The National Register. — London, England, 1819-08-23 00:00:00

r 4 DREADFUL EFFECTS or /1111 MA NC EST Elt MEETING ON MONDAY LAST. The perturbed spirit of the Radical Reformers has at last been gratified. The Manche: ter iueetiug baa coded iu bloodshed. Soon after twelve o'clock, the Maui'irate/ and a hotly of constabire repaired to the ground. to which the Rsi gaded Rribriners had marched, and in. tense/peace of depositions mode before several of his Majesty's Janices of the Yeace,by many °flint most respectable Inlithitants of the towns of Manchester and Salford, in which they stated their•apprehrasion ado* and tumult as the probable cosiseqnence of such an assemblage of persons from dis tant townships, marched• thither under banners so explicit of rehel!ioui intentions, the Riot Act was lead, but it did not appear to be ranch attended to by the iiirntuated who continued to scowl Mud la It at the comae- Irles,ac. in attemilrnee. An hone lurviss:t espired, after the reading of the Riot Aet,, the warrants of the Magistrates were carried intut effect. The yeonsaury cavalry, in support of the Police Officers, armed with warrants from the Magistrates, dashed through the el owd, surrounded the brislings, and arrested I ferny Host, Joseph Johnson. John Tyas, George Swift, John Thaclusr Salton, Robert Wild, Thos. Taylor, Nary Waterworth, Sands liargreavert, ;rod Eliza Grant, who we. e carried off the field, and sent inunadiately under escorr„to the New Bailey prison, whilst Caps of L ibert y nod the &rimers of Rebellion, were destroyed and tram pled in the Jut. While the seizure WAS making by the yeomanry, the 13th Missals, mud the alst and 148th Regi ments of [toot, a brigade of Artillery, and the Cheshire Yeomanry, tirade their appearance on the ground. At the anuimeat of surrounding the busting% a shower of brick bats voti pas hug stones were 'Waled at the Yeomanry, several of sham were struck, one of them so severely, That he di tipped the reins, mud his horse till, by which he was !titan, I off, rod WS skull was fractured.. Us was carried to the Infirmary, and at four o'clock all hope of Lis recovery was tied. lir +itir4 this gentleman, six other persons were killed, our of whom was Mr. Ashworth, of Are market-plsce, who was on duty as a special constable. to the mime of the afternoon the fulloning persons were taken lam onstady, in addition to !hose taken up in the field, viz.—ValatazineVaulkore, James Johnson, Wm. Iltillatw, Wm. Bolton, Edward Perth's, 'flionour Kesugh, James Mnmbousr, John Knight, Isaac Murray, Thomas Ashton, Thomrs Worthington, Abraham Whittaker, Wm. A.:Mworth, Muses O'Mara, James MiLin, 'Thomas John son, John Wild, Anthony irtivrson. &e. tie. and were escorted in the evening by the cavalry,lo the New Bayley. Tiic tgon new in brace and ,iiiietn:tis for the mo ment, bat tbraikte of rcageaucc are preilotuittant in a very great degree. The number of Knikrafehl mt inze; be Mated, at a modes Este calculation, al Ftf:llTV. One Maori anaia victim it a gt idleman of the saute of. Hahne, uho is a rssitleut of the sown of Manellestee, mail au individual of great property, as well as respectability, and hasonly been a few months starried.. He %%•35 in the churje that marroundedthe bus sings, and sine miscreant aimed a Wow at him with a brick, a I.lcli hail effect, and levelled Idol with the ground, end In the fondle fractured his &lull, which will ultimately he his death k he lingers at present io great.agany. Three petal:MS ate 4:41.1.ity dead. After the meeting the populace assembled in great mobs al Neu Cross, a place which is inhabited by the Irish, of desperate character t. their conduct wns such as to require iiiterimence again of the 0 hose presence 'no sh& ineffectual they were compelled to have recourse to c o:et ive mensal es, and fired on the deluded o,:iequence via-, hat oar persau ts as Awl throngll tire back part of the the wowed of which is mortal ; another is tiadergo.ug asiput.tti.