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

MR. JOHN KE\IBLE, &c.

Very little has been heard of this eminent indi7
videal. since, about two years ago, he closed hi,
brilliant professional career. We are sure we
,ball give pleasure to the greater number of our
Readele, by stating to ;hem the following circum-
stances respecting Mr. KeMBLe, which they may
be assured we have acquired from the very best
w hot ity :
Mr. and Mrs. Kusattee,—for they have no fa-
milv,—have resided for about a twelvemonth past
at f oulonse, in the south of France. The cli-
mate of this beautiful town is warm, and the air
soft and salubrious ; so that Mr. KEMBLR'S health
has seen better since he chose it for his abode,
than during many years before he left England.—
The society also is elegant and select ; many of
the less opulent of the French Nobility, savans,
artists, and others of the politer .classes, having
chosen Toulouse as their residence, in prefer;
once to more fashionable but more expensive
cities. Here Mr. KEMBLE enjoys his well-earned
and honourable leisure in entire conformity with
his habits and taste. In the earlier part of tilt_
day, he employs himself in the cultivation of his
literary pursuits, in which he probably finds a
more pleasing though less stirring enjoyment
than in the brilliant exertions he has relinquish-
ed. He passes a few hours in the middle of the
day in exercise on horseback or in his carriage ;
and his evenings are generally spent in those de-
lightful conversazzioues which we suspect " they
manage best in France."—Once a week he gives
au elegant dinner, after the hospitable fashion of
England ; which is probably regarded even by.the
splendid society into which it haa been introduced
as no very barbarous innovation.
Mr. and Mrs. Kemnee are at present at Bag-
neres, romantically situate' near the Pyrenees,
and distinguished for its baths, but propose to
return to Toulouse fur the winter. At the
latter city, Monsieur TALMA and Mademoiselle
Geottous were performing a few weeks since, and
had the honour of the great English Actor as
their constant auditor during their stay. Upon
these occasions, ith the politeness of their na-
tion, and the affectiouate respect so eminently
due to their distinguished visitor, these admirmble
performers altered the whole of the situations in
the scene, in order to addicts their acting mere
especially to the box in which Mr. Kemees,Avas
seated. These particulars, though minute and
unimportant, we ate suite will be received with
pleasure by those whGtu the talents of Ihis ac-
complished 'Actor delighted, anti who will rejoice
to learn that ibe honourable tranquillity of his
age so well harmonizes .with the hiilliancy of his
long public career. Reckoning the time that has
vlapied since Ills departure, illr. KFMBLR is ex-
pected to be absent about three years from Eng-
land, during some portion of which retioil he
proposes to visit the classical regions of Italy.—
Weekly Journul)

