The National Register.
London, England, 1820-03-20 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

The first evidence Liven w .3 that of Wm. Morris; he
was a weaver. near the Winteniuss, and saw the people
collecting near that (lace, with the defendant, S- •I
Ilemfor it, at Weis brad, on the 11311, August. There were
many hundred.. of them under his direction, mat chine and
1*- outer marching at Middleton. They were regularly
I. limed iu seetiuns, and they were 2 or 3,000 at least
, umber. They formed at one time into a hollow square,
And were addressed by Bamford, who stood on a chair
iu
the middle of them; lie recommended them to be quiet
en tile march, am.' 10 take an insult raises than give
He said also, he aid out expect any distiiruance until the
e% ruin. He wore laurel ass his oiXll hat, said distributed
iu among these who led the seri ms the march. 'l' hey
has IWu 164, and raps of tipsily, and switches in theta
11411.15. lie had often seen the people marching and
runnier marching in the fields, sod ml lha high reads
benne the 161 h of Ass 0..1. 'the men used sometimes to
be drilled It: JOIIII Hayward, who had been A 'Haynie ifs
the 161 h Di Agoolll, and John Whitworth, who had uet la
in the Wit Foot.
Cams-examined by defendant Bamford, who appears a
shsead seesible man, and is the Author tar some light
Poems, which are talked of in this part Of ilie country.
He swore to his steins Beintord loot m and
hal soigne the @sweater adjoining the high swirl, 011 their
nary to Maiseliesies, usi the loth August. He did out re
collect hearing ham say lin nll4l ails the lisgs ; nor II ne
they were to take care and return twine in peace and tiiii•
etuess atter the meeting user. He del nut onset Sc
lieurfuid's woe and child in lie crowd ; there were litany
moot a cud °tiddler, among them, suit they enaght Mai e
been there n h,mt his serum them. He had seen mile)
processions uf Ormige-anu al and Out al.teilows ash 11:111111.I
aud music, in that past of the c try. Tito e was 11:lig
et all extraordinary n them Ile knew a good deal about
marching, tidying ranee wren A soldier.
Cross exatiotied by Mr. Hitet.—lie hail been a middies
to the 10 till grout iit ot Isom, but had quitted the set vier;
he ads Indeed a as. n-cossssss issmaseal officer, a sort ot mush
rower sea Jesuit, a. it was called He never 5505 thAlgtll
with violating his oath of allegiance. and for a very good
IrAtioll, they neglected seeming him 111 when he emered
the al lily, and he took Flinch leave ot them one minutiae,:
when he got tired of the service. He was not 'thirteen as
processions, even at "Hoot's Set." lie saw lao body
cot eeeee tiling depredations of any kiod in tlie crowd they
all appealed to ti to be very peaceable. They might
have played loyal tutors, though lit did not hear them ;
they were playing some music, it might be the Hogue'.
'.larch, or the, ft settees Mahn, for any thing he knew.
They had switches, but whether they were strung euteigh
10 •slaip an nadllloll,l case IntAt4 Cifitil lie dill nos ku,.w.
John Elton, A plumber and glazier at Middle ye, hi 1111.
neighbourhood 01 lilancliestrr, saw people aesemble in
large members in his neighbor's hood to guts the meeting
of the Mir of August, and Samuel Bamford leading thesis,
and marching them like soWiers. They moved to Man-
chester by the new road.
Bamford and Mr. Hunt cross-examined him at great
length. He knew Bashful ars wife, but did cat see her at
this collecting of the people to go to Manchester. There
were women and children enough in the crowd, and they
were going on quietly like soldiers. The Orange-int II
and Odd-fellows moved with bannerol, and Medea Wiest
with them. He disliked the Reformers, they made "such
a to do" about the country, and iu what he said could hot
of course be considered as wishing to favour them-
Joseph Favier, grocer, at Oldham, saw the men going
in marching order from bin part of the country to the
Manchester meeting. He was a special constable, and
was emplaiyed by the magistrates of his district to crania
the numbers of the populace. The division that formed
near Oldham consisted of 864 in regular array, but many
I dredi loosely accompanying thew Dr. Healy, one
of the.defendaots, who is said to be a quack doctor, was
their leader. _ _ _

