The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-03-18 00:00:00

orgi Egmmri A TILE STATESMAN. .. 4 wanes,. informed him Host was gone to•-aris )I....rnints.•• as there before. while Unit was in • ••ut r, not come in. he only stopped op ' smit e apt d • • • 1,•• ..! it War .11lIf an hour alter Mr. Hunt's arrival. Yr lirsr. -Theo it is sot true, as Mr. Srarlett stated. the I WO met by :114mr4ouse, ase. by him conducted to Stuck e; that is not ',lfiters••• •. he (witness) did not kro whether Mr. No w • M k s ,,. • piired for Mr. Hunt when us first mine : he ttrtt itoartimoe fur tsetse years; he was in the habit of who , he pa . ;vil that w 3) ; lie knew him intinintely ,*.r : h. not sax whet:ter 'lie was 111 the habit g glad* ineeines before August or not. cre pessiuined by Mr. HI:XT.-11g was the principal 2,0 . it Hall.trilek. Mooritouse was not the only person .. he d t e : :ptestion tbit day as to Hunt's tieing there ; it wa s !....„1% re rest ing.cry. Witness did not know Mr. John :;;imaarimster: the only person who inquired for him tweed Jump, whom he did nut admit. Wk. ye ws non.. of the persons charged u!th Moorhouse ; he soma a.. pots grind on: he merely conducted three par .o.l too each into Mr. Ilunt's num. The door was not . t o; n o person was refused admittance who wished to wilt'. Hurt. twer.examined by Serjeant Hut...neg.—He 511 J be knew e s oink' !wale; who inquired, swept Jump. H e el Lunen being sworn. said he kept the White Lion • m . oc kp,,e, en the Sth of Augnst. 0:1 that day, late at ht . ow li wor ho u s e end Hunt togeth-..r : he saw t`•ent vat a wenimg about eight o'clock ; Me. Nnnt went into !lie at night, and they nitre out together :. the ! were t he. a j oi nedft ea r l r iZti t m l'httt a •s ilu t i 4 l u l i r +el " e h ;: 1 11 . r e ~ 1 4, pw piir•on Harrison ; there W 24 a crowd ; :o r og en the object of the crowd ems to see Mr. Hunt ; he yr 'mewed at Ptockport. except when Mr. Mourhnuse or fr. Mal were making some of their speech", ; they went .to Mr. Moorhonse's.—Hunt, N ...e'lnuse. snit Mut ; they • •!iled Sir. Cherie:l,-MT. Hunt. and Sir Charles went into • • kloorsouse and Harrison into one of )poorhouse's ohms. was the meeting of that day; witness did not know it was forbiddon.—[Han the placard forbidding the meeting was shown. and wileass said h • saw many suck pouted on the wails.] There was a great nol•.r among the people ; previous to the last li,sen rd. witness saw another of the 4.11511. tendene; Mr. Hunt told the people to meet again on the 113111, which was received with loud cheers, and cries of, We will, we w ill ;" Hunt then waved ltis hat, and laughed quite heartily; Johnson sat by Ilant's side; they continurel from half an hour to three (orters before they moved oil*. and then drove of Hr. Johnson's house. On the following 31-itilay he saw m an y thr, usin d s mos ing about. Ile .3 w 111 r. Johnson come with his retinue; Mr. limit was present with Johnson in carriage ; the people went atter them live or via abreast; they stepped like soldiers; he cowl not say how mussy there were, but half an hour elapsed before they all passed; they came either from the Oldham or Itoehtlale road ; this he roe• clutied from seeing them come down the lane; he heard a bugle, and they halted noire than once while witness stood looking on ; he heard a shout from a man, and believed it was the word halt ; there was a black lint: with Liberty or I I death," or something ;•• Corn Laws" was oil 1 another banner ; there were ses end ether Hags u Caps of Liberty at the top ; one w n .• Ilont and Liberty ;" he recul haled nothing Mom repeeseittali-ti ; witness followed them 1 till they rot to Mr. Nitieray's house, who was a constable at the time ; he was in his room very ill : when the mob got opposite his door, they hissed at his lamih . who were at the windows, and cried out, •• that they wanted llm, bite-moss humbugs :" the carriage at this time had gone on, and was ao looser in his sight ; the tows, was not quiet ; it was very tomnlttious, and for himself, witness was alarmed ; he had lived in the town 40 years, all never saw any thing SO N. inultooms before; neither public nor prit•le be.ine,s went on iu the usual way; *kiwis is a manufacturer, mei could not attend to his business, there were so many prolate ran slog up and doe a. To a question from Mr. Asnaow, witncss said he dill not see Mr. Moorbouse In the canine; he did out 14111. W daston, one of the defendants ; he did not know such a person. i/o's-examined by Mr. BARlttw—Mnerhotge was not in esenit of taking la barges to hail. but on this occasion hr hunt go into the yard; he roolit not say whether %Ir. 