The Sun.
London, England, 1820-03-20 00:00:00

rig is a body. Saw-a hl ihteand aea of liberty. He
asked ny some of them to go with them, but he said " they
wear week too soon fur him, as he should not go to Man-
chester till Saturday." When he refused to go, some of them
called out that. they would make a Moscow of Manchester
betare they came back. This was about 8 o'clock.
Cross-examined by Mr. Hunt—Was no relation to the mall
of the same name-that was killed on the 16th. Witness's
wife and children were at Manchester, but he was not so
alarmed at the Moscowstory as to go there to look atter them.,
He could nut go to Manchester. He felt *slam, at what he
had heard, and said, " the words were terrible" at the time.
He aid not hire any hotly to give his wife notice of what he
had heard,, that she might pack up and be oft. He was told
by one or two persons that " they would make a Moscow of
Manchester." He tuca, tby one or two, more than onc. He
--never sent to let his wife know ;kny thing about it. Who'
was he to send-ley ?he bad seen-taps af liberty at Middleton,
but had not noticed the cap of liberty ulcer York Castle. Ile
Was not a man that bothered his head about caps of liberty,
or any thing of that kind.
By Mr. ItAt;trow-Witness %timid have hal no Ohjection
to put up the lnistings for the Manchester Meeting, had he
been a master workman, in that line, but that etas carpen-
ter's work. He was an engineer, and only .Woiliedto non.
Strandcring,, examitted by Mr. St:Alai:a' r7-Kepta
Public-house at Palsewort h. Ile saw some of the bodies (in
their match to Manchester on the 16th August. • He• Saw
Ilcalcy with them, who said, •• Victory my boys." Healey
went into witness's Intose, took a glass of gin, and drank,
sinTes, to the Hoc, editurr of the day." Ile said he had
Jimmat that house' for sonte,time, and:toyed the people be-
longing to it 'were tine to the cao.e.
1:y 11r..1-Itilit;—Witilt-SS 11411 110 W left the politic-house ;
was settling his accounts. and thing with his brother. Wit-
ness was much alai uted on the I tith but lie did not
move Ins property on that day. His goods had since been
sold in his mute; they were rruiutcd ftolll his I.lfilSt; for roo-
t eiehee of 'air'; his name had not appeared in the bills Of
the sale. Ile did trot believe that if his name had been to
them that any of his creditors %Northd have pievented the
sale. Witness hail been ill 0 Gott of dostive before. He
had never been tiled, but three hod been, a charge against
Limr for hri,thlig windows when lie was fuddled. He was
ratite nervous ht had been aroliett 41 with int unfortuotue
tralat:y that mode it fleet sotty to confine him in the Lunatic;
'Asylum ; be had not bee.t so within llit last two years.—
.He was it special consta dull b e. out never received dy thing trout
the Pohec in hii life, hut 2.!. to britt bun from Manchester
to Voris.

Jeremitill Fitiiiittg, examined by Mr. LiTiLlinAt.E—Wii4
nteretiAitt at tilauchrster. 11e %%%*lkt,...ten laticliWer and
tire riiad to Litry, ',II the moil:nig of the
Now 2000 pei :till% ma:citing in regular order,
*oar or fire a-breast, with music anti thigs,towards Al:11101es-
ter,

tip Nfr. liwit—Witncss did not see thew insult or rise any
one ill. NO womeii or children were with Meat whc❑ Le saw.
hem.

James Heath, examined by Mr. Sc.thr.Err—llesided at.
Cheethara-bill. Ile saw a party proceedinz to lititehester
the 16th, which lie described !Willy as the 'last witnesi bad
done. He Sawa party of three, and ime of. this,, three pvr-
sons, looking earnestly at. sslifltaNs Said So 111111, "YOU will'
not sleep in that house to-night." Witness went to Mau-
.
cbester in the afternoon.

By Mr. w :s!r. Nadin ; did not lims, all the
Police runners ; Could ion swear that they were not connect-
ed with the Police at Ma;ichester, but he did" nut believe
them to lie persons of that description.
hazer Entwistle being called, it was answered that he was
out of the way.
Mr. 1-Junt suggested that he should he called, as Clerk of
the Race Course, as hr wasi better known by that title than'
by the 'Knife of Roger Entwistle.
. James Duncatt, examineif by Mr. LITTLEDALE—Lives near
Ironing wood ;is a cotton-spinuer. Was on the road to Man-
chester on the rewriting of the Kith of August ; sass about
.14300 men advancing tw‘vards Manchester in regular prder ;
one man said, Captain, how do you do'?" (Witness
was formerly Captidin in the Local Militia), and some of them
call out that they were goipg to West Langton, where he
and his partners had a factory, %%Ilia. w 44 titirOed down its
ls 11, and had been rebuilt as a corn utill.. The factory had
burned in the open day by the 'Luddites, as thry were
then termed. . .

