr. ilsower— V es, he said that UJ %ere oltarpeacil before the 11th. . _ - - --- Mr. Caroner.—l must my that you show tou touch zeal fur the impose a gaining •ta tam ruttb. Ma. iturtster.-1 bait. Hob rad to nett but publie justice. CM Oiler —1 rs,NOU hove a dilfrreou rod. Mr. dormer . -1 - aou.rortiorl) sorry 1n hear you maLe ,4111 II a I e. 11.. Ik. l cull tutu, or o ell/Otte:MC Oil It b 11,11. Tlbs witness under nll his rumors:moat ions onlv stated, that the saurds self. isissile nil:11p by Ilse ewes" Orden, of Ihr soin.sio y. who sliessisislve3 in many iu,tanc.s d. lisured them to Isint Ile lussl U. ver known swords, given to Am mu sh..rpen but these. Sword, had often been given to Ban stud put in order. r. Ilarrow.—Mr. Coroner, you have token that," sword* hod often been given il) he put in tinier." The witness went MI. s ords did nut require Orman, but they were blunt like all in su 0/%19. Tile )(COO/6111U had been embodied but a short 111112 before. Ido out gr.um that a Hireling hod been 'imposed fur the Stl of Anil Root!, stated, thot %he ha d icon %I persons wounded . . . . . sabre-cats—tw in the Quaker ► '-yard, 40 1 ti a other uu the steps or the gate; she alba sew a tied wounded; the two first is °nods weir indicted by John Halloo. Vl'ituess was genii; on to say wisp inflicted a third, wlu n she ,s,. inters upied by the Coronet , who said that such testimoey was inapplicable to this case. L•puu a litlt - Stitlll, ISLIVIeVer. from Mr. Harmer, witness ^rated, that the Yeoman to whom she alluded Was Meagher list' trunipetei. Nathan Broadhurst, a weaver, said, he lieed in Jesuit ii street, Mauctiestes. He was upon the bindings wheat she cavalry Caine in. Wliesi the people saw them, they gave three cheers, as he unileistouil, by way of fiiandiship, fur Utilised in the cheer solely with that leading. The cheers were returned by brandishing their swords three tinier over their heads. They advanced on a smart But, prece ded by two trumpeters, on piebald horses. One of them, a tan thin dirk-complexioned neon, be saw begin to cm sills his sewed, right end pert. Witness knew him : his name was Meagher. The Yeomanry kept rutting away. and witness heart two of them say, `• yon, I'll reliant you ; you'il come again, will you?' One of Mein said," I'll let you knuw I'm a soldier to-day."—They cut at him, and inflicted a slight wound on his leg. Ile sue• ceeded, however, in escaping. At the Meiling% lie saw the cavalry cutting at marl, woman, aud c leild, is heater up or down. He 6811 V NIXIOII Cell by the cestslry ut the has !lap tnie said, " 'filet is Saxton , d— is him, cut biro 1100110." On getting into W eel he looked hack and saw 10 or IA of the Yeomanry. An linssar officer came up to them and said," For shame, for shame; the peolde (11111101 get away." 'flee officer kiitickeil up their somas, but after he had left them they began to cut again. On cross-examination he said he had gone home, and returned uo inure, because on that day the massacre began. . . _ Juror asked if he know any of the soldiers at the hos ting.; to which the wi; tress iepued , that lie knew Edward Meagher. Upon whi‘ h *lir Juror addressed Mr. Ferraud : " 1 sohusit to you, it i, au essential I tto know the names of the holdicts that canto near the hustings." Maripitt Goodwin ideulihrd 'Thomas Shthittrdine, as tile person from *hum she teeeived her wunotis, put she had scarcely pronounced the name, when Me Cormier ✓egrib interposed, and observed, that this was out rele- WWI testimony. . . . . . William Butterworth, who appeared with his arm in a shag, and lies coat user his shoulder, looking csireusely pale awl emaciated, deposed, that he was put-ned trout the hustings to the walls of the Quakers' bur)lne-ground, near which he received two sabre wounds. 'flue pelbUll who I,tottutted hint was Jolist Hahne. Here Ilse Col owl- exclaimed, that this was not rr:evant evidence to the pi escort case, especially as the *sounds mete inflicted ~ far from Bic hustings. Mr. Harmer contended fur the admissibility of the evi dence, and Mr. Barrow un the contrary. The Cue utter decided iliht the evidence was inadmissi ble. Alice Kean'ley stated, that she received two cute from a satire, one of which nearly cut oil her ear. She stated that she rectived these wounds from Meagher, the Winos pt ter. The witness, in answer to a question Huai Mr. Harmer, stated that she was 71 yeah s ut age. (Merchant saw Mr Iluat seized upon the hustings, and atlernards id% the I tutuaury Casale) , mime a charge upon the people towards St. I•eter's Church, riding quickly over tile people, nail brandishing their %minds. .