The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-10-06 00:00:00

MANCHESTER, Ocrosza 3.

I have just learned, with sufficient 'truantry to
justify my 'eliding an account of it, the particulars
or ill outrage committed in this town last night.
About tirelve o'clock, al lkleagher, a trumpeter of
the Manchester yeomanry lwho distinguished him-
sit St. l'eter'a-field, and egisimt whom a bill woe
'preferred at Lancaster), was returning from a public
Some, so his own home its Deensgate, some persons
recognised hun, and cried out, " There goes one of
the blin,dy butchers." Irritated at this exclamation.
Merigher drew a pistol, and threatened to shoot any
mail who should dare to follow him. In spite of
the threat, he was followed to his own house, which
lie entered, and having fastened his door, soon ap-
peared at an upper window with his pistol.. and
told the persons collected in the street, that if they
'id not go away he would fire open them. and
itat-
wteilistely presented his pistols. Some stones, it is
satd,'Were then thrown, and a few ranee of gle-e
`were broken, and lileagher fired and shot two men
*tall passed through one man's leg ; another bell
lodged in the thigh of the other. The wounded
anew were immediately taken to the Infirmary,
where they are now in a feverish, but not in a dun.
kevolis state. It is thought that they will out be
ably In hear the fatigue of being removed to the
New Bailey, to prefer their complaint for some days
to come. I have 'Seca Ole bullet which wits re.
%looted from the thigh of one of the 'impeded men;
it is of the large size, such I. are used fur horse-
Meagher. very shortly after the outrage.
was I.rced out of his house. and with an escort of
titan/try to protect him against the popular indig-
'potion, was conveyed to King-street barrecks. where
he remained last night, but was set it large this
knorning. I have stated. whet strikes me as the mat
probable account—namely, that the windows were
airokesi before Meagher fired ; thought it is right I
should isifortn you. that it is also meat confidently
'asserted that the windows were not broken till the
snob found theinsehres unable to enter the house to
belie Meagher after his firing. The door of the
house was not opened till the military arrived sod
%woke it open.
•KOTHEA •CCOUNT, CIPI6
Nest her, the trumpeter of the blosiebester Too-
binary, al; has beau so fully identified at the in.,
tpiebt noose Joh* Lees, us one of the west active of
that galled body in cutting sad *miming Ike an.
armed people on the 16th of August..-wise way, iu..
deed, positively sworn to yesterday as the partite
*who cut off the ear of a poor *mead of 71 years
of age-wits, it appears, become quite desperate. in
his fury. eccadoued perhaps by what was disclosed
its the evidence yesterday. he proceeded last eight
into a public-house with • case of pistols. whieb
he ostentatiously exposed, deetariug is indignant
language his resolute& to shoot soy was who at-
tempted to repeals& hi* foe coodact which, as
•6• 40Y81 nor." be hilt partimiarig proud. Lad
I cannot pass this onclasootios, winch is Ire.
4eeutly tsearj from hit beaded postimas is this
town, wider* *apnoeas% swassosisismaat at than
lobo presume to abase do krill iiiimslair at kr*

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by cnoinittimg the meet afrociala deeds in Us
thus iiultstii g the conduct of Mara' arid Robes-
iti\-ter, who tripled the sacred table 'Of 'liberty by
dariirg so male it as pretence for scattering deride-
thin to cnincr. But Invii:ty an 4 liberty alike ski,-
claim and deprecate proceedings. To return
to Meagher t the company in the public-05mm he-•
ism very isuinerauv, he was impelled by a cry olf
t. 'Shame!" to slim it. Upon entering into the
after, lie *ew hunted at until he reached his own
1 00000 The moment he entered he pr-ceriled ti
Its upper vpatiment, which looks into two street.,
and from thence he firetloevetul Ante, two of which
look effect. This case will he brought before the
New Bailey to-morrow, and we shall see what will
be the r had of the Magistrates, when one of their
ardent pat brans is the subject of accusation cu'r •
capital oftener.
Meagher has been. 1 understand, for some *reeks
since the 16111 of August, in the habit of denouncing
vengeance againut any one who dared to speak to,
OT even lor,k at him.

