The Sun. — London, England, 1819-08-18 00:00:00

i~ tic Louse ut rill this ti:bturbance to he c , l9lndy. /Ant is taken. Johnson and Fitton Are Pl.if) stewed, and the whole, with two female Re tniniers, have been safely - escorted to the New _ There were various rumours in circulation last night, some of winch stated that mtich blood had hero ,bed on both Sides, and that great Confusion coutintwd to prevail at a We hour on Monday even- Our Correspondent's information may how ever he relied upon as perfectly correct. We are io momentary expectation of receiving a further Ili the mean time, we have to congratu the Public upon the main and most gratifying tact of the mea‘ures so judiciously adopted for de f,arne, the infamons object of the disaffected, hav ing been crownetl with ciimpLte [New - 7'imes.] MANCHESTER, MONDAY, ONE o'CLocrc. The town is in great consternation and kdarm ; toirtibt.rs pomiug itt from all parts of the sur rounding country, principally Spinners and Weavers, both men and women. Poor creatures, they are taught to expcet some wonderful ethct: from the worth and talents of Hunt ! It is a new and alarming feature in these mobs that . they do not assemble as old English mobs used to do, from motives of individual curiosity, or caprice, or fun, or idleness—they do not come in strai:Ong singly, or in little knots of two or three from every different direction, but lite rally advance in marching order, with all the form and regularity of military bodies. Allow ball an hour ago I met in Oldham-street an im mense mass of men, marching in common time, fire abreast, with two white flags, and a very e sptctahle band of music, consisting of not less thai 30 p'et formers. I counted these files until ahont . 2,000 men had passed, when the crowd be calte an great that I could no longer pursue my reekouing, but I conceive tlpit the whole Fitly dra,ll rip and 'parching io order could not he Irss than 4 or 5,000. Vet y 'shortly after wards a party of perhaps 3,000 p is•ed the Exchati t le. These a l 6o % sere , in will rary array, prreeded by flags, red >tnd black, with thr Cap of Jacobi/list/1. fortnev of the two pHr.ies carne, I Orlt ve from Bury, the latter from lloyion. Simikt parties came in from Stockport soil the other towns in the iwighhourhood. I have j , st been at the spot appointed for the About 15,000 persons ate already their, men and womi:n. 'Flit! Chair was not then taken, but the ditletent patties had already themselves very regularly round two carts, which they had brought with them, at about six dii.tince. A suit of stage vt' , l3 horned on the carts, and aioniid it were 1.1 - 4nted Five Man ;:t'rS j lied, Iwo White, and one B:aek.— Upon one sidr• of the latter was a hand holding t h e sca l es of justice, with the inscription, " Taxa tion kvitl , out tieptesclitation is unjust and tyranni cal." On the other side was at the top " Love," and beneath, " Unite and be Fee."--" Equal Rept esetti a ion, or Death," On some of the other flags weie " No Giro Laws"—" Let's We like men, ;Ind not he sold like slaves," with other such viol, nt ibsinipriomi. Whilst the mob werecol lecting round these standards, awl waiting ss'ith sonic impatience for their promised le,olers, they were addressed by a shabby-looking fellow, whose hAnie nobody seemed to know.' He exhorted them to be peaceable and quiet, and shew (heir enemies that they were not mcd, as they wished to represent them. "If we are mad," said he, " it is the most pleasant loss of senses I ever ex perienced, and hope it will never be extinct but with death. At this important crisis it behoves every free-born Englishman to abstain from vio lence. We only desire our fair and just rights ; let us demitnd them with steadiness and perse verance, and victoty will be the certain result." In the Market-place and Market-street the shop-windows are clised. In the principal streets are immense numbers of country people strolling about. (You are aware, that for many miles round Manchester the manufacturing population is more numerous than in any other part of Great Britain : it is like walking among ant hills ; so crowded and so busy are the inhabi tants.) The more retired parts of the town arc as siltnt as death. Altogether the impression whir it the scene creates on the mind of an ob server is melancholy and awful. The 'Yeomanry Cavalry musters amazingly well. The Cheshire Yromanry are near the town, as well as the First Dragoon Guards. The pith Hussars are in the barracks, as well as two companies of Horse Ar line] y ; and besides these, the 88th and 31st Foot are also iu tOtVil. In short, here is military force enongh to mush ten such mobs—but what a re flection, that the peace of this great town is so much endangered as to need military aid—and what a heart must the wretch [' A ve who wantonly exposes his deluded followers to the danger of mitirary attack ! Two o'Clock.