•l was wounacd seveuely by a t. unquiet.' William Lee nos close to the hustings when he was cut six turd* t he was . tit and a dell. •• 1 saw a man strut k neat bi sabre hicn tat the bhu,dde., by a person of the inner of Calton." Mara, kohiusuo, a hairdresser', %sift, stood at a corner of the field, 40 )ard, Isom me 14...her's Aleetus i vituuse i , and saw the swords f..lltrig awl striking. Coriintr.-1 hese thii.gs hove uo connection with the case tredve e the Court, of the death of John le•es. _ _ Mr. Harmer.—Such labels arc truly relevant, because they serve to show the itivosiiitm of the Vetuansy, to whom the death of John Lees is attlibutable. Hut this case will again come trefure a Court of Law, and 1 hope before a Conti of J astir*. A Juryman rose anti said " Mr. Coroner, do you mesa o till us, that we, the Jury, are not competent to bay what ought or ought nut to be received as ei 'deuce i• Are we to undetst , thd that we ate out to tutus to uptottm as to what is evidence The Coroner 11110% ered in the negative, observing, that be was the sole judge on to itte admissibility of A Juryman their e.id, that lie should wish to be chit• mined on a inter, day. Oilier two Jurymen declared, that they also should wish to deliver their testimony before their fellow jurymen. Harn;er and Mr. Denison then applied to the Coro nrr to ign precepiv tor iuminuoilig other who to give evolenee The Coroner said," Yoo apply to me every day for fiesta witnesses. 1 don't know whether I ought iss comply with this. I shall tfthc time to consider °lit." Mr. Deuison.—Su ; 1 now tetalor the precepts to you Nill yuu sign than. Cutuner— I. have already raid, that I bhall take time to couilder of it. 51i. Deutson.—Thfli. S.r, l underxtantl that you will out sign these pa vela to attoesmni wilileases. _ . '1 he CoronCr mode no reply. Mr. ►iannrr asked the Coroner whether lie had seen the body of Juba Idees, as it watt his duty to hare dont ? OCT. 10. Coro 114 r.—l give no 1111111 W 10 that question, Harmer.—Du you decline to answer it i Cot 0acr....1 give no onsu es to that question. About gjs weloek the Gout t intjouruest until 9 o'clock vet islusiday winning. [N r 14111 i part of the Cos naves observations on the sub ject ot lilt Ncuspepers, as well as some ul• Ins squishhlin4 Willa the wileseviu s J Extract of a letter from Manchester, dated Oct. Ist: ' The htnachester Yeomanry really think that they performed a glonotis deed in cutting at the unarmed people. l'hot they sit tilt on the day the deed was done, was quite obvious, us hunted.- ately otter the meeting was dispersed, the whole carps assembkil on the verge. of St. Peter's Field, and nourishing their swords, gave three loud cheers in token of triumph. I have COUVVIMAi with two gentlemen of respectability within their: we hours, _who can testify to this extraordinary fact, and who are summoned so Oldham to do so, if the peculutr notions of the Colonel'. :ince Ashworth's eloquence was displayed in Court, will allow him to receive such evidence. But it seems that no farther evi debee, ilhotrative.of the conduct of the Yeomanry, or the ch.:. racter of the meeting en the ltith of August, will be admitted. MI now required as admissible must, it is tut 'erstood, refer either to the identity of John Lees, or to that of th e I t o meli ACTIVELY engaged at the meeting. But notwithstanding this interthet It..ssrs. Hornier and Denison mean, it is said, to offer every one of the Witt/OAKS who are ready to come forward, and that welt than tender a notice, ot which the Mhos , , ing is a Loll, to the Coroner, and also to the Cons.able at (,1:111:1m: " 1 beg to Murrill you, that I 'Leslie w 1,-ive evidence to the Jury touching the death of Julia Lees. olgneti) Ac." -kg the depositions mimed by the Cotoner will of course be pubi:sliotl. :strike shotdd be sttpprts,.std upon mun occasion. The Yeomanry al. eudy identified before the Inquest as among those ac.ive un the Lith of A t.i i ;u,t, ate— AltUor Traffiml, of Trafford. H. ll.ley, who is the First Cspt.in of the Corps, and a anion spinner allows:Ilse wealth. Ills f.tetories are said to be worab.2uootruL Hubert Sharpe, an ironmonger. H. 31. %%Inflow, an attorney. James Moon, cotton de.der. Hubert Barnes. cotton spinner. Edward Tetibutt, tallow chaa.iler. William Carlton, lwery stable keeper. Edw. leaglier, tailor and trumpeter w the corps. John Reid, publican. Edw. Vigor lox, calico printer, and son to one of the I.st I.4lllCastVl I cunt Jury. Johd Holum, edileo printer. This is the person who was thrown from his horse by his own impetuosity. Thomas Simian: Mlle, a caravan man fur a dyer in Springfield, for whom he is a substitute. It is understood that evir:chee will be adduced to identify about 20 more of dab celebrated corps. 