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saw the dead bodies of others lying on the field, and
he beheld the cavalry abusing the remains of their
victims by riding over them—but their horses, more
humane than their masters, reluctantly trampled.
over the bodies of the murdeted dead.—(Applause).—
Ile was at length brought to the door of the house
where the Magistrates were assembled, and how was
he treated? He received at least 66 blows of the
truncheons of the constables. Every man struck at
him. A•Government officer, a scoundrel and a cow-
ard, with a thick stick, aimed a violent blow at him
with both his hands, intending, no doubt, to dash out.
his brains; his hat, however, protected him, when
one of the humane friends of this base officer took off
his hat, and left his head, bare as it was, exposed to
fresh blows, which, however, he sometimes averted
by turning his head aside. He was next conducted
along a dark passage threuo a number of consta-
bles, every one of whom bad either a punch or a blow
at him—he merely cried out to them, 4 Ye cowards,
don't murder me r upon which The Courier had said
—" See, Hun:, oh! what a cowardly fellow, he cried
out murder r—(A laugh.) He and his fellow pri-
soners were marched under an escort of dragoons to
the New Bailey, and there they were incarcerated in
solitary dungeons,under a charge of High Treason,
for a space or:rl days: denied any intercourse with
their friends, even his Attorney they would not allow
to see him: his friends, Mr. WEST, and Mr. PEAR-
SON, the latter his Agent, after travelling from Lon-
don, would not be permitted to see him—he even
asked for permission to see a Manchester Attorney in
the presence of the gaoler ; but even this request was
refused. At five minutes' notice he was brought up
for examination, after blood-hounds had been sent
up to London to pick bp a little bit of treason, if
!ncould at all make it out—(Loud
ut lo ! and behold ! after consultations with the
Attorney-General and the Jailer-General, no charge
of. High Treason was brought forward, but the charge
was altered to a Conspiracy to alter the laws by force
and threats. Amongst the prisoners was one poor
woman, who, though in a distressed and fainting
state, was incarcerated in a lonely dungeon for eleven
diys. Her case was a shocking one. The Magis-
trates' Clerk drew up a deposition for a Police man
to swear against her ; but the Constable would not
swear up to the mark—(A laugh). He said he saw
her in a fainting state, and he felt it his duty to take
her to a place of safety ; but some of the Constables
rescued her from him, and beat, kicked, and abused
her, though in a weakly state, and seven months gone
with child !! The Solicitor of the Treasury, after
this wretched female was treated in this manner,
found that he had no charge against her, and there-
fore -woad generously dismiss her. But the woman
has sense ; she has received grievous injuries, and she
have redress—(Applause). He (Mr. Hunt) had
his friends in Court at the examination ; he had Sir
ClurlesWolseley—a friend in need is a friend indeed!
--(Ap#arsse)--and after being under examination for
four :hours, he retired to change his linen, and to take
a cup-of tea, when the humane Jailer told him he
had but three minutes to allow him, and he must be
off to Lancaster, a distance of 54 miles. Bail had been
all day in attendance, but because it was not at a
moment's warning on the spot, they were sent off;
handcuffed, a journey of 54 miles—(Cries of Shame!).
The fact was, that through the different towns they
hid to pass, military arrangements had been made,
middle Magistrates did not wish to disappoint those
Military heroes. He was pursued by his friends,
and found in a dungeon, six feet by eight. He had
first thrown himself on an iron bed ; when he was re-
leased, he was drawn back to Manchester, and in
leery town he and his friends were met by the gra-
talations of thousands and twenty thousands of his
countrymen. They attended at the A ssi zes—Mr.
house was charged with High Treason, on the oath
of Owen, of Piatt, and Darbyshire ; he preferred Bills
of Indictment against Owen, and nine witnesses sup-
ported the charge ; the Bills were found—he pre-
ferred two other Bills against Platt and Darbyshire,
precisely on the same evidence ; those Bills were
thrown out—and why ? the Solicitor of the Treasury
sent up Bills of'lndictment against him (Mr. Hunt),
against Moorhouse, and others—the evidence of Dar-
byshire and Platt was to be used against them, and,
therefore, the consistent and conscientious Grand
Jury refused to find the Bills for Perjury, founded as
they were on the same evidence as that against Owen.
Several Bills were presented for maiming and wound-
ing—one by a beautiful young women, about 23
years of age. She was at the Meeting of the 16th—
she was pressed en by the Cavalry—she held her in-
fant child in her hands, and in a tone and posture of
supplication she cried out for mercy ; but she cried
to those who had neither manliness nor mercy about
them. At that moment sbe received a severe cut of
a sabre in the head; her child fell from her hands,
and lay weltering in its mother's blood—(Loud shrieks
of horror). In this situation one of the ruffian Ca-
valry rode up to her and inflicted another blow !
(Cries of s4arae and horror). Though she exhibited
her wounds to the Grand Jury, .and chewed one
wound full fivisinches long, the reply they made was,
that she muss certainly have gone there for the put-
'pose of being cut down—(Crieslf Shame). Another In-
dictment was presented by a boy of the name of Lee
—he received four cuts, one of which was seven inches
long—the boy was in the room, they might see him.—
LHere this youth was introduced to the company;
he is about 14 years of age, and a fineassoking boy 3
but the Grand Jury threw out the Bills in his case.