'ourtit•use ever nude toy political speeelt•ti before At.zust, 1; tato. and atter. great crow !: were often ass:tint:lei mad his house. lie could not say whether any of his .:ter.:es were made before Hunt carne from the New Bailey OW' lb:mined by Mr. Hwskoca.—Wi:se:s said he kept ehaises, sst was not a rival of Mr. Moorhouse. Ile knew meetings t: be held at laandybrms, bet never saw Moorbonne there; tie west have noticed him if be vette :here. lie did not attend se the hustings epos any of those occasions; witness was vied upon to serve as a yeoman, and :mewled on the game 43411,011 i Manchester; Mr. Moorhonae, however, might lave heen nt those meetings without his knowing It. lie ;tiers's tor Duke of Wellington pass through Stockport, at a crowd round Mr. berjctnt l'to upon any occasion; e did not sec Mr. truss after the lisrby trials : he wns at Sane:ester as a yeoman of Vitesitire.---',lltre lite witness m:Eitt!.) Mr. HVNT—O. you latnjil at it; did you see any thing at Tbn..!..eger to laDKh at ? sn : nothing particular there. Ir. II i sr—Did yoe see nothing particular; why then did . :slaugo Ifito.sslangheil at nothing perlicelar. He went there for • Log and country, and always should if necessary ; he • van particular transactions ; he was dressed in uniforms. , :!tad arms; mottles took place that struck him an beteg ?Arch, : he saw some banners, but no marching in array. rterpt ix: yeomanry and soldiers; he saw many in confusion rinsing about. lie was at tit. Peter's-held about an hoer, :ran cour and a half ;he saw nothing particular. The I ses!Ore ytemanry had nothing to tki hut stand on the pari.l Ile haw people disabled. hot it :lid out attract his i articitlar atten:ioil, for he did not look at them much.— some were cut, but he did not believe it usa dune by the iieslsire Yeomanry. Witness came from Stoi kport ; he did . of know at what IP , ur he left it tockport : it might he seven r etetit, Betweidt•ifilliaad one og two..ise Jith others of the Yvonne were led through differeist parts of the country. lie saw nothing particular, unless the people running away. si the Stockport troop bad nothing to do with them. Ile ses so banners 011 be saw them In the hands of the cavalry; smear the banners were in the ham!s of the Stockport troop: dwlaot .now how they got them. tow of the young men • ran troop got It in the crowd some way. nod they took it act asStockport. Nearly all the people were gone before 1:y5166.pr/et troop ease on the ground; they were ordered 1; dnw their swords before they came there. Ile saw people ; •!ag to the meeting. but none in military array, lie only observed two or three pass by at a time. omo-examined by Mr. Serjeaat Illness—Witness was not cationtol with his troop in sight of the hustings ; his corps sere not so stationed that they could see them. Micelle! Bentley, being sworn, said lee lived at Eaton Nnrriw. near Stockport. He saw Mr. Johnson on the after soon of the Sri' et August ; he was then on foot ; but he st ernwards saw him in a gig with Mr. Hunt ; the}• were going towards Stoclport; he did not see where they went, but eary turned off towards a place called the L'nion Room; be Mr them the next day with Sir Charles Wolseley going in Cu: direction of Manchester. Cross-essmined by Mr. Witness was a clerk In a mestlne-house ; lie went in a coach to Manchester on the Hatt, b u t saw no person nit ;he was at the back of the hunt pm and saw no act of violence till the cavalry came ; he saw one or two men v, ry insolent. they would break through the ranks of the constables : it struck him there were 30 or 811.900 persons present: he went there merely from curiosity; he was not alarmed till after the cavalry came on the ground ; he was then rather afraid ; there were two or three who would go thr,,ugh the crowd whether or not ; he saw no per son eat ; there was one constable pressed down by the crowd when the cavalry came; witness took refuge among the cnnstables, among whom he had some relations; he saw a double row of constables from the house where the Nees hales 'creep to the hustings ; Mr. %slain 11'23 on the ground close to the Magistrates' hGuse; witness saw no person lir lull his ; he heard him (Hunt) requesting the people to be TAW sad pescenhle ; the relation whose he had among the constables was Thomas. Examined by Mr. BAIIIROW.