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Cavalry, who, at the 'Tamest afjhe nogiatrates,
bled with the greatest alacrity in full au
placed theraselv.a at the Lierteaaat.eaktaers
Ry the latest account I andrertawl the lowa Illsairlea.
Ire has become more quiet, I shall await here a farther re.
port, sad shall hold its re:Wilms, SU 11114111 C al the shut, est
notice, all the disposable forces nodes my orders.
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1 have, lac.
JOHN BYNG, Major-General.
The Right Hon. the Secretary of Stale,
Home Derartnient.
Manchester., degas. 16, 1819. Eight o'Clock, p. m.
SlR—Tfie Magistrates emembied Isere its (USW (pence of
Ike dtstarbe•d state of this district, directed me to have the
. troops in reedinews to assist the Civil Power in case of ne-
cessity, at the time of the meeting proposed fur this day.
In concurrence with their wishes, and after eunsaltation
with them, the military were prepared and arrangements
made, such as then seemed calculated to nseet any occasion,
to winch the aid of the troops might be regaired to assist the
civil power. The Magi. were in attendance near St.
Peter's Church ; soil Mr. Trafford, a Justice of the Peace
for the counties of (looter soil Lancaster, was appointed to
rrmsin with the cavalry. Early in the afternoon, the civil
power Boding it necessary that the troops should set in aid
of them, it was &raged expedient that the cavils), should
advance ; and a warrant was executed, preceded by the
civil authority, under which two present, Hunt and John-
son, nsm.•d therein, were arrested; es were also two other
person., mimed Saxton aml Sykes, lobo were active, es I ans
toW, on the hustings. This service was perforated with the
assiotatice of the cavalry.
The infantry was in readiness, bet I determined sot to
brine them in contact with the people, Unless compelled to
du so by urgent necessity; nut a shut therefore has been
tired by any of the military, though setiteal have been fired
by the populace artiest the troops. I have, however, great
regret in mming, that some of the unfurtnnate people who
attended this meeting, have suffered front sabre wounds, and
miniv from the pressure of the crowd. One of the Man-
chester Yeomanry, if not deed, lies without hope of recovery ;
it is understood he was struck with a stone. One of *belle-
s:Ml constables has been killed. The Manchester Yeomanry
under Major Trafford, and the Cheshire Yeomanry Nader
Lieutensot•Colonel Townsend, who had come Oa a very
short notice from the county Magistrates (many of them
hon. a great distance), were most active and eibaient in the
discharge of their duty. The Committier, now sitting,
consider it necessary to keep ■II the troupaready, though
every means will be adopted to prevent the necessity of their
acting. I have, ohe.
GEORGE l: ESTRANGE,
Lirutcnant•Culunel 31st Regiment.
Major-General Sir lobo Byng, K.C.B.

Manchester, August 17, 1819.

MT LORD—Mr. flay and Mr. Hardman having left town
this evening, un a mi.sinst to your Lordship and to Govern-
ment, it is unnecessary fur me to give you any information
up Iu the period shin they It foots they are fully informed.

Since their departure, the tunas has continued to assume
a ,bossy aspect as the night has approached, and at this
hour (a quarter hum ten) all the civil and military antho.
rides are in action throughout the town. Great members
osseiribled Ibis evening, Gum right to nine, about the New
Cross, but did nut do any acts of violence, though evidently
of the description disposed to do so. Soldiers are placed
there, and bodies of special constables, with orders in the
first instauer fur the constables it/ act, and afterwards, in
CAVC of steed, the milittoy to disperse the mob. The Riot
Act was nut rend this evening alien I first went up, about
six o'clock, Omagh some stones bad before been thrown
at our ur tau bon:ea, and a few at the military; yet I found
Walk rs peaceable and quiet, and the offending parties stray.
glosg about at considerable distaucrs, sod 1 hoped they
dtsperse. They did nut, however disperse; but the
noutbers considerably increased at the distances, and I
(*mod it necessary to communicate iusiantly.with Colonel
I: Estrange, &e. The military have in conrequence been
strengtbeued iu that quarter, and at present every thing, I
believe, remains quiet, althoughi it can alone he attributed
to the full exertion or appearance of the military strength.
mu, &c. J. NORRIS.