—The Magistrates have dissolved the Mreting, and taken haul and a dozen other Ringleaders into custody ! The circumstances have been terrific : I will give you as connected an ac count of them as I possibly can, but you must make allowances for the general state of confu sion , 11(1 alarm in which we have been the whole of the day. I will begin where I left off before, with the sort of desultory harangue which a casual Orator was making, apparently to while away the time till the principal Orator should arrive. After he had been talking some time in a loose disjointed manner, be was interrupted by a vio lent shout, which announced the approach of Emit. It was within a few minutes of one o'clock when Flout reached the hustings. lie was said to be accompanied by Wooler, but I could not see the Black Dwarf, nor do I believe he was there ; but Johnson, Moorhouse, Saxton, Swift, and Tyas, were in the barouche, on the box of which was seated a profligate Amazon, named Alary ‘Vaterworth, bearing the standard of the Stockport Female Reformers. Several others of the Stockport gang surrounded the vehicle. - Atter the formality of proposing and seconding Hunt as Chairman, he pose, and spoke to the following effect :—" Gentlemen, I crave your indulgence while I proceed to state the nature and object of this Meeting, and I particularly IL y ne st that fly will call " silence," i it produces more disorder than any other cir cumstance, and perhaps will give our enemies the opdorttinity they ate seeking for to caw(' k tut - t her encroachment on oar rights and liberties. (3 , ..ntlemen, for the honour you have done me in electing me Chairman on this important Occasion, I teturn you my sincere and heartfelt thanks ; I am happy to see such an immense concourse of people assembled, and fearfully regret that I shall not be aide to make myself heard by all of you, but those who are able to hear me will I hope do so peaceably and quietly It is useless to attempt to relate the proceedings that hive occurred in your town for the last ten days, or to state to you the cause of the Meeting on Monday being postponed, you arc all acquainted with it. Those wise Magistrates, who were the cause of preventing the Meeting on. Monday last, fancied il,ey had achieved a glorious victory ; but their pusillanimous conduct since, and the presence of such all immense and respectable assem bly as now stands before me, proves quite the contrary. A placard which nobody could under stand had been posted up all over the town, sign ed by Tom Long and Jack Short, and some such contemptible brings." He was about to pro ceed, but the appearance of the cavalry in the dis tance stopped for a moment the torrent of abase which he was about to lavish on Jack Short and Toni Long, and with a malicious grin lie waved his hat in token of defiance, nod exhort ed the Meeting to cheer them, but whets he saw them approaching near to the Ilustings, the colour fled from his cheeks, the grin forsook his counte nance, and he stood apparently ready to sink the eat th. The soldiers advan,ed and sw•roulided• the hosting', %churl Mr. Nadia, with the utmost resolution, seized hold'ot Johnson first, then of Hunt; and afterwards of several others, whom he handed to his assistaws, and the latter carried them all ittmediately to the New Bailey. The . banners were the next °hire's to which the Police Officers directed their eAtieniloll. Mid with very' little resistance they got possession of the whole of thcm. "nit scene that mow eolued was tiuly aw ful Thesht ieks of women awl the groans of men were to be heard at some distance. Every per son who attended out of curiosity finding his per sonal safety at risk, immediately fled : and where was then the boasted courage of these mad headed Iterormers ? They %vete seen retreating in all directions with the Inmost speed. The crush was 1/40 {.;teat in one part of the field, that it knocked down some out-buildings at the end o( a row of houses, on which there were at least twenty or thitty persons, with an immense crash. As I was carried along by the ctowd, I saw se veral almost buried in