—Witness said he knew Mr. loorhome; he saw him in the carriage, b.it could not say tie was upon the hustings. Examined by Mr. H c ILLOCE. —lle aw Moorhoase, Hum J , hoson. and a lady, in the carriage ; it was attended by • "ed. and there was plenty of Mugs; he did not recollect lat there were any banner. among those who surrounded %marriage: I.e saw Huai leave the carriage to get upon the hilts; he passed the Stockport people that morning; were m.eurds of a thousand: he recollected Hunt'. 14 ""%. If any people broke the peace. they must get them "at. keep them down, and make them be quiet ; he rectal irrmd no other words. To a questing from the Jr tsar. he said. he could not tell 1 / 4 11 many might be able to hear Hunt when he spoke. „,Mary Cadman being sworn, said, she was servant to Alwrhouse, but had left his service ; she knew Hunt; there was I bed made up for him at Moorbouse's. lien Mr. Hnat rose, and admitted Cast he slept there ; it ' l2 s got therefnre nece,sary to examine her further on that port, Crou-namined by Mr. Bannow.—Witmess said. Moor kor,e was la the habit of (regent!) . reading tie Bible ; she 'ant to the meeting for curiosity ,• there was a vast number of wormer and children there: Muorhouse took his wife 14 lie I she was then in the family way ; she saw none of the diidese of Moorisuuse there. gsmael Morton said. he lived near the Bt.. Michael's 1 1 74 estaic.house at Manchester ; he saw persons assent , seer his house on the 9th ; there was a g reat "Ise that kenos, Hoot. and &teahouse were coming; there were *we or bar in a chaise ; there was a large collection of P"Ple fund them ; the gig stopped opposite the church, 'iii Mt. Bank gut on his legs and begun to speak ; he he via by making allusions to the Manchester Magistrates. he c o sw Pored them to nine tailors on a shop-board ; winless his reason for saying so was, becesse the m eetin g !al forbidd en ; be neatened the people to be firm, and no cosbt they would prosper; eta meeting to which be alluded Cross-examined by Mr. Ilvvr.—Witness Paid lie was ■ fbatian-umnufacturer. There ass a great deal of confusion. The busiaess of witness was carried tin in Ressese-row, No. b; not its the road where the procession passed. W ithy grove was nut near his resident...; he stopped there to see thu ;triple pass, and was alarmed. Witness did not return home immediately ; he stopped at the corner of Dancing ditch ; he was alarmed at the !slack flag. and thought they Were goin g to !eve/ somellsin.s.—Witness is a married man; his wile rad children were at home; he took care that none of them were at Peterloo ; he was certain they were not there. Witness did not go to the meeting; he never at. tended any or the kind; hr saw the black tlag . pass grove, with the inscription, '• I.ihertv or D e ath. lie thought there wooed he a disthrbance and a dot : there was no fight ing while he was present, but there was something he did lint li!se—a trumpet blowing; people generally fought after, anti no; before trumpets were toloun. Ile saw the wester' ran up t.i 3lr. Hunt, many without rocs: there were numbers of women, as well as girls anti boys, all noised togellier. What witness alluded to was on the Ittlo, not the ilith; he ecould not say whether the women marched or not • or whether they were alarmed. Ile saw some aciptaitolances from Old ham there, and tuatt of Ids outs townsmen. Witness went home about one o'clock to his dinner; he went to no Ma gistrate to express his fears; none of the processions passed his house. Witness was in York shee Somtlay night last; be saw gags and people marching its York, but gas not alarmed; the mer:ing there and at Manchester had a different appearance, and were different things; one was like war or disinrbance, and the other like merriment or rejoicing. Ilene slate slight umnifestation of approval took place In the galler y , and Mr. Justice HAVILIC% remarked on the Im propriety of such conduct, requesting that it might rot be repeated. There 4114 a report of large numbers to come to Man chester. and coining in that way via. w ith Caps of Liberty. and banners with '• Liberty or Death ;" he Nas very much alarmed ; witness saw none of those at the Manchester Meet ing