By Mr Hunt—Witness was at Manchester7on the 16th;
was not a special constable ; Saw Mr. Hunt on the Hastings,
and its front of Mr. Buxton's house ; witness took no part in
sae proceedings of that day ; he left the grimed before the
°Yeomanry caaie oil it, as he thought it was' nut safe to re-
main without some protection; eaw ti r. Hunt near Buxton's
bathe after the dispersion of the meeting : lie heft the add
brfore the cavalry came, but went track :spin from curiosity.
file thotTght it safer to be there aftet the cavalry earns than
before ; lie did nut consider that he had any !insole's Aimee;
aslserl if he was a doctor I witutise refuseil to answer, but
eubsequesoly replied, certainly nut, mot had out dressed or.
biked at the woutu:s of any of the persons w•ho were injured
on the 16th .11;tist ; could nut bey that he had seen any
sit those who were wounded; he did nut see ally of three;
Witnees seat. a cart filled with goods. tin that day, Minv;tay
being their regular day for sending; the cart usually vet eve
early, at sevens o'clock in the morning, anti he thougiat they
would get there before the Meeting assembled; he, was not
afraid,uf sending his goods 011 that day for the ;easel, just
; he should have been afraid of sending I,'nern, if they
could not have arrived before twelve or ova: o'clock; the
goods west: sent to the warehouee at Nlanclaester; was not
aft aid of the goods being in Manchester after twelve or one
o'clock, brecause they would be locked up in the warehouse,
is is pretty safe one; was not afraial to go himself; re-
Lillie(' that evening; met souse officers belonging to the 6th
D. 11,4000. Gieirds; bad tome costvereakiun with one of the of-
ficers, the transactions of the iday. He could give the of-
ficio beet a very imperfect account of the Meeting, as he left
the geiound before the Cavalry went these, and did not re-
after the crowd was dispersed. He did nut ask the
olliirier if he had been to Manchester, and reply, on his say-
" Ne," "then you have ,lost, all the fun," nor had be
any thing like such expressions... His business had car-
Fig; 1 him to- the Warehouse at Manchester, and curiosity
to oh him thence to the Meeting in Peter's field. He
Vas aware that a dispersion of the totting would take
reface, from placards that he had sees about the town—the
siotices given by,t he boroughs eeve and constables, from the
tenor of which he thought the dispersion of the ineetiag Very
likely.. 'the substance of the placard was a recommemlation
to the people to keep at home, and to prevent their ivives,
children, and servants, from attending the meeting. Wit-
ness, notwithstanding, aria to the meeting, at his own risk.
lie thought he should have ruts some tisk had he staid,
and that induced him to go away for a short time, and theu
return. When he went away,. ,the field was completely
thronged with people—when he returned, the military had
possession of it. They were then Iningiog Mr. Hunt out of
Mr. Buxton's house. He saw no persons that were wounded.
Witness, had a mill burnt down some years ago by the Lad=
dices, and lie believed that four pea sous were hanged fur it.
Witness was at Gibraltar the time the mill was destroyed.
lie never heard that the mill was ,burnt down by the black-
faccd spies hoes Bolton, and. if he haul heard such a story, he
should out have believed it, Ho believed his name might
have been putebia a as tme of the prosecutors. He might have
heard that one et the persons executed was a child, but had
never seen the parties.
lie-examined by Mr. SCAR LETT—MitIICSS thought it was not
safe to remain at the meeting, as he expected- that it would
be dispersed. He did nut think such a meeting safe fur the
lawn of Matuchcster. tie should suppose that there might be
filer ;0,000 to 100,000 persans present. They were almost
exclusively of the labouring classes, with the exception of
. those whom he supposed to have been carried there by ca-
-1-1044y, irons their standing some distance trout the hust-
ings. Some of the persoos who formed the multitude might
unquestionably be out of employmeat.
Roger Entwistle, examined by Mr. Scatteerr —Was an
attorney at Manchester. From ten to eleven on the liith of
August, he %vas at the Albany Hotel, in Piccadilly, on the
load leading to. Stockport. He saw a coach going at a foot
pace, and a prucessiou advance as from Stockport that night,
consisting of from four thousand to five thousand men,
n arching•-like regular soldiers. They had banners and capt
of liberty with them. Several hail the command of different
parties. •Those who appeared to committal were un one side
at certain iistervals, about a yard from the rest. They had
sticks, apil very large 4)IICS. Some wafted with them, and
some carried them on their shoulders. The coach stopped
opposite the White Bear, in Piccadilly, and he saw Mr.
Muorhouse step out of the coach which accompanied them.
• One the marching men said to lilt», " Thou hest a good
coat on thy back, but I shall have as good a one before the
nizlo is nut." Several ut them on hearibg this went into the
.huuse. Witness then went to St. James's-square ; there he
shy the special constables in. front if Mr. Buxton's house.
Mr. Hunt had nut then arrieed. Went to see Mr. Hunt com-
,ing Op. Ile was in a carriage with Mi. Monthouse and sere-
sit hers. It was the same coach that lie had seen ars ive
Stockport. Ili saw Mr. Hunt get on the hustings. He
previously seen a party, said to be from Oldham and
loss, arrive un the ground. They marched on, the band
" Rule Britannia,•' and the people exclaiming," Bri-
toa. never will be slaves." Altogether he should suppose
must have consisted of at least one hundred
tl.oasand men. 'Kiley were nearly all of the lower order.—.