the ruins. Others in their anxiety to escape, had failed down, anti were trampled on by the populace, many of the'm to death. A feeling of salve qui petit appeared now to fill the mho! of .every body ; and the dreadful result is not yet known. The Yeomanly Cay.ilry arrived on the ground at full speed. They took up a position under the wall of " The Cottage," a well-known building so called, where they remained in line about five 'ninnies, doling which time I believe the Riot Act was read, immediately after which they made a dash into tie crowd and took Hunt and the Other desperadoes into custody, in the manner that I have already related. The Yeomanry were supported by the Isth Hussars. Among the spoiiu opitna they say are to be reckoned six►een thinners with seditious inscriptions, and six Caps of Jacobinism. At the moment- when Hunt was seizvd, there could not have been fewer than 50,000 persons on the ground. Ruff-p►ost Two o'Clock.-1 have just ascer t a i ne d that a dragoon and a woman have fallen victims. A man of the name of Ashworth, a special con stable, is also dead. The accompanying is a list of the delinquents already in custody. Warrants have been issued against several others, but they are not yet taken : Henry Hunt, Mary Waterwortb, Joseph Johnson, Sarah Ilargreares, John 'ryas, Elizabeth Gaunt, George Swift, Valentine Faulkner, John Thactser Saxton, I James Johnson, Robert Wild, and Thomas Taylor, I Will Billinge. Half-past Three o'Clock.—The military are paratimg the streets, mid the populace have re tired. Nearly the whole of the persons who were on the hoilding i.love-mettlioned that fell in have heen killert ; eleven at the least are named. Four o'Clock.—Kniglir has just been appre hemic(l, and is carried to the Police-Oflice. half-past Four o'Clork.—Moovhouse has also this moment been apprehended and carried to the Police-Office. The mob have again assembled nt St. Peter's Church, and the military have again repaired thither. [The Times.] MANCIIEsTER MEETING. We kept tl►e press open until a late hour this morning, in the hope of receivi►►g minute accounts of the circumstances which attended the Reformist Meeting held at Manchester on Monday. From the statements brought to us in the course of last night, and which appear to have been collected in the midst of a scene of extraordinary uproar and agitation, we learned that Hunt took the chair, according to advertisement, and harangued that portion of the multitude which more immediately surrounded him; that the mob altogether amounted to more than 40,000 persons—some accounts say 60,000—collected fro►n all tie oeighbouring dis tricts ; that the Riot Act was read, and the troops called upon by the Magistracy to enforce their orders that the crowd should at • once disperse. — Hunt himself was taken prisoner—and we add with unfeigned sorrow, that several lives were lost. The troops that were employed were the Man chester, Macclesfied, and Chester Yeomanry. The 15th Light Dragoons were likewise in the field, but were not called into action. The local troops, it fa., said, behaved with great alacrity. The consrethssa : ion and dismay which spread among the in►turnse crowd collected cannot be conceived. The multitude was composed of a large propor tion of females. The prancing of cavalry, and the active use of the sabre among them, created a dreadful scene of confusion, and we may add, of corsage. By the accounts received through the mad, no less than SO or 100 persons are wo►undedl, and S killed. The mob is said to have dispersed as quickly as they could. At 7 o'clock oi the e‘ening some of the' Yeomanry are reported to have fired on a crowd that showed a disregard of the mandate to disperse. At night, and up to two o'clock yesterday morning, complete tran quillity prevailed, and the streets were as quiet: as on ordinary occasions. The great number of wounded had been carried to the hospital. Htint, Johnston, and others, who were on the scaffold ing, were taken into custody, and lodged its the New Bailey. No manufactory or private building was de strOyed or materially damaged, though many win dows were broken. We only notice this circum stance, because we had heard early in the even ing, that a factory, which it is now unnecessary to name, had been levelled with the ground. Such is the brief and general outline of occur rences which the lateness of the hour at which we write enables us to lay before our Readers.