drunk : he saw one rstiter intusir3teil at York. but it was the sober procession that appearel to kim like war. and not the drunken one at York. Oa Wag AeueereiaugeedjalarAert s _yabeen set the Middleton sad Roehasee parties Alp, was a man be saw with a letter at the WMte Moss. Arian brought it absent two hours alter witness saw Murray ; when he brought the letter they formed into a solid square to !merit read; the man who received it was placed in the middle. it moot read, forts it land no name, they said they would have nothing to do with `it. The man who got the letter was on the White Moss bee fore a itness, drilling the persons assembled there. Witness I saw Murray on the Moss, and the men running after kink but he did not follow them. There was another with Murray whom he did not know. Ile went to meet Mr. Hunt et Smedley Cottage; there was a party collected there. There were different crowds going along till Mr. Hunt left the place ; he was a c co m p an i e d, so f ar a , w i tness knew, only y the Manchester crowd. The Middleton and Rochdale parties came down the Old road, and passed on to the meet ' ing. Witness accompanied them . they marched along in rows; he did not perceive they had any officers. Ile went to Sheik-hill with this party, and then turned back to meet Mr. Hunt, who was accompanied by a great crowd. lie, with Johnson, were standing up in an open top chaise, to , getters. with Knight, and a man they called Carlile. The carriage was in the middle of the crowd; they did not march ; in ranks, except a few lads before. They halted when they came to Johnson's shop, and shouted. They next halted at the FAchn rice, and shouted also. The crowd kept i hug as they sent ; on passing Murray's house they hissed as loud as they could. W hen they came to the Exchange some hissed and stone shouted. 'Witness did not go to the party with that meeting, he went a shorter way, but could not get near the hustings. There was a woman in the coach who carried a Nag. Cross-examined by Mr. IltNT.—Witness said he was a shoemaker, residing at No. 30, Miller's-street. He lived diem nine sears; be worked for himself and others ; he was punitive he heard him call on the people to shout ; he went to White Moss from aserrearioalty ; the person's name who accompanied him was William ; ho did not knew his other atone, nor his residence; they conversed after on the sub jest : the other person works in ; he told this story many a time, and Mt. Milne twit it down, but never asked hie. its pet - v(111re the young man who accompanied him; last Tiles lay was the first time he communicated this to Mr. ' Milne ; he was not asked whether any other witness could be produced to confirm this testimony. There were many spectators besides himself, who were ordered to fall in with the rest into a rank ; they said all must fall in, for they would have no lookers on ; witness was looking on about two hours and a half; he never said how allay acre drilling when he gust there; they were not there in rank ; they were sitting shout, and got into rank when day-light op : peered ; he could not speak as to their number, at first there was about as mails lookers on as fell in ; the former did not fall in till they formed the long line ; there are houses round White Moss, the inhabitants of which could not miss seeing those assembled, they were altogether 'more than 400; wit ness went home about seven o'clock, and told what he saw to different people; he could not recollect all the different words of cemniand; lie heard the words " March," " Coon terinarrh." and many others, but did not revolted exactly what was done at the surd " Countermarch ;" they had no arms su n sticks he saw none of those in the earriagel his. Wien it passed Murray's house ; he went with them as Car as the Exchange; saw some nags; was not alarmed, but ttooseht the business at White Moss would lead to mis elder hs time ; witness saw no arms or bludgeons with the Rechdale or Stockport parties, nor did he see any disposi tion to do harm ; he saw the cavalry coming into St. Peter's field, and then began to be alarmed for the first time; when he came to the field it was hill, and all standing peaceably ; he saw the cavalry come into the field in a kind of trot, and got away as lie was fearful of danger ; it was very well mown in the loam that drilling was going on at the White Moss. Robert Wilde. one of the defendants, examined the wit ness. and put tenor questions of little input tance, as did Johnson. another of the defendants. Esantineal by Mr. SCANLITT.