•u of the leg: and ,everal tither pefaUlli ace carried to the Laftreaary dreadfully It is really distressing to hr wit lies. of this awful essit ; tint the only circumstance That can reconcile our frrline to it is, that ill will ultimately be attended with betwfieial effects. Toe in su New Croas proceeded to great length', and actually br•lke aiwn a a hop in the nciAhhouchund, and veers reveetoble person who happened to be posting was mutied, In ud ti inn to the above, we have been fn%oured - with the tight of u letter frivol a gentleman in Manclieitre, of w Inch late lotion ii: the tulortunne : •• My xv,:Att DMOTHER. ss The day of our much.drealed Nfeetinj is arrived, and I ar dently hope the occurrences that have taken place will prevent a TTetition of such Meetings. During the whole of the morning, large rinks. each headed by a flag and a eap of liberty, had been snatching to the usual place of Meeting from every town and vil lk.,te wiutia twenty miles of this place. The ft ,s and caps of berty were planted a. , near to the hustings as the bearers could gu2t,rlvc to plr.ce themsdree. .)Ir. Hunt dil Lot make In;, - entre Mr' NATIONAL REGISTATt. nearly one o'clock, uud after harlot( waved his hat two or three times to elicit applausz, he proceeded to the busines , efthe day. lie had, I believe, ploposed two or three Resolutions, which were of count: passed with acclamation, whets the hustings were surrounded by the soldiery, 'Kase and foot—the standards tom down, and those on the liu,tim.,s taken into custody. The forma Were immediately destioyetl—the latter were safely lodged in the New Bailey prison. —The mob wu quite us active in its retreat at it had been in its assembling, and the scene was drew:Ml. One of our special constables is killed, having been trampled to death ; and one of our yeomanry (the sun of Mr. 0. wu struck by a briek-bat, and is, I fear :n a danger ous state. About so have been taken to the infiratiry, but all the injury yet done has been by trampling; neither musket. ' pistol, or Fabre, having been hitherto used. Newton's Lane is a eery rough neighbourhood, and the soldiers arc this moment gone there in consequence of turbulent proceedings, with their iu their handy. 1 fear much mischief, but hope to write you Letter news to-morrow.—l am, a.c. 6.c." One of the Reporters of IHI Tsmrs, who was at Man : chesty r, was among those who were taken into custody. to his account of the proreedinr, after describing the assembling of the populace, l-knit's being called to the chair, and the couunencentent of the proceediap, he - - At this dap of the business the Yeomanry Cavalry were seen advancing in a rapid trot to the area ; their ranks were in disorder, and on at riving within it, they halted to breathe their horses, and to recover 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 thew their swords, and brandished them fiercely in the air: upon which Hunt and Johnson desired the multitude tee give three diens. to show the military that they were not to be daunted in the discharge of thcir 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 they would all stand firm. Ile had scarcely said these words. before the Nlanclultet Yeomanry Cavalry rude into the **mob, which gave way before them, and directed their course to the cart from which Hunt was speaking. Not a brick-bat was thrown at therm—not a pistol was fired during this period ; all was quiet and orderly, as if the cavalry had been friends of the multitude, and had marched as such in the midst of them. A bugle man we n t 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 direc tion on thsir aisproaels. After tlity had surrounded them in such a manner as to prevent all escape, the officer who commanded the detachment went tip to Mr. Hunt, and said, brandishing Isis mold, " Sir, I have a 'Arrant against you, and arrest you as my prisoner." Hunt, a ft er e oiorting the people to tranquillity in a few words, turned round to the .afficer and said, " 1 willingly surrender myself to any civil officer Ow will siusw me his war rant." Mr. Nadia, the chief police officer at Manchester, then came forward and said, I will arrest you ; I have got infer oration 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 forward, and Hunt and Johnson then leaped from off the waggon, and surrendered themselves to the civil power. Search was then made for Nlorehottee and Knight, against whom warrants had also been issued. In the hurry of this transaction, they had by some means or other contrived to mate thr,ir escape• As soon as hunt and Johnson bed jumped from the waggon. a cry was made by the cavalry. " Have at their flags." In consequence, they immediately dashed not only at the flags which were in the waggon, but those which were plated among the crowd, cutting most indiscriminately to the right and to the left us order to get at diem. This set the people running in all directions, and it was not till this act had been committed that any brick bats were hurled at the military..