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London, England, 1819-08-19 00:00:00

thought kt by the leaders of the part? which had
brought them that they should remain stationary.—
A post was accordingly assigned to the bearers of
them, to which shortly aftet wards a dung cart was
-brought, into which the stAndarc4bearers were or-
dered to mount, and from which all the standards
arriving afterwards were most appropriately dis-
played. Numerous large bodies of Reformers con-
tinued to arrive from this time to one o'clock, from
the different towns in the neighbourhood of Manches-
ter, all with flags, and many cf them drawn up five
deep, and in regular marching order. A Club of
Female Reformers, amounting in number, according
to our calculation, to 156, came from Oldham ; and
another, not quite so nurierous, from Royton. The
fi,•st bore a white silk banner, by far the most elegant
displayed during the day, inscribed—" Majzo C'art-
wright's all, Annual Parliaments, U4iversal Stfrag,e,
and Vote by Ballot." In one compartment of it was
.Justice, holding the scales in one hand, and a sword
in the other; in another a large eye, which we sup-
pose was impiously intended to represent the eye of
Providence. On the reverse of this flag was another
inscription; but in the hurry of the day we found it
impossible to decipher what it was, and can only say
that there were uron it two hands, both decorated in
shirt ruffles, clasped in each other, and underneath
them an inscription—" Oldham Union." The latter,
(i. e. the females of Royton) bore two red flags: the
one inscribed—" Let us (i. e. women) die like men, and
not be sold like slaves." The other—" Annual Parlia-
ments and Unive-sal Suffrage." The Radicals of
Saddleworth brought with them a black flag to the
field, on one side of which was inscribed, " Taxation
toithout Representation is unjust and tyrannical; equal
Representation or Death ; ' on the other side was—
" Union is strength.—Unite and be free. Saddleworth
and Mosley Union." The Reformers from lloclidat!
and Middleton marched to the sound of the bugle,
and in very regular time, closing and expanding
their ranks, and marching in ordinary and double
quick time, according as it pleased the fancy of their
leaders to direct them. They had two green banners,
between which they had hoisted on a red pole, a cap
of liberty, crowned with leaves of laurel, and bear-
ing the inscription " Flunt and Liberty." Another
band bore a banner, in which Britannia was repre-
sented with her trident, leaning on a shield, upon
which was inscribed the motto borne by Sir Wittiam
WALLACE, " Got) anneth the Patriot !"

In this manner the business of the day proceeded
till one o'clock, by which time we should suppose
that 80,000 people were assembled on the ground.
The enthusiasm excited among the crowd by the
presence of the HUNT was certainly beyond any thing
which we ever before witnessed ; and the cheers with
which he was hailed were loud and lasting. When
he had taken his stand upon the hustings, which
were formed of two carts lashed together, and boards
spread over them, he expressed considerable disap-
, approbation of the manner in which they were formed
and of the place in which they were situated. This will
not excite surprise when we state, that it was so ar-
ranged that the speaker had to talk against the wind ;
and also, that on Mr. HUNT'S last appearance at Man-
chester, dr! hustings were so slightly built as to yield
to the pressure of the superincumbeat crowd, though
fortunately no accident happened from their giving
way. After the different persons who intended to
address the multitude had taken their position upon
them, and silence had been obtained, Johnson came
forward, and proposed drat Henry Hunt be ap-
pointed their Chairman. Here a short pause ensued,
as if Johnson expected that some person would have
come forward to second his proposition. No person,
however, doing so, Johnson proceeded to call upon
them to carry the question by acclamation. The
meeting did so, and HENRY Hustr was declared
Chairman amid cheers of three times three.

