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

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
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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 went 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, after eoiorting 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

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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

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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:awards 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. 9unoi9c`l
that these served as signals to the disaffected. The first lighted
ass on Dlekeney-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

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miacks, having first taken the precaution to evtinga,:a the.
gas light; in the town. This was attended by twofold at:-•ancgge,
inasmuch as it did not leave ►hero so open to detection, and
therefore rave them a better opportunity of continiiing tli,ir
devastations. Stilt!, with all these udvanufg,•s. :hey row r d;t se
react the small but resolute band of special conitabks ; who,
under the command of the Mayor. were every where recdy to
resist them. Some bor 9 gentlemen who had mounted them-
selves on horseback and armed themselves with swords, were of
great utility in scouring theetreets and bringing in prisoners,
who were immediately placed in the custody of the soldiers of the
;Ist. We are happy to say, that in the struggles between the
t o parties, net impious personal injury was done to either of them.
some of the rioters got heavy blows from the stalls of the •rt-
,tables, and wined the constables awkward contusions from the
brick-bats hurled at them by their opponents; but nu live, were
either lost or endangered. IVhen we left the town, which was
st 4 o'clock in the morning, tranquillity was perfectly re-eita-
hlishod ; 30 or 41) rioters were in custody. and the gentleman
who had gone with the express to Stockport. had returned with
the intelligence, that. thought a battle between the military an!
the rioters was momentarily expected. a troop of infantry had
started front Stockport. and were when he left them withic. an
hour's march of Macclesfield. At Stockport the magistrates were
assembled at the Warren Bulkeley Arms, before which the
soldiery was drawn out, as that was the first point againt which
the rioters had declared their intention of making an mock. Si•
miler riots wow expected at other places ; almost all the military
being stationed at Alenchester.

" MANCHESTER, lrechseolay Evessiwg, 8 o'Ckwak: --Nothing
of particular importance has transpired since I wrote yea yester-
day. A death-like stillness pervade; the town, which looks MOTC
a place Lesieged than the once busy capital afshe first menu-
featuring district in the world. Tranquillity bee scen re esta-
bli,lied. but, I fear much, not on the most secure basis. Every
hady is under fearful apprehension that the state of extreme
exasperation into which the populace have been universally
thrown by the melancholy events of Monday. and which they
arc continually indices:mg in a hundred ominous ways, may yet
burst forth in a manner too awful to be contemplated. The
Authorities here do not conceal their fears; they feel that their
situation now is even worsetban it was. orders. I understand,
from an authority on whichl can rely. have been rent off in
different directions fee atm regular troops. Yet where these
-troops ore to be spared from I know not, for, according to every
account which has reached as here, all the towns roundabout us,
Stockport, Macclesfield, Oldham, &e. are even in s worse state
than we are. In fact, it is horn without that every body dreads
n.ast ; for, notwithsnurchng the hoax of yesterday, a re-action on
the part of the country people, favoured as they are sure to be by
the mass of the people in Manchester, is an event which the most
reasonable and sedating allow to be but too probable.

" Neither Hunt nor airy -ofjtia fellow prisoners have as yet
teen brought up for a scconrexamination; I understand that
Hunt sent a strong representation, through the keeper of tie
prison, to the Magistrates, to he admitted to give b:i1; but that
no answer,eitheraegatively or affirmatively, has yet been made to
it. Indeed it is yet to be known whether the offence which be is
charged with is a bailable one or not. The prisoners are all
confined in separate cells, and arenot suffered to have any coin-
n.unication with each other. The examination will, I under-
lt,tod, certainly take place to-morrow.

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•• On inquirai,g at the Infirmary, I am happy to find that there
has not been anysfarther addition to the number of the dead ; but
mai), are still in srvery dancrous state from their wounds.
I'. s.--riursdry ,lfot ming, t t o'clock.-1 send this by a
gentleman who is just leaving here by the Mail. I have nothing
further to add to the above. All is still quiet."

Extract of a Letter dated
MANCHESTER. AUGUST 19.
• Au Inquest has this morning been held by Mr. Milue,
:he. Caroller, and n Jury, on the bodies of
JO IN ASHWORTH,
(IIARLES FIELD, and
JOHN ADANtS,
who came by limir deaths in the course of the lamentable
.riot of Monday last.
After a full and satisfactory investigation, it appeared
that the deaths of thear in'tlivithials were In-oat:cell by the
courtr.iun which took Owe on that unfortunate occasion,
and the Jury, without hesitation fuund in each case It
verdict of