— What actual violence or outrages were pet petrat cd—what menaces were tittered, or symptoms exhibited, which inciaced the Magistrates to read the Riot Act, and to disperse the meeting by force of arms, we cannot yet positively state. That a large discretion undoubtedly belongs to persons eiarged with the preservation of public order, which justifies their interference where they see it directly and distinctly threatened by a multitude, who may, nevertheless, have met for purposes or with professions originally not inimical to the King's peace,we are not disposed to question. But the discretion, though large, is not unlimited ; the grounds of the magisterial interference must be precise and manifest ; the assembly "of twelve or more persons" must, in the words of the Riot Act itself, have been " an unlaw tut a.sembly"—and " to the disturbance of the peace"—or the Magistrate has by this Act no right to intermeddla. Under the Act against seditious meetings, however, a still Yl ider discre tion and more ample power is extended to per sons in authority, and, conformably with the pro vision; of this latter law, it is probable that the measures resorted to against the Manchester Meet ing here been undertaken by the Magistrates, and will be justified before the country. Our account of these transactions, though the !Melt in tow!), is necessarily iluperlect and defec tive, from a circumstance which we shall explain at a , future opportunity._ [Morning Chronicle.] MANCIIESTEIt MEETING. We were in expectation, till a' late hour last night, of an account of the proceedings of the Manchester Meeting on Monday, but none had arrived when our Paper was put to press. A va riety of reports were brought up from thence by coaches which left Manchester on Monday after noon,. and "We regret to add that all agreed in stating that some tumult had taken place. The guard or one of the coaches asserted that there were sixty thousand persons present at the meeting, with a band of music, banners flying, and seven caps of liberty ; but that a scene of great riot ensuing, the military were called in, and seven of the mob were killed, and many wounded ; he added, that the hustings were sur rounded by a military force, and that Hunt and several others had been taken into custody.—An other report also stated that the Riot Act had been read, and the military called in, and that the tumult continued up to six o'ciock in the evening. In the absence of any authentic details, we can only give the reports in circulation as we heard them, hoping, that as to the necessity for military interference, and the loss of lives, they may prove erroneous. IVe are assured that the Earl of Liverpool was prevailed upon by the Loan Contractors to write a letter to the Governor and Directors of the Bank, requesting them to advance the future instalments on the Loan, no►withstanding the direct negative which they had given to the proposal in the first instance. This application to them, on the part of the Prime Minister; was made at the time wheel) OM inium had fallen to a discount. The Court of Directors, however, much to their credit, refused to comply, and gave a spirited answer to the Noble Earl. The Court of Directors merit the approbation of the public for this proceeding; since, if they had yielded to the application, and that Omni= had risen to its present price, it would have been set down to their interference ; and Government would have hoe!' led to believe, tf►at to the Bank, and Bank only, they must look for the support of public credit.—(lbid.) FOR THE SUN. Manchester, Aug. 16, 1819. M. EDITOR,---I saw a person who attended a Common, or Moor, about three miles from hence, where he taw upwards of 3000 men exercising in military tactics, about 5 o'clock yesterday morn ing. This circumstance, added to a Meeting that has taken place near St. Peter's Church, in this town, at which Hunt presided, you cannot ima gine what uneasiness it brings upon the town. I am much surprised that Government does not adopt some means to prevent such Meetings. If something is not done, I am sure the lower orders of the community will have their minds poisoned by pretended Reformers. I do assure you, people in business arc not safe here. * * We insert the above at the desire of our Correspondent, though it is evident that satis factory measures have been adopted since it tvas written. SI-I Il' NEWS. PORTSMOUTH, AVG. 17.--Arrived the Zephyr tran.port trotn Sunderland. Sailed the Stur transport to the Eastward. DEAL, AUG. 17.—Arrived the Volusia, Hoßßs, from Malta. FALMOUTII. AUG. 15.