—Witneis said there was no public road nearer than a mile, or a mile and a half, to the Moss; neither was there a 1 Meer nearer than one toile. Samuel Morton was swain called in, and the placard call lag the meeting of the tills handed to him ; but be did nut re ' collect to have seen it, or any such, posted op. .. td he i /times Murray, said he tiled at Manchester ;he knew Mr. kept leis family as home, the sfroets esostots tamosunems fir 7111111fferoilt1 iniAlittr-littn -rat the-Sisis thought it dangerous for than to go into the streets. MiTtakester un the lath ; Rymer and Rs s Mows To • question from Mr. hunt, witness said, h e did not panted him to White-moss; got there at two. y heard People shorting. and turned out of the way to avoid th em ; know why the Magistrate . were conspired to nine tailors. some were before, and some behiud them. They went to Johnson asked, whether there was any omit a greater le- the place where the men were drilling; their number might yeller than himself ? Witness sail, tie paid many of the debts fur which he was Callllllliitt'd to Lancaster • he was be six or right hundred ; they were drilling on a square piece of land; the thickest part was on his right, and were in &- fought with any man In Hig discharged ounce the 1n...R h-street. ent Debtors' Act ; he never . 'ached parties, and a drill-serjeant at the head, or end of every squad. The man at the head gave the orders • he Johnson here wished to know whether he might put pies- b ear d th e wor d s " march — wheel — halt," frequently. They tions retail...• to the conduct of the witness's family ? Petal I wheeled and halted as they were ordered. He heard no answered in the negative, he asked w h et h er th e witness words of em, manil given but those, together with •• eyes paid his debts? Ile did nut pay an y o f th e mon e y since right. forward. and others." He stopped but a few minutes; leaving Lancaster gaol; lie was unfortune in business, lust Showeroft went with him. A drill-serjeant, named Catteril, all he had, and was not now in a capacity to pay ; he had a said to him. " Fall in." They continued coming up fast. wife and seven or eight children to support. I Whes asked to fall in, witness said, he thought he should James Standrick was the next witness. Ile saw Mr. Hunt soon; Ilivy looked at him steadfastly,and began to cry "spy." on Use tell of August in Manchester. He got up to address The voice reeve from the nearest quarter, and passed *lour the people from a rig. Witness was at his work. There . the liar. They then shouted, " Constables," and the answer were about IMO people assembled. Hunt said, the first he was, •• Damn them, murder them." Eighty or ninety men beard of the meeting being postponed was when he got to pursued them, and knocked Shawcroft in the ditch. Ruiloeksmithy, and saw the nine Magistrates' names sub- Mr. lit NT submitted, that this was evidence which could scribed to it. and it reminded him of the old proverb—" it not he received. took niue tailors to make a man." lie then said, that he The objection was over-ruled by the JVD6r, who said, at knew the meeting was a legal one, and that another was to the same time. that he had his doubts about it, and should be held on the following Monday. Witness did nut hear I put the objection on his notes. him say whether he should attend or not. Murray bring again called in. said, that from twenty to Cross-examined by Mr. Ilusr.—Witness said he was a 1 thirty of Use men followed, and overlook him and beat him timber merchant ; he took no notes, but wrote down what , violently with sticks. He implored theta to give over, and • he saw for n person whom he thought to be employed by the . said it looked more like murder than Parliaraeotary Reform. police. Witness did not state that Mr. Hunt mentioned his . They asked how they would be treated if brought prisoners having Important business to attend, and could not be at the.; to Manchester? Witness said, they would he treated as pri meeting, nor his alluding to a blunder of the Magistrates in ' sewers and gentlemen, but not murder them. One said. the bill. 1 i shall we Lill him out and out, and put him jute the pit, or let John Chadwick being sworn, he said he lived at lanelies- 1 ltogo: Another