A variety of witnesses gave similar evidence to this
forming and matching on in military array, between
Manekestsr and the adjoining townships on the 16th of
August.
. John Ashworth. an engineer, working at a cotton fac-
tory near Manchester, deposed, that as the crowd passed
he heard one or two of them say, they would make Man-
chester a muscow before night.
In his cross-examination by Mr. Hunt, he admitted,
that though his wile and children were in Manchester,
and the distance between hint and them only lime or live
miles, he never sent over a messenger to get them into
a place of safely, after bearing this threet, early in the
dayle.
his cress.examinntion 1?), Mr. Hunt, he,ndmitted, that
he sent his cart with goods to Maechester, ,on the ddy of the
meeting without the least alarm.
Roger Lntwistk, an Attorney, ant! clerk of the Manches-
ter race-course, was crammed at great length. He related
the whole particulars or the Manchester meeting—its
assembly froin uirferent ppinrs--its al 11 1111 l g appearance,
and its dispeisiuti —just as„it has been ishundred tithes told
to the public.—He thottelit the meeting decidedly illegal.
Several witnessesvvere examined as to the state of Maa-
chester on the 161h/t orbit, and their evidence in Evicts',
described it as exposed to much Intensities:: owing to this
meeting.
Jainespuneofte, a cotton niamtfacterer in the neighbour-
hood of Maneliesterobo heard threatening expressions from
some of the crowd iii they paned. mod was alarmed, as a
place of his bad been burnt down by the Luddites in 1812.—
He was on the same day, is Manchester, and certainly
thought such a ineeeleggreatly calculated to inspire terror
into the inhabitants of ~t,v large a, town. Thinking from a
notice be saw from the.Boroughreve, desiring all people to
keep their families within deers. that the meeting would be
dispersed, he merely went to see Mr. Hunt moult the Ma-
tiap ; he. then, canoe easy, and returned only when the
soldiers bad dispersed the meeting.
Several other witnesses were examined for the prose-
cation, and eress•ezamioed by the defendants without
eliciting any sew fact—the following is the cross-eland-
tiest of .one of them, (a Mr. Matthew Carper), by Mr.
Hunt.
How do yen do Mr. Cooper ? I bops yen are well ; I
have bad die pleasure of teeing you before. Mr. Hunt
'hem wont on to examine bun. Witness is an accountant-
and also a law-stationer t be we; also employed as a se-
cretary to a committee In aid of the civil power at Man,
theater. He was not in the employ of the police, except
that situation entail bc so Coluidez ed. He lied occasion.'
commuisica • ioas with the Courier and Morning Post. He
wrote an acestout of the emeting from his memory, aided
by his cotes, which he scat to the Gorier. He dues not
know whether it was inserted. lie believes the act-oast

in the Courier was from the morning papers. He did not
then repent for the Mos. g Posts Ile was once a clerk
to a proirssionsl M4nelle•ler. He was af-
terwaiti- instructed tor the eseitie, but he got no situation
in it. His failed was a sups a visor of excise, and sin reyed
lice brewery of fiesors and Fogg AI 114,114,11 Witness was
a clerk to them when he WAS only 13 "eats age.
He was nest asked why lee leis is, and, appealing to the
When I was 13 yen'-Ill' aa• I was clack
to those gentlemen, tiled put some eat Itech 141.44tey to my
own use, tor which I was discharged, nue I tease since
paid it back with rums d entesrat lu 011. • .4 Abe MIL."
He then added, I would,ney Lord, lease paid is sooner,
Wet at my father's death 1 had three ...... 4 ,osselerrs de-
pending upon nee fur suppure, and I thesseelsi they had
strong claims Neon Inc." The inutie was paid A few
tastetasuntlit ago. It was the first money he lead ',neve the cir-
cumstance occurred. It was about tialet this
happened, and lie was now Heal ly 3ii yeast tot age. It was
since he gave evidence against bine (Hunt) that he lead
got this motley. 'flee whole sum, wrinkling the interest
for 11 years, Has about 251., or less. lie is,til tn.t 'old Mr.
Scariest, or Mr. Aldose, 01 Mt. Mastics Ile •t he had COM`
mil led this act. He had often thought of it before, lout
he had nut been able to pa) ie 'moue' t he was 11111 y allUl4l
two "ears in tenseness fur lietuself. The y wheels he
had taken was marked: he could nue sell All 3, lie lead clot
hero 14110,44•ci11ed ; he did steel know obit h. (Iloue) had
heard of this transits. I it lee had, he Coin 114•1' !mot
better pieporeol, chid hart' gut a must sarl.l,.Cteny letter
fr.dii one ol tier partners, in whom he load store rriiatsi it.
Tee lea.ene of hi- not being prosecuted n ttttt tar at
lee tire:m..e ha tatelicr was a slept.' s soi 4,1 excise,
and had it in his power to Pols, r the bre we.. bi. master.
Mr. heist next asked whether the won r %%hide lee had
given, instead of that of w holt tar bail ruhtu il, master,
WAS, nut paid not of the s --eases at 314114'1,4.0, e. At this
mode of vkaiteinatioo, and pat Itelliarly the. 1.!.•11at scion,
emitoileralde ni.appsub4tsoh wan us4nif sod i.s tic Court.
Wailes. at Iles 411.1.1111 e dill not take 'loon the vilioie of
wheat aa, said Ms 4144,14,1 m) o railed iptdr-
ter fin a time by the art oval of She eat ~.:%. He look 110
14101 r flutes thee). The whole Of Wll4l hr I4' 41,1 1,0 lice Court
W.IN Out taken dowse at 1111. ;Iliac. He kick autos from
which lie now read. 116 elutes weir only the heath of
what was "aid, as lie we- not a ,hurt-lian.l writer He was
r..rtitin the winds be had U144:11, or exactly to the snare
etlee I, were used. After some other 'lOlll MI.
Hunt nitiarom left the lent and ascotticl was rabid, but