—Arrived the NVilliiim, Jouss, from Oporto, in 13 days ; the Duke of Marlborough, JEFFF.RY, from St. John's, N. 8., in 30 days ; spoke, on the 12th inst., about 40 !vogu es to the Northward of Scilly, the brig Amity, from - tialitax, with troop,. THEATRICAL EGIS ii• Performed Last Niel!. • p otte r THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMANNFT —The' Heir at Law• - 11""°"' Mr. Terry ; Cicely Gibbs. Af te which, Exit by Mistake. THEATRE ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA -HoU - T SE.-he 1303rdin,14:, House u Young- Contract, Mr. Wrench ; Caroli "„e6„Clit%, sheaf, Miss Lore. After whi c h, 13clies. Wit h A - 4 - • To which was added. One, Two, Thrcei(our , Fi rertisealent ; with Walk fora ',Wilke. TO CORIIESPONDENTS. K ra - Mr. Netsom's Answer to Mr. BAI`naIDAEoo TOEBe`-- HAM ConnsPoNinsci: To-morrow. LITER:IKr ItIVIV( also To-morrow. *.* Fur " Pitt LANDEn," see the First Pagc• PRICE OF STOCKS TR IS DAT AT TWELVE o'cLuCt. ss.P r ' S pet Cent. Red .72434 I India Boiis..••• • lSs s;. P r ' S per Cent. Cons 'l Exch. Bills, 2d,. • • • . 4 p131 4 per Cents 91.4 1 011)1141m ........... 6 per Cent. Navy Ann. 10441 Cons. for Account,. • • Bank Long Ann.. 19 3-16ths • ARRIVfili-1 Guernsey and Jersey, l Gottenhu r, t DUE-1 Waterford, Gottenburgh, I HarnburN • rtO HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE To•mo-- - (t K, ' 3. Morning, 31 minutes after 1. Evening, 56 minuse_s2 THE SUN. 1101,E7,1 QUIS DI(ERE FALSIJM AUDEAT I LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1819 We have taken from the Morning F6Per9 all the Accounts which they contain respecting th e alarming Events of Monday, at Manchester, B° l in addition, we insert the, following p articular c from our own resources, upon which the may confidently rely. H UNT an d jonsscol °I 1 taken on the Hustings. KNIGHT, SAXTO N, NIOORHOUSE ) escaped for the time, but h were abort in 110 afterwards apprehended, and safely lodge" t g New Bailey. We exceedingly regret to find tbs the apprehension of these miscreants, and (b e 4 persion of the persons whose conduct threat°. n Vs ° such desperate consequences to the tort•# not effected without the loss of lives. A )I(' HOLME, one of the 'Manchester Yeomanry haft valry, was struck from his horse by a brio , ' A and in the fall his skull was ft-accord. Special Constable was killed, and severA l 1!° 111 men were pressed to death by the crowd. A : her of other Persons were more o r l es s injure d, bt j when our account came away, we had not best for a certainty of any other lives being l os ' ti The Town, as may be expected, Was riluc disturbed in different parts, which, of o°ls was to be apprehended, when 30 great influx of strangers had taken place. The tary had, however, been ordered to their 134 r v; . racks at Eleven o'Clock, and a quiet nigh t no tri anticipated. The Persons from the C 0 marched in in Columns, formed in files o f ` -r ec 0 and four, with Drums, Flags, &c. Th e Flab and Caps of Liberty were all seized by th e Carl ; stables or destroyed. The Prisoners were sate bt - guarded during the night, and were to be br° % before the Magistrates yesterday, for further ell ruination. ti ; Thus we find that by the vigour of 6° " et t went, co-operating with the firm assistsi'cc the local Magistracy, the Yeomanry C av3ll ; and the Regular Military, properly st ad ' ifie e 1 near, to suppress the riotous proceedings; is infamous miscreant HUNT and his d es P ic4b i, Confederates have been secured, and w ill ° he fer the judgment of the Law. lience t'ot warning, we trust, will prevent the iNfect iti g Kenningtou, and preserve the Peace of the COll°#- try. of We received this morning the Paris PO li d Sunday last. No Journals . were to be publis the on Monday on account of the solemni t y t , feast of the Assumption.—The follawir extracts ` 1 PARIs, Atm. 15.—Yesterday the Kiel sn d ceived several Grand Dignitaries, Peers, Bishops. , al ng " The reports of the Duke de Wchelieu to Courteil and to Spa ere both erroneous; lie Duke will retnnin Puns till after the 11 0°Li . i ,, , meta of the Duchess de Berry, the Wog biav4 (i t appo;nteri him to be present at the accoodielOc. of her Itoy&I Highness. N er At Noyou, the Ist irist,, nine perso'h poisoned by eating itatie.n cheese, whic:' c,se'l, to Lave been prept :n c. 4511. N, ()tie Wards "I of ly e frtitri 4 tioll 4,4 ah em Vihri 4 1)1 r P r tli t iUti 'U? th e ti ler ce,it cas t hi s ti n s %rill 4 111 lilqt tl it ti of Ca, tar, Po► ~i' 1::