— From that moment the Man.:hester Yeomanry Cavalry lost all cosr.mand of temper. A person of the name of Saxton, who is, we believe, the editor of the Mane/inter Observer, was standing in the Cams Two privates rode up to him. " There," said one adieus, " is that.villain, Saxton; do you run him through the body." " No?' replied the other, " I had rather not—l leave it to you." The man immediately made a lunge at Saxton. and it was only by slipping aside that the blow missed 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 direce don had his nose completely taken eff.by a ,blon 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 feeling in a similar situation : looking around us, we saw a constable at no great distance, and thinking that our only chance of safety rested in placing ourselves under hi+ protection, we appealed to him for assistance. He immediately took us into custod,y, and on our saying that we merely attended to report the proceedings of the day. he replied, " Oh ! oh ! You then are one of their writays—you must go netere the Magistrates." To this we made no objection; in consequence he took us to the house where they were sitting, and in our road thither, we saw a woman its the ground, insensible. and att all outward appearance, with two large gouts of blood on her left breast. Just as we Caine to the hoare, the constables were eon ducting Hunt into it, and were treating him in a manner in which they were neither justifital by. law nor humanity, striking hint with their staves on the heed. After he, had been taken into the house, we were admitted also ; and it is only justice to the man who apprehended U.S to state,, that he did every thing in his power to protect us front all ill usage, and showed us every civi lity consistent with his duty. In the room into which we were put, we found the Orator, Johnson, Saxton, and some oilier individuals of minor note, among whom was another wunian inn a fainting condition. Nadia the constable was also there. Ilunt and Johnson both asked him to !hew them the warrants on which they had been apprehended. This he refused to do, saying that he had infiumation upon oath against them, which was quite sufficient fur hint, Hunt then called upon the persons. present to Artre"Pr IS. mark Nadiu's refu.el. Shortly idler this transaction, Mr. Hay, eliairman of the inaghttat.o, came into the apartment, and naked Hunt if he was admitl to go down to the New Briley; if lie was La hinvaif would uccompazy him, and look after his safety. Kam, who we for;,rot t 1111:311i011 hail received a *light - . sabre wound on one of his hands, said, that he should have no objection to the Magistrate's company ; he certainly did not like. either a cut from a sabre or a blew from a staff, both of which had been dealt out to him in no , :twill quantity. Air. flay ' ,hurt ly du :aw ards wept out, hating kat made a reply to Mr. Hunt, width some slot out of doors prevcnttd us from hes/in3.- 0n casting our cyei at the place where the itnnwnse multitude had lately been assembles', we were surprised in.the short space of ten minutes to ste it cleared of all its former occupiers, and filled by various troops of military, both horse and foot. Short!), after this lnal marred. a Magistrate came into the room, and bade the imsoners prepare to much off to the New fltuley,-- H Hunt wnt, consigned to the custody of (01,1'Estrange, of the SI A foot, and a detachment of the 15th Hussars ; and under his care. he and all Ow other prboners who were each placed between two constabl ,. , reached the .:few Bailey in peifect safety. The staffs of (woof Hunt's banners were carried iLi mock proccssitm before hie.. After these individuals had been committed to the custody of the Governor. they were turned Oita one common yard, where the events of the day formed the subject oteonversatien. E night and Morehouse, who had been taken a short time atter them, were afterwards added to their company. About 5 o'clock the Magistra.es directed the Governor .rf the.prison to lock each of them tip in a solitary cell, and to see that- they had no commu nication with each other. This was accordingly done. The writer•of this article was one of the parties thus impri soned. Except that it was imprisonment, he has no reason to complaia of the treatment which he received. lie was in etisto.'l from 2 o'clock on Monday till 12 o'clock on Tuesday. As soon as the ISlagietrates Wit:ll.: acquainted with the eireumseinces turner which lis apprehension had taken place, they immedia , ely ordered his release, and expressed in very polite terms their re gret for the