To Viscount Sidraoutli.
Examination id James Murrey, of No. t, Withy Grove,
Nl:nicht-otter, confectiotter, who on his oath said.

That on Sunday last, the 15th instant, he was at White
Muse, near Middietors, about five miles front Manchester,
iwroreo three and four o'clock tn the morning, mid maw
there assembled between .1,400 and 1.500 men ; the
greatest nunelter of whom were formed in two bodies, in
the form of solid aquaria; the remainder were in small
parties of between twenty and thirty each ; there were
stood thirty such parties, roe h solder the direction of a
person acting as a drilbserjcant, and were going through
milita.y movements; that examinant went amongst them ;
and immediately one of the drill-serjeants asked him to fall
in. Ile said, he thought he should anon, or gave some such
auswer; he then lIPVIO to move away; upon which tome
persons, who were drilling, cried out "Spies." Tbis can.
'Moan', and William Shawcross, and Thomas Plover, and
his sou (all of %Isom hid accompanied this examine'', from
Manchester, continued to reuse ; the hotly of men then cried
out, " Mill them r—" Murder hem !"—Near one hundred
men then !matted this examinant and his companions ; they
overtook them mar • lane end, at the edge orate Muss, and
gan to pelt them with clods of earth—they at last came
up
to the examinant and his companions, and beat them
very severely ; examinant begged they. would not murder
him ; but the general cry was, " D—n:bim, kill him—mur-
der him." Examinant said, you treat am very differently to
what nations treat each other': p isoners when they are at
war. Suppose that lam an enemy, vow ought to treat me
as a prisoner :" they said, " How will you 111 31 II!, if you
take us prisoners *ben we tome to Nlanchestei
Examinant knew at the time that a meeting was appoint-
ee for the next day (Monday) at Maiitheeler.
The men kept beating examinant all the time; at last,
tiny debated among themselves whether they would kill exa-
minant ur forgive him, and they determined to forgive him,
provided he would Ko down upon his knee, anal beg pardon
to them, and swear new, r to be a King'', man again, or to
mention the mimeo( a King. Examinant complied to save
his life, they standing over him with sticks, as he apprelirnil.
ed, to murder him, 'provided hr hail objected. They after-
wards went away. Examinant was not prevision!), acquaint-
ed with any of the persons assembled that he saw, but is
certain that he should know again two of those who beat
him.

The greatest pit of the number assembled bad stunt
sticks, from three to four fret lung.
In consequence of the ill treatment received by Exami-
nant, as above, he was confined to his bed for three days.
JAMES MURREY.
Sworn at Manchester, before me,
R.A. Fletcher.
this 21st day of August, 1819,
(Private.) Chester, September 3, 1819.
We. the Grand Jury of the Quinsy Palatine of Chester,
assembled at the Assizes holden for she said County, on the
first day of September 1819, feel It our bounden duty to
represent.to your Lordship, that (tom the infurenstion we
lave just received, we have strong reason to consider that
in the Stockport- division of she hundred of Maccles.
field, in this county, and in certain parts of the P►esthury
division of the said hundred, the lives and property of his
Majesty's loyal subjects are in great peril ; and that in an
adjoining county, by the active measures of terror said in-
timidation employed, the danger has. within the last four-
teen days, autinnd a more formidable character; and we
big lease to add, that we understand his Majesty's Justices
of the Peace labour ander great difficulty from want of
parr to disperse meetings fur drilling and fur acquiring
nselitary discipline.
JOHN THOMAS STANLEY, Foreman.
The Lord Vi.coaut Sian:truth, /cc.

County Palatine iif Chester.
We; the Grand Jury of the County Palatine of Chester, at
the Anises holden at Chester usi the first day of September
1619; feel it inenmhasit at this time to declare our indig-
nation at the machinations of artful and itinerant dema-
gogues, who dime 000 i o late papers of the snort dangerous and
seditious tendency; and at public meetings, with freedom
in their mouths, and frand and plunder in their hearts, em-
yiuy the t inflammatory language; insidiously limit-
sate, under the vicious veil ef reform, knifed, and contempt