Star.
London, England, 1822-04-10 00:00:00

114 CREASE of DUTY on FIRE INSURANCE
A. plc! hy the different OFFICES on an average of the last
Five 'fear% i. e. the different* between the Payments for Iss
and i est —Extracted from the Stamp. Office Returns. The
Pikes which htte tilt increased are not quoted :
County . • . - X 9,956 14 6
Union - 5,494 5 9
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Arta. - - 4,785 1 1
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Norwich Union (now dissolved) 5,527 2 9
Hand in Hand - . 576 9 7
Hope . - - 633 15 5
Royal Exchange - - 506 8 5
Sun . - - 174 10 0
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ONE DAY TO DRAW. T
an ' .1. SIVEWRIGHT lay before their Friends
e• • and the Public the Rich State of the Wheel for the Last
and Only Day of Drawing, is.
TUESDAY, 23e or APRIL,
When all the Prises. including,
TWO OF 4:20.000!
AND TWENTY OTHER CAPITALS,
Are Sure to be Drawn.
Tickets and Shaves are Selling, warranted undrawa, at J. and
3. Strew rums's fortunate Oalces,37, CORNH ILL; 11, 1101,
BOR sr 38, IHAYIT 4RKET, earner of Coventry-street ;
where • !-• vnld all •'•-• Avo. ow Prizes in a recent Lottery;
and in their very last Contract, No. 4,421, a Prize of ,C 25,000.
with numerous other Capitals. •

MANCHESTER O UTR AGE.

LANCASTER ASSIZES, APRIL S.
FOURTH DAY.

