The Sun.
London, England, 1820-03-24 00:00:00

ltlictur than he should have thought it could go
through so dense a crowd. A general cry WAS
raised about him of " what is to be done ?" arm
the general answer to that was, " they must he
brin;:,im-2, some Ningisttale to listen whether env
seditious expression has been used, and :hey were
Sure that all Would h, go;et..'
By the JOl)ne-S,lvc no attempt to resist, and
nn encouragem lit gist!) to resist4nce by Mr
Hunt, or any other person on tire hustings. SA,.
no sticks fitted, and no stouts thrown, hot one, at
the close of the disper•ion ; had any such occur-
rences taken place, from the Situation in which
he stotod, he was likely to have seen them. Ilin
eyes were directed towards the military. Up to
the moment of the military reaching the hustitirg,
himself and those around hint felt no alarm. 13,1!
on the military surtootoling the hustings arid s-iz-
ing the Chairman, it Nas (lien 1)10110a that
the meeting was to be dispersed. Saw no rerist
!thee offered I he'd). The horsemen then diverged
in all directions, and the crowd then dispersed
shlir king and weeping.
By Mr. Hunt—Witness was rather more than
six feet high ; was enabled to see over the heads
of the people what toek place. Sds a great many
women mod on ttnC plain ; spoke to seve-
ral of them ; seemed to be clean and decent
women, and appeared as if they had come to a
holiday feast. Saw a great many old people, a
few Leing at the head of each company that Came
on the gionod ; saw neatly all the parties collie
up. Sii w elderly people at !be bend of each coin-
pan y, almost invariably bearing s icks, perhaps a
dozen at the bead Of each company ; they were
merely walking-stinks winch they carried. Those
who toltowed had vet y rarely any. Did not see
tire party conic bp ta it h the black flag. Saw no
body of people marching into the field with long
thick staves, shouldered like muskets. [lad such
an extritortlioary circOlustanct occurred, lie as
Reporter, must bye noticed it. 'Die sticks car-
tied were eery properly used to repress tine idle
boys that were likely ro impede ;heir progress.—
'Witness remained till there was no person hardly
left on the plain. During the whole time he
heard from the multitude no offensive expressions,
and saw no act or violetrce ; good hottWor seas in
every countenance ; saw no nlarm expressed iu the
countenances of the respectable inhabitants of
Manchester, runny of Ns hOlll (or, at least, persons
be supposed to be such) were there. Witness ar-
rived ire Manchester on the preceding !right ; had
heard trout respectable persons on the Exchaoge
and elsewhere, that there would he no interfer-
ence on the part of the aothuritirs ; all was
likely to go well, and they %% ere very glad to
bear it.

By the JUDGE—Not the slightest apprehensions
were expressed, but all was congratulation on the
understanding he had mentioned.
By Mr. I-Into—Did not hear Mr. 11. say to_ the
people (; oAtiing to the military), " There are
your enemies it they molest you, put them
down, and having got them down, keep them
:down." lla conceived that it was impos-
slble that any thing of (lie kind could be said.—
The words nstd by Mr. Iltinti " put hint down,"
&c. were %wet ed before. the military came on the
ground. Must have heard them, it they had been
laid. When the cavalry arrived, the people cheer-
ed them, but not one within his sight or hearing
brandished a cudgel 'at ahem, ut hi”.ed, hooted,
or groaned. The cheering for them was the same
es the cheering on the-arrival of Mr. Hunt. Be-
lieved he joined in it, though he did not join in
the cheer to Mr.Eitint.

Cross-examined by Mr. SCARLBTT-Wan nut
much in the habit of complimenting the ❑►ilitary,
or of contending witit then* gruerally looking
tow..rds the hustings while at the meeting, hitt
frequently looked over cite whole meeting, cnn-
siilering it to be a very fine sight. ‘Vitness was
the Mr. J. Smith invited to attend the meeting.

Did not knoW Major Cartwright; \lr. ‘Vooleehe
had known since ; did not know Mr. Carliie ;
had the honour of the friendship Of Dr. CiOtilp-
1011 and Mr. Rushton ; kad refused to attend as
a speaker ; went as a matter of bosiness for.the
paper ; was in the habit saf speaking on parochial
and political matters at Liverpool. Was consi-
dered the junior Editor of :he Mercury,, with
which, he had been connected for ten years from
the period of its first establishment. Spoke at the
Wigan Meeting in 181 G. Did not know a person
of the name of knight ; might be in the habit of
taking sotne articles from the Manchester Observer.
Was not aware that the Manchester Paper, adver-
tising the meeting tor the 9th of August, contain-
ed an iofiammatory speech made by one of. the
pieties at Wigan. Did not recollect seeing in
that paper art advertisement for a subscription for
henry Hunt, Esq. 11e remembered that he
missed that, and perhaps two or three other of
the Observers. being travelling at the time. The
article reterred to (a speech made by Mr.
Knight) did not appear in the LiverpoOl Mercury.
Did not approve of the coarse language used.

Remembered the additis at Mr. Hunt on the
subject of the placard, signed by "Coin this and
Jack that. Did not know that his speech went
to recommend the Magistrates to the respect of
the people, or otherwise. [lad laughed at the
grammatical error in one of the placards himself,
Nr. Hunt might be occupied about 10 minutes in
•peaking anti can't; silence. Did not see any in-
fantry then; Mr. Hunt ntight use the word—
" enemies ;" decidedly he (lid slot hear hint say—
" Your enemies are at hand, if they molest you,

put them down, or keep them down ;" he (Mr.
Hunt) might say, it any one should molest you,
and diiturb the peace, he is an enemy ; put him

doWn, and keep him down ; was not certain that
had said so ; when witness said to those near
h stn, " I suppose you ate all friends to Parlia-
mentary Reform, and hope peaceably so," he ex-
pressed this hope, because from all that he had
seen, he felt justified in entertaming it ; he was
pleased to see tr.::ti_t so orderly, for part of the
Press had labourcii make it appear that they
were a tumultuous, savage, and riotous set ; was
proud to see those charges so falsified ; it was the
best assembly he had ever seen, ane4 the most
moderate ; heard nothing of the drillings—no-
thing which he hsd thought entitled to pat ticular
attention; the several bodies as they enme on :he

grOiiiid marched in line (not with a regular s(ep).
and this he thought (lie best way of goertho,:
sg•inst confusion; he though( iliac seriog