The following are communication• from eiewsrit.
mosey of the transaction

Saturday night, about halt past twelve 'Merit, hone
Mather,. laboorer, 3s, Spienieg-Ovld, says, be was monist
front Mrs. Wesien's, George and Dragon, corner of Bridge.
street; going along Deanagate, saw a crowd opposite Queen.
street, irlwo be beard FA*. Meagher say, If you don't din.
pew I will shout yon.' He Incited up and saw Witcher
leasing out of his window, holdings pistol in his hand; he
several nines repeated, If you doe% disperse I will sheet
you; at the same time panning the lintel at the people
who stold around his Deponent went away, and
when he had got as far as Parliateent*treet be turned

rwinnd In see if his brother•in-law woe following bim;
on missing him deponent went hack towards the corner of
Claire•-street, when Meagher, poiating the pistol at him,
fired, and deponent beard the ball or ballets whit past him;
it Wa4 quite moon-light, and deponent is sure, and will
swear, that be (Meagher) pointed the pistol at him. Depo-
nent remained Itpt the ground, awl heard several people say
Member haul bees abasing some persons about Dug Entry.
He heard stones thrown, which broke some windows • be the,
heard a second pistol fired by Meagher, and in shoot roar or
fire minutes • third pistol was fired; he believes all three to
have been fired by Meagher. On the second pistol being
fired, be saw a sailor taken away wounded, and heard him
sismin. This morning (Sunday) be beard that there were taro
wounded. He went this owning to look for the marks of
the balls, as be had beard the people say there were marks of
them in Deansgate. Wheel he went to the spot where he
had been standing the night before, he saw the marks of s
ball or slag in a window-shutter of a grocer's shop near
Meagher's 'noose."

"'comb Williams deposes as follows :—I am the bro-
tber-in-law of James Mathers, and was with him net the
night of Shred of October. 1 saw Edward Meagher bre a
pistol. I was standing between Queen-street and Podia-
rneni.street. I saw him point his pistol at James Mather",
and beard it gn off. 1 then went towards home, mid met the
watch and ward, who were going tuwords the crowd."
•• Mary Joliet, a poor woman, residing in Fleet street, the
mother of Joseph tours, said that her sun, who is Sheila IN
years of age, returned lest week from on board a man of
war, where he bad been for the last le yews. Mee soil her
two sum were passing through Originate between twelve
and one en Noterday sight. On parsing the boom of Meag-
her, she sew a crowd of persons assembled. Her sun bear-
ing that a man had been shot, mopped to isolative fats the
cause of the dislneliener. The) had not been @module more
than a missile, wire eke heard the report of a pistol, and
her ono exclaimed, •I me shot He was immediately
taken to the Hospital, whew It was frond that be bed re-
ceived a bell in the Ashy part of the thigh. He was not
in soy way connected with the crowd before alleageher's doer,
our did he know the ranee of it. The pour woman said that
she had 19 children, and that all her *OM had unwed in the
army or navy and; added —de, with leers in her eyes, 'it
is very herd that one's children shoold be shut at home, after
having escaped from the dangers to which they hod been
exposed is facing the tannin of their country'.'
" d **just seen the two Mtn who have seen Joseph Josses
and John Robinson, the young men who have beam wounded ;
the former through the thigh, *it the latter Omagh the
fleshy pert of the leg behind the and,. 11obineou is in no
danger. The wound of Jon,* is of a mare serious suture.
the bail having passed close to the artery. I have also sees
Weather's house--sane of the windows is broken. One of
the balls tired entered the shiliters of • grocer's shop, Nearly
opposite Weather's holisr. The bole made by the bell is
large enough to admit two of my angers. It is said that
Meagher was taken off to the barracks, at three o'clock this
morning, louder the prom-teen of • guard of soldiers?'

ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
(From a Mtwisterial Paper]

1 _ _
Lost night, about ten o'clock, Wm. Berne. a
journeyman tailor. its the service of Edward
Meagher, tailor, Detinsgute. Msocliester, on corn-
ing out of his master's house saw a crowd of per.
loos assembled round it. Some of the crowd said.
" here is the d---d cevalry trumpeter." Byrne
said. " I am not the person." Some others of the
crowd said. "if you are not the person. you are hie
brother, awl as 4--d a rascal as him.' One of
them said. " I have known you a long time. and
have marked you." Byrne was then knocked down.
Meagher happening it/ be coming home at the time,
rescued Byrne front the mob, and both retreated.
As the crowd still remained about the house,
Messier did not think it wife to go home ; bat as
there was no appearance of their dispersing, about
midnight be went toward* his house, and peeved
through the bulk of theta unobserved. When at
his door. be saw three seen standing at the opposite
side of the street. One of them was pointing to
the house, mild Meagher Weed him awy, " That is
the villain's homer." On Semitic opening his
door, be was recognised, and halogen! a person say,
" There is the —.—.. eillisio going in." Before
Meagher could get to his apartments. which ore no
'the third sour. a stoma was thrown which hit the
wirodsiw.fniaie, another stone came against the wall.
Meagher raised the sash of the window, and in-
stantly a stogie was hurled which broke two panes;
its • second or so, two other penes were broken. The
lamp it the corner of the street was also broken.
as d every time any of these stones took tffeei. hod
shouts sad cheers were set up by the whole party.
Manlier now heurd several of the crowd call out
" Break into the house sod drag the --. willsiu
out." He then got a pistol. and the mob Conti.
lining to assail the house with trollies of stones, he
tired among that part of these from whence he saw
the stones thrown. This not having had the desired
effect. bet the seine trollies tad leaguese as before
continuing, he leaded mud again Bred. From
' Meogber's determination io defeoditak himself. he
was enabled to keep them at bay until the arrival
of the military, sod it was set wail throe o'clock in
the morning that the streets were cleared.
Member, in his capacity of trumpeter to the
Manchester yeomanry cavalry. headed that corps
Sibiu they advaaced to the hosting, es the 16th Au.
gust last. and from that those has become (whet is
tormedVa marked man. Indeed. the man is whose
hoese IltiOglier has apartments has felt the effects of
&Hoenig. hew I. castinue seder Ws roof. This
awl (sfiliime_was .is Wilbert Imo *Aimed me. .
tied helliTlOmmitlfdestriel t. twol/begtart

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wat, anJ that several Reforntely, Who Inul fir years
bought milk from hint, have discontinued d g en,
from big refusing to turn him out. So great has
hero the alarm to that neighbourhood of some at.
tick, from the condoned threats made see of since
that time, that envoy of the respectable part of the
nrighbours of Welters hove begged of him to get
rid of his tenant ; hut W■lters says, he has always
behaved himself' ma man ought to do, and it is ton
much to taro him out fur having performed a pub-
lic duty.
Duns.' the perambulations of the Watch and
Ward-last night, iti this district of the lowa, they
were frequently weeded from the corners of the
streets with large atones, and one of the Gentlemen
received a severe blow on the head with one. There
are thirteen panes of glen broken in the house of
Walter*.

Two person* were wounded by the firing of
Meagher, and they are now in our 'Armory. One
of them. Joseph Jones, a labourer at a foundry in
this town, received a hell in the fleshy part of the
thigh. The hall has bren extracted; it had not
penetrated any depth. and being tit, the Doctors
suppose it most tint have struck the wall and re-
bounded. This person is free from fever, and isms
favourable a state as could have been expected.
The other wounded person is John Robinson, at
303. Dearisgate, Manchester, journeyman nail-
maker. He era* wounded In the kg. The ball
passed through the calf of the leg. He was not at
Ent aware it was more than a ',diet, and walked
home, but 6ndiltg when he took off his stocking
the !part was 14cerated, he west to the Infirmary,
where he uow remains in a very favourable state.