(Fri lence.for the Defence, in continuation from yesterday.)
Mr. Justice tlotnovn took his seat in Court at a
few minutes past eight o'clock. The names of the
Jury were called ever, and after they had been re-
spectively answered to, the trial of the case was se-'
snmeti. At that moment them were not more than
fifty uersons in the Court.
The first witness called was Mr. John Moore, who deposed
a' follows :—I was one of the two constables of Manchester in
1319. I was the colleague of Mr. Andrews. I came into ogee
in the latter part of 1818. From that time to August, 1919, we
had opportunities of knowing the state of the public mind. I
have seen Mr. Hunt in Manchester. I saw bins in January.
1819, corning into the town in au open carriage, attended by a
great imb of persons, who appeased to be of the very lowest
character. Along with Hunt there were several other passes
in the carriage. He was then entering Manchester from the
Stockport-road. Johnson was one of the party which came with
I font. i saw Hunt again near the Exchange with the same sin
companiments, and followed him to St. Peter's-field. I thin,
went back to the Police Office, and afterwards returned again to
the fi Id. wheni I foetid a person addressing the people from an
el-vated position. The Sleeting was numerous, and the effects
el it were apparent for some days afterwards in Manchester.—
The effects appeared in in (annual quantity of the lower orders
being continually in the streets. That circumstance, in my opi-
r;on. was to be ascribed to the appearance of hunt. I saw
Hunt once after that time. He remained in Manchester till the
Tuesday in the next week. In consequence of the disorderly
appearance of the town, the Boroughreeve and Constables, of
whom I was one, thought it right to request the Manager to
close the Theatre.
Mr. IlLacsausse objected to this request being received as
evidence.
Mr. Serjeant !hawse contended, that it was perfectly ad.
missilde; and after a short conversation between the Learned
Counsel, it was allowed to be so.
Examination continued.—l thought the closing of the Theatre
to he a necessary step to the preservation of the peace of the
town. The Theatre, in puiu:t of fact, was closed, I did not see
hunt on the night that the Theatre was closed. On tlat night,
about five o'clock, the Boroughreeve and I went down to take
a little refreshment : I bad not taken any during the day, because
it was hardly po.sible during the whole of that week to get any
regular refreshment, from the number of communications brought
tr, the I'olice-office, to which we thought it our duty to attend.
Those communications related to the unsettled state of Nlan-
cl.ester. In my opinion that unsettled state was entirely the re-
sult of Mr. Ilunt's visit to NI .nchester at that time. Whilst I
was o.ling refreshment with the Bore ughreeve, information was
sent to nu' from the Police-office that a mob was colected round
the Theatre. and that it was attempting to force the doors. The
Tmroughretve and I went down to the Theatre in consequence.
When wr got there, we found a mob round the Theatre,though
pht..7ardih.-.d been stuck up, stating that it would be shut up that
evening. At that time it was growing dark, and we could not
sae !:at sort of a mob it was. I neither saw nor beard Mr.
hunt that night. The Boroughreeve and I got into the Theatre,
around which the mob continued assembled for some time. I
did not see Hunt again upon that occasion. Nly duties were
coasiderably inert:ased during Mr. Hunt's visit to the town, and
...ntihuttd the increase to the discontented state of the work-
irt issts. Ny attendance at the Police-face during that time
Wdi 21111: st continual. 1 had an opportunity of knowing the state
of the public mind in Rochdale, Oldham, and the places within
twelve miles of Manchester. From the information I received
from respectable individuals there, I knew that the mind of the
people was in the same state in those places as at Manchester.—
Nl'e were particularly anxious to get correct information, and
re rived it from time to time from those places subsequent
to the month of January. I first heard of the drillings which
sacre.going forward some weeks previously to the 16th August.
I saw the advertisement for the Meeting of the 9th August, very
rion'after it was published. I had heard of traininp and drillings
before the advertisement for that "%letting. The information I
rvceived on that subject came from various places. Inconsequence
of that information, my official labours grejtly increased, and
became almost intolerable. In my judgment they were elsens
flatly necessary for the preservation of the public tranquillity.—
The responsibility became so great, that we requested the Gen-
tlemen who had served office to form themselves into a Com-
mittee to assist us. They complied with our request, and a Cons.'
mittee was formed of persons of the first character, respect-
ability. and property, in the town of Manchester; many of them
bad served the office of Boroughreeve and Constable. Some,
however, had not. That Committee was an %ten Committee,
and consisted of sixty or seventy individuals; it was appointed
between January and August. The Committee met from time
to time, sometimes daily, and at all times liable to be summoned
by the lorounbreeve and Constables at the Police-office. Many
of the Gentlemen made tenders of their assistance, in conse-
quence, as I believe, of the great burdens thrown on ear shoul-
ders. The information we had received was communicated 'so
them, and every measure we adopted had their concurrence.—
Wa tot.k no measure which was not, in my judgment, necessary
to the preservation of the public peace. From the information
1 had, t thought that a visit front Mr. Hunt, at an time, was
hasty to endanger the tranquillity of the town of
I did not see Mr. Hunt In Manchester a the 9th of August.
0.1 the 16th of August, I thought it stamaary us take every
precaution that could be devised for the preserved= of tie
peace. My situation led me into constant communicationswith
the Magistrates on the state of things. I communicated to them
the Information which I obtained from time to dale on the state
of public feeling in .ianchester. 'They were in possession of all
the information that 1 had on the subject, on the morning of
the 16th. A Committee of Magistrates bad been appointed
Irons the Magistracy of the Counties of Lancaster and Cheater.
'That Committee was appututed in consequence of the Meeting
that was called for the 9th : at least, that is the impression on
my mind. Ten or twelve Gentlemen formed the Committee,
and Mr. Ilulton was the Chairman. After that Committee
was formed, the Gentlemen who composed it met from to time,
and I attended them. Nettie of them were inhabitants of Man-
chester—they came from a distance, and met almost daily. Some
of them lived in Cheshire, others in Yorkshire, and some iu
Isuicasnire, but at a distance from Manchester. They met en-
tirely, as 1 believe, in consequence of the state of public feeling
• it; atol about Manchester. 1 was engaged with the special con-
stables, who were persons of property and respectability, on the
loth, .tiet old not go to the ground until eleven o'clock on that
niort.ina. Their numbers amounted to about three or four hun-
dre... !ley came forward voluntarily—some were sworn in
befo.e the 16th of Attbust, others on the morning of that
day. The Nlagistrates met at Mr. liuxton's house the same
dal, about eleven o'clock. There was a cart on the field,
which was intended for a • buntings, and the Alagisto.tes de-
sired us to keep the c 1111 l munication up between it and tnecn.
5.: effect that object we formed a double line of comtables,with
ai.v.re two yards between them, directly up to the cart. The