said, I think he has had enough; if he ter, and was a shoei...ther ; lie went to meet Mr. Hunt no harany more he will die. They then consulted for a time; the 9th of August ; he did morel him in a gig with Johnsong told him to go down on his knees, and asked Nl if he was wit- Sir Charles Wolseley, Mr. oorhouse, and Parson 1 . ling to swear never to he a King's man again ;he said yes, rison, were Ins car r iage ; they passed through various pane l for he thought his life depended on it. They then formed a of the town, accompanied by about *lO people; the crowd i tine round trim ; he went on his knees and repeated the oath. increased ; he heard Mr. Hunt asking those round the gig tot Witness got up and went to Middleton ; not being able to shout, which they did, and it was repeated till he gut Ilk proceed further, he was conveyed home in a chaise. On The Übserrer office, where they halted ; Mr. Hunt then got the lOth, the day after, be heard some noise iii the streets, up and twirled his hat, on which the people shouted; be had the sound of bugles. The crowd stopped opposite his Side no speech till he got to Dier's ('rop ; they stopped honer, and those in the centre stood in order six abreast; 1 "melte Johnson's and shouted three tittles three, having pre- -i. lhe Wee sounded again. and Ise beard the word march pro-1 vionsly twirled his hat; whets they arrived opposite Ilse*. Intoomsed. Those that were marching slit a-breast pointed ' Michael's Church public-bone, he told them he was invite•Stvids house, and some hissed. There were shoat live or to Manchester by the Manchester Commiotee o f Reform ; ' 81011 marching in line; and a great crowd, besides, of men, , he then stated that he saw a Proclamation of the Mayor : that it tool, nine tailors to make a man, and that It took nine . *own, and children ; he saw no woman marching in line; Me was about eleven. At one, another party came by, is Mayors to put oat the Proclamation ; the Proclamation thetentre of which was an open carriage: they moved ve ry never cause from a shop full of tailors, and after turning D iml y. , but he did not think they baited; the crowd hissed, round to the Stockport people, said he hoped be should..see aid pointed at his window ; witness was sere they looked up them on the lath at t h e Manchester Meeting. They hien •at his house. This body consisted of between A and 4000, passed on to Johnson's house, and Mr. Hunt told them to . and amongst them a great number of children. Frost timed disperse, but advised the Stockport people to bring as many . ley Cottage to Ht. pew s area , th e neare st way was not by of their neighbours as they could on the 101 h; witness his house; it was a round of Aor 000 yards. k new a pl ace c alled White Moss; it was about five miles I w i tness was at , ro Cross-examined by Mr. Hutrr.—Witness was not em from Manchester, on the Blakney road ; White Moss on the 14th of August ;he got there before Yed by the Police ;heis a district constable, and Is sworn day light; there were many people there; witness was , aby the Magistrates yearly. He went to While Moss in ' eionsequeece of the alarmed state of the country, of his fa attended by another young man from curiosity , beense men to be drilled • there were they heard there were some , ally, and himself, lie went of his own accord •, but told • sheet three hundred at dra t, but ke p t increasin g . They sae Lthat_hewould go to see the drilling. He might have had a horn blowing, and fell into ranks like soldiers; differ- to ld Mr. Nadia SO. He received any money for his ent people commanded; when the horn blew they fell into ~vies; but got lel. to pay his doctor's bill, out of the rank like soldiers sad marched about; they made w it ness so . bee ._. ron raised for those who were woinded in Peter's fall into rani; all fell into their respective places, sae nem. any , of the inhabiting, of Manchester knew of the formed m eee n es e ee and ' drilling. He mold not speak se hytheountbee of the spe differelit marc hed , companies. from counter-marched, an d halt ed; . titers at White Moss when the drilling was going on ; there ether places ; th ey witness heard the words make ready, present ;an on the the words " Make ready, present, ire." Home had etias six word Are being gives , they all cla pp ed o'clock they all fell into line , rest ; the COIMP IIII4II4I were countr y people, whom timeliness suesitiessed this. He was examined before the Maglatratna , and thwtinresshanadmsci;nrabotheut noting sot. Joshua Pella was the Arm to whom he int did sot think be netted all then. did not know. Mr. Howe submitted this was set evidence. as the.witseas [Here a lady fainted in Court, by which some etincesion it Me se e nones i enet i s k i was occasioned for a short Itme.) ~ :l ie d sot t k i ee i z of e l ey be o leth f those present ; . • the examination proceeded.