Mr. Justice Haylry said to the that, they were
then fatigned,luo %maid mugs) any fat the.. tot Imo evening.
The Court WWI then adjourned, at bevels u'. loch, till to-
uw at blue.
THIRD DAY.
This tiny was occupied by examinations of little interest,
exceptiditit4 ut IV. Hutton, Esq. one of site lintist rates of
Manchester, and a ho, it :sups ass, if he eau be betivved, took
the lead in the afford of •the fatal pith ui Au6ust. The
sohjoiurd is an utsrulgem,iit of Isis ev:deLee :
W. I lultlin, Esq., ea: tttt i t led Mr. Scurtett.-1 am n
magistrate of the county of Lunen,' er, and was at .%lauches-
tfr on the 1611.uf Augw.t. The magistrates licst assembled
at the Star-ims, and alien adjourned to \I r. put ton's house,
which oveilooked at. a W.,. We :I.Nr,etillett beta een

ten and eleven o'clock, and received informai ... on oath,
relative to the approach of large b.nlies of people. As
Chaim:tot of the bench of Ilagist sates, fur the e..outies of
Lancaster and Chester, much of my shoe was Liken up in
writing; but I frequently looked out of the nindow, and saw
lari,e bodies of Me elyreA Ch. I observed th .t a number of
men had rushed in, locked their as msto.ctieer,aud surrounded
the hustings. 1 could perceive float the wools' A silifereet
people coming forts ant to address the meetsug ; front the
sign:mon iu a hit+ .1 was placed. I had e VW% liter almost
she n hole of St. Peter's ar..a ; the masher of peretils assetii.
bied was estioutta dad :a1,00,t ; the 'fleeting did undoubtedly
ielyire terror into the minds of the inhain tams. I recrit ed
d.•position on oath to that elfect, and I in it l.cil h.!
extraordinary way in which the people approach. d. Ninny
gentlemen stated to me, that they wt re greatly alas ;:sal
lookifleAts all the circumstances, my opinion was that the
town was in great danger. The polialathin of Mane herder
and Salford, according to the census of lao3, ate 100.ed0
Mids. Manchester was a tinge place, and contained massy
shops awl wareltou,..s. The mae,istrates in constqliens e of
these ;am eed tugs deeinesl is iseee.sasy to issue a %voltam for
the appielicinion of their supposed leaders, whit h was given
to Nadirs, either in the presence Of One of the chief cousta.
Isles of the titan, or else it was handed him by the constabks.
I cannot say whether the warrant was brought bark after
it had been made out or not. lit giving the warrant to
Nadia, he said he could nut execu.e it %Wolin utilasty aid.
1 then wrote two letters, the one to the commander of the
Yeomanry, the other to Col. L'Estsunge, requiriog 4hem to
come to the house where the inaoistrates acre, which they
accordingly did. A troop of the hiauch..ter Yeomanry
soon sifter arrived from the Mosley Stied rod. They then
advanced. I believe the borough.seeve was with them wire
they formed for that purpose. From tbeappesrance of the
crowd, and from their general conduct. I coureive it was
totally impossible for the coustables to serve the Nu. mut
without the assistance of the military. The crowd closed
the nutmeat the Yeoniamy had entered; and when
Col. L'Estrange arrived, mid asked what Ise was to do, be
convinced was I of their periluos Mtuation, that I esclainted
" Good God, Sir, deal you see bow they are attacking the
Yeomanry I disperse aloe crowd I" he advanced and the
disperslots of the Cluwet took gager.
Cross-examined by Mr. litint.—l declare that I have
related every tlsissg exactly as I saw it. I could not see
distinctly, so as to know you on the hustings. I mean
that I could not distinguish your person from that of ano-
ther. The hustings were, I believe, about MAIO or 400
yards from the wissalow whet. I stood t but though I saw
a map of the place, with .be odaseassiteastrat, I cannot
speak exactly to the fart. I could not distinguish you
from another; bat I could poetise the persons locked
together mood the hustings. became they funned a com-
plete cordon, and were bore-headed. l be:wire solemnly
that those people pear the hustings were lucked mown-
arm. I saw hires basked, I believe, by the dins.. They
were as close together as ever they roield be, and were
die ingosslied from the rest of the Cri.W4i. Though the
distance was sor great as to preveis. oar distingssishang an
baiii.iiiisal on the eletatril busboy, still 1, and mhos,
could see the persons In ueath locked ttLether. 1 swear
this 110141 my own knualedge cud oho." V 'dill*, and not
from what I was told.
After this o,eiltleman's exdousuation closed Air. Justice
Bayley observed to the Jury that as th y or est now
folioed. he would ii..tre the court &jam bed as Monday
?glaid and published by JOHN TWIGG, 76, Fleet Wed.