inconvenience towhich he had been subjected. When we were once more allowed to enjoy o.at freedom of which we had been for a aimuent deprived, we took a walk through most: of the principal streets of Manchesier, and found that they were 0 that time (12 o'clock) completely under military disposal. Soldiers were posted at all the controanding positions of the. own, and were to be seen extended at full length on the flags in various directions. At three o'clock, they had, however, all of them returned to their quarters, and the town was to all outward appearance once more in &state of tranquillity. At seven o'clock, when we quitted Manchester. all was quiet in the town. A report had, however, reached it, that there wa , a serious riot at Oldham, and in consequence some troops of tl.e Chester Yeomanry were sent to quell it. In our road to Stockport, our attention wax forcibly struck by the numerous groupes of idle lin ii, who were congregated tope • theridong it. They appeared ready for any wicked or desperate purpme, and we hare reason to believe that benne the evening was concluded, they were engaged in an attacL upon the magis tracy of Stockport. About a mile from that place some hun dreds of them were aFsembled near a petty public house. A. new hat, a tea kettle, and some other articles of little value, wtre displayed at theavindow, as is customary to display the prizes given at wakesor feasts in this part of the country. This was to serve as a pretext for. their meeting together; but this was only a pretext we learned to a certainty during our Aay at Mr.eclatield. On our entry into that town alone 10 at night, we were met by severul women, who flung themselves in the way of our chai,e, and entreated us for God's sake not to enter it, as murderous work was going on within it. 'flsis was not, to be sure, pleasing information; but on consulting with our driver, he said there could be no harm in our proceeding on as far as the Royal Hotel, which lies newly at the entrance of the town as you cone from Ithuichestez. On arriving there, our horses were sehted.hy sonic special constables, and we were advised not to proceed /lather up the town, if we had any regard whatsoever for our lives. Of course we took their adviee. And turned our horses into a yard, as they desired us. On inquirattg into the cause of the anxiety which was depicted in all their faces,sbey informed us that the Refer ' men in their neighbourhood, irritated by the defeat which they had. sustained at Manchester the day before), had assambled in a body of 2 or 3,000 men, and had been committing 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 done similar acts of atro city. They wereseauboldeaed in their villainy by the knowledge that there were only a few military men in the town, and that in the custody of these men were 31)0 sum(' of arms, and several• thousand round of ball cartridge. 'the circumstance of these arms being so loosely guarded filled the minds of the peaceable inhabitants with the utmost dread, especially when they found. on going to the guard-house, that out of the she soldiers stationed in the town, two were dead drunk, and one of them the sergeant at the haul of the detachment. They were all, however, per • snarled to stand to their wins, and being aided by several rtsitcc table inhabitants at . ..the townossumed so forinidabk an appearance that the rioters thought it unwise to attach them. This dis inclination on their part gave fresh courage to the friends of order and tranquillity; and in consequeuce they made an attack Cr? the rioters, and took several of them prisoners. In the meanwhile, an express was sent off to Stockport. desiring that one of the three companies of the :, tat, which had from their quar ters at Macclesfield to Stockport, might be sent buck to the for met place, or else a company of the Cheshire Yeomanry Cavalry, many of whom are inhabitants of the p'.ace, might be dispatched to the assistance of their toiviniaen. Whilst this scene was trnmacung in Macclesfield, it was said that bonfires had been lighted on all the hills which surround it, and it Tau. 9 unoi 9c ` l that these served as signals to the disaffected. The first lighted ass on Dl e k e ney-hill; this was answered by similar tins on l the hills, from thence up to Northern Laney, there it stopped ; but at another signal, fire rockets were thrown up from it. Whe• thee them was any meaning in these fires or not vs e are unable to taty but shot tly after tLey appeared, the rioters reasoned their %