—Wliness was no- seriously witnee , reeee ded ; he saw liwifey, 64 besot aa! 0011 that he did not recollect every thing so at mmely ivies ea " a spy, a spy," The first-pines Meaw,oa the kith kiii&of limiest ea Sudsy. )la, mak. Iha . .dep9Otio&W b. own room before Mr. Norris and another gentleman, whom be believed to he Trafford Trafford. He stated then all lie re collected ; on his first examination, he forgot the words " treating the nation as an enemy," and had them put in; he does not recollect whether he swore to these words or not ; be requested to have them added to his deposition, and he believed, but was nut certain, that they w-re taken down by Traitor.' Trafford; he could not politely whet day; witness could not say that he was a rellivoos ma ; he went to church and chapel ; he recollected on ',aril crier conversation with a nue Named Mayor, or Mor r ton, or saying that he used . spy violent expressions in their presence, shout the blood of the Reformers. lie never said he would rather be rowed In a boat to his own house in the blood of the Reformers than walk the pavement ; be said he would sooner fight to his knees In blood, than to submit to them; if he said any Wog like it, it was at the Cock, in Cock-gate; many people wets at Aim there whet. he gut in, but he recollected saying thing about the pavement; did not well recollect what be said, but he said a good deal ; would not swear that he *I not make use of those very words ; he knew a person named Chapman; went with him In a coach to Liverpool. Did ni , t then .ay that if be had the command of the troops on t.te Illth he would have put every bloody rascal of then: to death. There were six passengers present by virtue of I.is oath ; he did not to his knowledge make use of any su it language. Ile would not swear positively he did not. ire was sober when going in the coach to Liverpool. It was early iu January. Mr. Chapman did not call him to an ac count about it. He got into a passion, because witness is the course of conversation said he would not, acltter would he, believe Reformers on their oath. Witness knew the Spread Eagle le Hanging Ditch. Ile recollected ening into a private room with nine others, where he (Mr. Hunt) was sitting. Pe did not recollect that a person named Rotten or Newton were present. This was about twelve months back. Witness did not recollect a door being broken open. Examined by Johnson.—Witness said he knew Robert Mayor, but not much about him; he never said that he found nests of money after his wife died, and went to sp end It In Liverpool. Examined by Serjeant ilet.toca.—hie never was at t'e Spread Eagle but once ; there was a meeting held that day in St. Peter's area ; there was a rest deal of speaking; Mr. Ilunt was the leading character; he heard him speak ; he ems only about five minutes on the Whiteasoss, on the night he went to see the drilling. %Fitness never offered himself for a special constable ; he was one, off and on, for 90 years, but derived no emolument from It; be served un the whe:e as a special constable about seven years. John Shaweroft said, he is • clerk to the Police-ogee, Manchester; he recolleeted the publication of the bills, red their being affixed to the walls about the t.ld of July, The day of its being posted. The bill produc e d was tak e n o f 'the wall wet. - bill was produced, and in it a meeting was appointed for the 9th of August.)—Witness west to White-moss with Mnrray ; they arrived before day-light ; they might be there about ten minutes before any thing hap pened ; a person called nut " Follow them," and another, " Conte back ;" there were then at least 900 assembled ; they were followed by a called one of whom knocked wit ness down, and more out " Merder him, kill him: . ' a person then gave him a violent kirk in the side, wh'es deprived him of his sense fur a few minutes; he then gCt into the road out of the ditch, and saw them round Merril ; he took • contrary direction, and got "It Cross-examined by Mr. licsir.