iiIIANCHtSTEk•Mosnat ArTrasio6sti,3c;'CLeirt-'
The hurry ind c'o'nfusion which has prevail'e'd
rillarding ti'ekkars
It'aV,T6uet'a inoinetk tti and can merely ltit'-
isisls,;44)eagre 'aniline of the events of
•11 "4
iensteting announced to be held in the
area near. St. Yeter's Church has
,ta cen place
• •
,•; • .
You are aware that that which was . first called.
watt pioliitiited by the Magistrates, and in conse-
quence some .alteration was made its ihe,objset
set forth as that for which the Ftiends of Re-
torm, as they call, them Selves, were fo assem-
ble: It was, however, understood„ es I stated
in my letter of last Monday, that the
,business
which was then expected to come on, was
merely postponed, but not given pp,..and would,
it was confidently expected, be brougli ou witct-
out notice, as had been noire itt another
,place.
(-heat expectations were excited as the day ap-
proaChed, and this morning all the malcontents
who are in the habit of amusing themselves at Play-
log soldiers in the neighbourhood of
.this pt ice,
commenced their march to Manchester, to pass in
review before Hunt, as he declined leavirig ..i,in-
chester to review them. From all quarters the
motley grouptoi posited in ; and ridicule would bees-
haosted by the desk! ip, ion of the rest toursquads t ha;
exhibited on this occasion, it the business of the day
were not too grave to admit ot its
,neing treated
with levity. A considerable number of thugs
graced their march, and one of them bore the
Wor#l3 ‘` Equal Representation in Parliament, or
Death." Many of the Patriots had sticks,---
bludgeons would perhaps be a more appropriate
term,—iu their hands, and half a dozen caps, of
isberty were tiitimphantly displayed by the excit-
er! multitude, On their way io the scene of action,
which were gdarded by.those to whom they were
entrosted with extreme vigilance and care, and in
more than one instance with a menacing flourish,
that seemed to indicate the must desperate resolu-
tion. All busineis in the town was completely at
a stand, and the windows of many of the shops
were closed, yet the general expression indicated
as much of CtitiOSiiy as' alArtn.
To. state the probable numbers of the mob
with precision is that which, I cannot pretend to
do,. , The ' groutid on which they assembled
think must be about as spacious. as Smithfield,
and the crowd could not be More dense at the
fritter place at the recent ilitin! it was 01:1
•
,ttlis occasion (where I stood at least) in the vi-
cinity- of St. Peter's Church, Manchestet. . If
were to venture a guess, I should .be inclined to
say that from 50 to 60,000. personi must have been.
collected together. Hunt probably never fosind
himself at the head of a more fordidable rabble.
It was at about a quarter past one that the
Demagogue made bis appearance on the hustings,
prepared for the spouters who were to address
the mob. His coming was of,eoure the signal.
for a bOisteroua shout, which made '' the welkin
ring," and the uproar was repeated five or she
times, while " Hunt for ever"—Bravo, Hunt!'--L,
fi!azza ! for our Chauipitm"—and,ot her equally
election-ate mid appropriate exclamations mingled
iu the astounding roar. All was enthusiasm and
PXultation, and the triumph of Reform seemed
`already complete.
" Bust in a few minutes the scene was changed.
ft was moved (by Johnson, 1 believe), that Mr,
hi tint should take the Chair, and this motion
being seconded and carried by acclamation, Mr.
Hunt proceeded to enter upon the discharge of
the important.duty which, in consequence of this
devolvedupon him. He accordingly began
to address theM, and thanking them for the ho-
nour conferred on him, was going 00 to talk
. the necessity of preserving good order, in his
usual way, when the Magistrates made their ap-
pearance, followed by the Manchester Yeo-
manry. Other soldiers, both horse and foot,
were at this moment seen. but the Manchester
Yeomanry, as•the local force whose duty it was
Ijrat.to interfere; took'upon itself the task of dis-
persing theriaters and seizing the ringleaders, and
aecordingly galloping towards the orators,- fairly
aurrounded-thefrrostrum. This s'pir'ited advance
sorely discomfited some
.of those who, had so
bravely marched through the. town all hour be-
fore, and several of the flags vanished in a
,twinkling, leo could tell exactly
~how. Its, a
-few moments the alarm became universal—dismay
was painted its every countenance, and " Sauce
,qui pent" was the order of the day. To de-
sciibe in , adequate terms the consternation
which maiked this retreat is .impossible; men,
womeu, and boys were seen running and tum-
bling over each other in all directioos. Their ap-
pearance terrified those who had been previously
disposed to keep their ground, and the most dis-,
nod reports were circulated with a rapidity truly
astonisbing. 1 mention these to caution you,
against the thousand rumours which, will un-
doubtedly reach town by the thee you get this
letter. 1 have already,,while writing this, hearth
tales of the most frightful carnage; but unwilling
to forward stories which may have no fonadation,
.and tbetputh or falsehood of which it is at this
=intent impossible to ascertain, I close this letter
lr,y, merely stating the attack of. the military to
have ben completely successful, and Ll'aunounc-

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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 Exchatitle. These al6o %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
the scales 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 ['Ave 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
ILynest 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 ascertained
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.