At this stage of the business the Yeomanry Cavalry
were seen advancing in a rapid trot to the area : their
ranks were in disorder, and on arriving within it,
they halted to breathe their horses, and to re:over
their ranks. A panic seemed to strike the persons at
the outskirts of the meeting, who immediately began
to scamper in every direction. After a moment's
pause, the cavalry drew their swords, and brandished
them fiercely in the air : upon which HUNT and
JOHNSON desired the multitude to give three cheers,
to shew the military that they were not to be daunt-
ed in the discharge of their duty by their unwelcome
presence. This they did, upon which Mr. HUNT
again proceeded. This was a mere trick to interrupt
the proceedings of the meeting ; but he trusted that
they would all stand firm. He had scarcely said
these words, before the Manchester Yeomanry Ca-
valry rode into the mob, which gave way before
them, and directed their course to the cart from
which Mr. HUNT was speaking. Not a brickbat was
thrown at them—not a pistol was fired during this
period : all was quiet and orderly, as if the Cavalry
had been the friends of the multitude, and had
marched as such into the midst of them. A bugle-
man went at their head, then an officer, and then
came the whole troop. They wheeled round the
waggons till they came in front of them, the people
drawing back in every direction on their approach.
'After they had surrounded them in such a manner
as to prevent all escape, the Officer who commanded
the detachment went up to Mr. HUNT, and said,
brandishing his sword, " Sir, I have a warrant against
you, and arrest you as my prisoner." HUNT, after
exhorting the people to tranquillity in a few words,
turned round to the Officer, and said, " I willingly
surrender myself to any Civil Officer who will shew
me his warrant." Mr. NADIN, the Chief Police Of-
ficer at Manchester, then came forward, and said—
" I will arrest you ; I have got informations upon
oath against you," or something to that effect. The
Military Officer then proceeded to say that he had a
warrant against JOHNSON. JOHNSON also asked for a
Civil Officer; upon which a Mr. ANDREW came for-
ward, and HUNT and JOHNSON then leaped from off
the waggon, and surrendered themselves to the Civil
Power. Search was then made fur Moontiousa and
KNIGHT, against whom warrants had also been is-
sued. In the hurry of this transaction, they had by
some means or other contrived to make their escape.
As soon as HUNT and JOHNSON had jumped from the
wagon, a cry was made by the cavalry, " Have at
their flags." In consequence, they then dashed not only
at the flags which were in the waggon, but those
which were posted among the crowd, cutting most
indiscriminately so the right and to the left in order
to get at them. This set the people running in all

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didectiods, and it was not till this act had been coos
mitted that any brick-hats were hurled at the mill;
tary. From that moment the Manchester I-nmanry
Cavalry lost all command of tenTef: peron of
the name of Saxton, who is, we believe, the Editm•ef
the Manchester Observer, was standing in the cart.
Two privates rode up to him. " There," said one of
them, " is that villain, Saxton: do you run him
through the body." " Nol replied the other, " I had
rather not—l leave it to you." The man immedi-
ately made a hinge at Saxton, and it was only by
slipping aside that the blow mis,ed his life. As it
was, it cut his coat and waistcoat, but fortunately
did him no other injury. A man within
.five yards
of us in another direction had his nose completely
taken off by a blow of a sabre ; whilst another was
laid prostrate, but whether he was dead or had merely
thrown himself down to obtain protection we cannot
say. Seeing all this hideous work going on, we felt an
alarm which any man may be forgiven for reeling in
a similar situation : looking around us, we saw a
constable at no great distance, and thinking that our
only chance of safety r ested in placing ourselves un-
der his protection, we appealed to him for assistance.
Ile immediately took us into custody, and on our
saying that we merely attended to report the proceed-
ings of the day, he replied—" Oh ! oh ! You then
are one of their writers—you must go before the Ma-
gistrates." To this we made no objection ; in can'
sequence he took us to the house where they were
sitting, and in our road thither, we saw a woman on
the'ground, insensible, to all outward appearance,
and with two large goutsof blood on her left breast:
Just as we came to the hou'e, the constables were
conducting III;Ny into it, and were treating him in
a manner in which they were neither justified by law
nor humanity, striking him with their stares on the
head. After he had been taken into the hoase, we
were admitted also ; and it is only justice to the man
who apprehended us to state, that he did every thing
in his power to protect us from ill-usage, and shewed
us every civility consistent with his duty.
In the room into which we were put, we found the
Orator, Johnsor, Saxton, and some other individuals
of minor note, among whom was another woman in
a fainting condition.. NADI N the constable was also
there. fitaxT and Jorrxsox !Nall asked him to spew