--Witness said. he was e-n -plover! by the Pollee ; some of the beolles knew of his gol-g to White Myas ; he did not know all the defendants; went o isle Murray to the prison of Lancaster, but did not know what his object was : he saw none of the defendaats at 1 1 1 drilling at the Moss, which is a mile and a quarter over ; they left a little after three; some of them were at their n excise, and there were some bystanders, perhaps twenty; 1 , 1 would swear there were not one hundred; he could hear ro word of command but right left, right left : he was wit Murray, who was a little in advance, and might hope heart something witness did not hear • he concluded they siteNt taaraingtheamkwardsquad to m arch; this was i rlinVad not ; he thought the loeskers onfell in before the bestir; ; witness *es not rotted to fall In ; he gave them no hopes that he would fall in ; others might have been asked to do so without his hearing it ; some were marching in files, others in squads ; the latter did not seem very prrfert in their maMt. ing, but others did ; he heard parties going sery nolsyly the whole of the eight to White Moss. He described the advance of the Reformers to Manches ter as it had been previously described. Nome of them spoke to him, and told him that if he would go to Manchever they would give him what be had been s:iort of yesteplzy (he had been beaten on the day before). Witness went n•ir Smedley Cottage, where he heard Mr. Hunt address a crowd of three or four hundred people. Cross-examined by Mr.llluser.—Rhould you know one-of those who beat von again. The' Ave mew who spoke to him on the road he had not recognized as those by whom he had been ill used. The people at White Moss were doing so►diers' eserc:se to the left and to the right about. 111. %a% no sticks bat those he was beaten with ; heard so word to tire; WWI look lag on three quarters of as hour; WILY mot asked tojoin thew. hat was at last attacked, because they knew he would not fall into their ranks. Ile saw Mr. Hunt speaking from limed ley Cottage, but heard nothing of whathe said. He 113 W Mr. Hunt throw up the window and speak ; that was true, and all that he had stated was as true as that. '` Examined by Mr. SCAN Lrrr.—Knew Mr. Hunt by sielt. The people training at White Moss were marching alt the time he saw them, except whilst they were b satin biro:` - A paper being produced, Mr. lILNT hoped this paper would not be allowed to he road. The paper was posted in Mauchester,btating the in• tended meeting to be illegal. The JUDGE said, it ;as not said they swore he knew of it, but it might be of importance that it shout ) f be read, on account of the bear i ng it mi g ht h are o n the other defendants. The paper WAS then read. It was a placard calling a meeting for the 9th of August, which did not take pl ac e. —Adjourned at six o'clock, till nine to-niorrow morning. Mr. Hunt was cheered as be passed home to his lodg igga. He cross-examined the witnesses with great• in pinelty, and appeared cool and firm in his deportment throughout the day. The King of Denmark has prolonged the Char ter of the East India Company for a year, reckoti igg from the 11th of January. Repast dates, that Francis Newdigate, FAq. of Astley -cook, Staffordshire, will shortly lead to the trystemeel altar Lady Barbara Legge, eldest legider of the Countess of Dartmouth. Prince Philip of Hesse Homburg and spite, who i l imitived on )Vednesday from the Continent, have Soho up their residence at Greillon's Hotel, 41- Issaria.alreet. The Sawfish sloop the yode, haring on board . . _ 1 ' seven mei, wia wrecked alt the Sd of this month, on the emits of Saint Valery-los-Caui; crew saved. SINGULAR CIRCCILITANCE.—'T hdite Is aftpresert living at Farmington, near Northlriels, st and respect- , able old gentleman, wis e was aiutwhwarden of the parish.on the eery thy o r mut gblOtolal(ing's ac- aga V , cession ; he has retained the oar* islistgrraptedly for 1 every soeceedingrar—anikas dui" . 1 . et the Jab; - , ] Ise for celebrating the at . t: t I ' of the reign of Charge the °boa, ~ the expression df their • .'' Me " 1 •, by j giving a testi vat diliner of ,ya • iris .0 - r 10- , ',seeable friend illadharchir ~., w . *mated to leave in badiefurhed • . '.a of x' • 'lto- A uld • , - 1 'soars for the reamibing hail* • Mite. ~ . . sr,:. - -.s . ► 1 ‘. 1 ,