'film was, I hear, a Emit dit. lieulty it, identifying uny 01 Meat 011 the ItAii art August, in con sequence oldie singularity of their head-dress tor Extract of a letter Irvin Alan.heater dated Sunday Oct. :-- I have just learned, with sufficient accuracy to justify my sending au account of it, toe pzOlit tutors of au outize Cutw milled ill this town last nuAlut. About It o'clock, as Ilea glues, is trumpeter of the Manchester Yruunaury, (who distioguished himself at St. Peterslield, and against alum a hill was preferred tet .Laticaster), was returning from a publie-hunse to his owu house ill Deauttugate, senor person recognized him, and criud out, " There goes 01,e of the bloody butchers." Irritated at this exclamation, Meagher drew a pistol, mud threatened to snout ally mans w hu should dare to follow hon. In Spite of the threat, he has fol.oteu el to his own house, which hr catered, •ual hav lug fastened h.s his d soon appeared at an upper window a its lips pietuds, and told the petsuas collected iu the sheet, that if they did out go uhus, he would tire upon theta, and • •dtately pre viiteu los pistols. Sonic stones, it 10 said, were then throw a. mid is rya pants were broken ; and Meagher hued and shut two men; u ball passed lhtuugh one leg; allot lies ball lotlgu din the thigh or the other. The hounded men were Muntethately taken to the Infirmary, where Obey re now MR ICVCIANI), but nut in a dun 'mous state. It is thought that they will nut he aisle to b ear the fatigue of being removed to the New Bailey, to prefer their conylaito, for sonic days to come. I have seen the bullet which was extracted from the thigh of one of the hounded men; it is of the largest size, such as are used far horse pistols.— Aleaglier very shortly after the outrage was foi red out of his house, and hith ;in escort of military to protect him against the popular bud igualitio, was ions eyed to King Street bar racks, where he remained last night , but wits set at liberty this ateutamg. l have stated %hot Allays me 30 the must probable eccuunt—iminely, that the windows were biuken before Meagher fired ; though .t is 60. I should inform you that it is confidently asserted that the w Iloilo% s were nut broken till the mob found themkgsrs unable to eater the house to seize Meagher after his firing. The door of the house was nut tup.:lied till the military art used and broke it open. . . . . . I might easily swell this account with various details re lative to Nteagiuti's conduct ; but as thane oil' COlllewith more accuracy at the hew atilcy, 1 Oink it (~ir to aaittor last examination. This neruic Nlanchestri Yeoman w as brought ty for exa mination before the Magistrates on Monday, but remanded, from the inability of the victims of has fel ociiy to attend from the state of (OW wounds. Extract of a letter from Mr. Harmer, dated Albion hotel, Manchester, Sunday Morning. " My dear received your very kind letter, —communi eating the gratifying intelligence, Oat the conduct of my col leagues and of myself met the upploitation of my fellow coun trymen. " I think I wrote you a day or two ago, that Mr. Ashworth, the barrister, attended evidently as the advocate of the wahricrd tea This gentleman, although lie ventured to suggest bad law for the Coroner's guidance, hail too much sense of propriety to pledge his word fur its awfulness. Yesterday, in consetplecce of Mr. Ashworth's alledgetl illness, a Mr. Barrow, 3 plat:Minn , attorney at the New Balky Court, attended in his stud, and this gentleman pledged "his little professional character" (these were his own winds) to points of law and practice in .1 %%y that astonished ate; although, after u fortnight's re.itlenee in this country, one ought tau to feel astunishell at any inJon.sistency or absurdity in the administration of the law. 66 I was 1110 , 3 happy at Alf. •••••••••• . s arrival; for, although I have engaged two clerks, one of whom wtites snort-hand, some sentence or expression might escape. and I assure it is of the utmost impertanee that not a syllable that passe. ,iittaltt remain unknown to :he public. 1 wish to God that Lord Sahoouth had been present during Ohs investigation, and lie would per eel% 4: bow gros,ly lie has been imposed on: but could it be 0t.., twin, when he listened only to the representations of the cu;piits is uy, before he ventured to recommend the Execu tive Government to return thanks to the Magistrates and Yeo manry, did he not tnveatigiate the Inumsetivini minutely ? 11.4