them the warrants on which they had been appre-
hended. This he refused t•? do, saying. that he had
information upon oath against them, which was quite
sufficient for him. HUNT then called upon the persons
present to mark NADIN's refusal. Shortly after this
transaction, Mr. HAY, the Chairman of the Magis-
trates, came into the apartment, and asked' IIuNT if
he was aft aid to go down to the New Bailey ? if he
was, he himself would accompany him, and look after
his safety. HUNT, who we forgot to say, had received
a slight sabre wound on one of his hands, said, that
he should have no objection to the Magistrate's com •
pang ; he certainly did not like either a cut from a
sabre or a blow from a staff, both of which had been
dealt cut to him in no small quantity.
Mr. HAY shortly afterwards went out, having first
made a reply to Mr. HUNT, which some riot out of
doors prevented us from hearing. On casting our
eyes at the place where the immense multitude had
lately been assembled, we were surprised in the short
space of ten minutes to see it cleared of all its for-
mer occupiers, and filled by various troops of mili-
tary, both horse and foot. Shortly after this had
occurred, a Magistrate came into the room, and
bade the prisoners prepare to march off to the New
Bailey. HUNT was consigned to the custody of Co-
' lonel l'EstnalloE, of the 31st foot, and a detach-
ment of the 15th. Hussars ; and under his care, he
and all the other prisoners, who were each placed
between two Constables, reached the New Bailey in
perfect safety. The staffs of two of Huxr's banner;
were carried in mock procession before him.
After these individuals had been committed to the
custody of the Governor, .they were turned into one
common yard, where the events of the day formed
the subject of conversation. KNIGHT and MORE-
liousE, who had been taken a short time after them,

were afterwards added to their company. About
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tire o'clock the Magistrates directed th.e.GOvernor of
the prison to lock each of them up in a solitary cell,
and to see that they had no communication with each

other. This was accordingly done.
At seven o'clock, when we quitted Manchester, all
was quiet in the town. A report had however reached
it, that there was a serious riot at Oldham, and in
consequence some troops of the Cheater Yeomanry
were sent to quell it.
In our road to Stockport, our attention was forci-
bly struck by the numerous groups of idle men, who
were congregated together along it. They appeared
ready for any wicked or desperate purpose. On our
into Macclesfield, ab:,tit ten at night, we were
stopped by sonic special constables, and advised not
' to proceed further up the tewn, if we had any regard
whatsoever for our lives. Of course we took their
advice, and turned our horses into a yard, as they
desired us. On inquiring into the cause of the anxiety
which was depicted in all their faCes, they informed
ns that the Reformers in their ncighboui hood,
irri-
tated by the defeat which they had sustained at Man-
chester the day before, had assembled in a body of
two or three thousand men, and had been commit-
ting the most abominable acts of violence in different
quarters of the town. In the market-place they had
broken every window which looked into it, and in
various other places had dine similar acts of atrocity.

Mails have arrived this forenoon from flamburgh
and Flanders, with Papers to the 13th and 17th inst.
A dreadful fire broke out on the 27th ult. among
the shipping on the Neva, which occasioned damage
to the amount of a million of rubles. T rang uillity is
entirely restored at Wurtzburgh, and tqe Jews are
beginning gradually to return to their homes.
FALMOVaI, 16.—Wind variahle.—Arrived the Bidder
Darre, LUDVIOSON, from I.ongsound. Sailed the Bideford,
M' Du' for Barbadoes ; and Marchioness of Queensberry
packet, with a Mail for the ll:azils.
PLYMOUTH, AU. I;.—Arrived the William and Henry,
Cour,from St. Kitts, for LoLion, in 64 days, having lost her
rudder BO days since. In heating into Catwater she struck on
a aand bank, but got off gain. Also arrived the Pursuit, Ile-
THIRFORD, from Rigs; and Friepds, FetaltttiON, from Memel.
PORTSMOUTII, Acc. 18.—Wind \'.E.—Sailed the Star trans-
port, for Chatham.
DIAL, Arcusr 18.—Wind N.r.—Arrived and sailed for she
River, the Paragon, Wine, from Grenada. Passcd by the
Mentor, ItAyrza, front Bremen for B..ltimore—she reports the
loss of an American brig, on the Sth inst. in the Weser.
Ilahwten, AUGUST 1 g.—Arrived the Castlereagh packet from
Cuxhaven. Sailed the Auckland packet for ditto, ar.d Parc,
of Orange packet fur Holland, all with mails.