He (Mr. Hunt) and his friends declined sending up
any further Bills of Indictment to that Jury. In the
mean time, true Bills were found against him andhlii
associates; he refused bail until all his friends were
enlarged.—(Applause)—feeling as he did that they'
were equally guilty or innocent with him. This de-
claration went through the country like wild-fire,
and there were ne less than fiftypersons them-
selves to go bail ; at Preston a person
a premium of .4:5 to be allowed t.
IWeei.,e.) But here the most capriclo'
conduct was pursued on the part
,they refused to take Bail cdfered
in some cases asked the prisoners
whom the prisoners did not know.-.but
many of them were : to the meter' "
glishmon be it said, that in SS
.application for sail refused.
cored, they were drawn in triumph
As for the scope of this day, it ins
scribe ito—netter was such a scene -
the %wait of Highgate Hill test:savor

r and Anchor ; indeed he might say to the end of the liberty be the first lesson we learn, and resistance to
Strand, the roads were crowded, and the air rung oppression be the fiat lesson we keep!"
with the acclamations of the people, testifying at The CHAIRAIA.N said, that there were two Gentle-
once their approbation of his conduct and their ab- men now at Manchester who were zealously and ef-
horrence of the infamous conduct of the Magistrates.! ficiently employed-in the cause of humanity and the
A miracle saved his life ; he escaped from an infa- I People. They had voluntarily conic forward to give
mote and bloosly conspiracy ; he owed .his safety to the aid of their talents, without fee or reward, to the
the fears pf his enemies—to his own firmness—and,' unfortunate persons who suffered at Manchester. Ile
above all, to the dispensations of an all-merciful Gop! I himself, and those who had been lac trcerated v ids
His sole aim had ever been to restore tothe poor Flan him, were COW placed in the hands of those Gentle-
the enjoyment of those rights of which nothing should men. He trusted, therefore, that the Meeting would
deprive him. Ile had never said that there should be have no objection to drink their healths.
an equal division of property, and that there should be The following toast was then drank—
no poor people. No, the whole front of his offending, " The heaktit of Messrs. Pearsen and Harmer ; and may ore
was an earnest wish that the poor and industrious man, s o.f, Law be filed with men to equal thtm in talent 2-141
integrity. —Three times three.
VI 110 laboured from one end oftlie week to the other .Court
The following was also drank—
should have something more than the necessaries of life. e The Independent Press of this City; particularly that Frt..
If something was not rotten in the Constitution, he of it which faithfully recorded the pro:ceding% at ilanchester.'
contended, that such a man would have some little A Gentleman connected with one of the Morning
thing to minister to his luxuries, and have by him a Papers having been pointedly called upon by the
something against a wet day—(Loud cheering.) Ile Chairman, that Gentleman felt himself compelled to
had never said any thing more, and this he spoke rise, and stated, that he felt it impossible to resist the
from his heart. If at any time, in an incautious mo- call% and, in the name of himself and Colleagues, to
meet, any other sentiment escaped him, it could not give expression to that satisfaction which the kind
be set down for his, for he felt no kindred feeling to approval of their conduct by any society of Engli h-
it in his breast—(Applause.) He said there should men must excite. Although for hiniselhe must ac-
he rich and poor, but the poor man's situation in the knowledge, that so far as he had entertained any d -
scale of society was not to be taken from him. This terrnined political opinions, he might be found to dif-
he would maintain to his latest breath—(Great ap- fer from the political sentiments of the generality of
plause.) Before he sat down, he would mention one the Meeting, still upon a question such as that which
case. A poor man had his shoulders dislocated, and had now assembled them together, he felt that it was
a bad cut on his forehead; he was taken to the Infix-- impossible for him at least, to dissent from them.
mary, the Surgeons began to gibe him, and because The humble duties to which he and his Colleagues
he said he felt more than ever the necessity of Re- were destined, demanded from them a perpetual dis-
(crap, he was taken, bleeding and wounded as he was, interestedness in political contentions, which was_ll-
- turned out of the Infirmaxy After reading a most incqnsistent with the formation of a political opi-
letter on the case of Mrs. Wroe and family, which nion, and still more with the expression of a decided one.
the writer said would disgrace the time of Charles I, Nevertheless, with respect to the late proceedings at
he concluded amid loud and long acclamations. .Manchester, one and all, they united with the COUII.
Mr. HeNr then rose, and proposed the following try in the sentence of execration so emphatically pro-
toast:— nounced upon the Magistrates of that town. But as
" Mr. Moorhonse and the nine other patriotic Gentlemen who it often happened that the perpetration of evil was
were incarcerated in solitary dungeons on charges of lligh the source of good ; so was it to be hoped that the
Treason, in order to screen the Manchester Magistrates from
acts of the Manchester Magistrates woeld not be
the consequences of their illegal and atrocious conduct."
This was drank with three times three. 'without their benefit: and it would be for the impar.
Mr. MOORIIOUSE, in a few words, returned thanks.
tial pen of the future historian to describe to pos-
The health of Sir CHARLES WOLSELET, and the terity, in becoming colours, the cowardly and cruel.
rest of those patriots who so nobly came forward to conduct which distinguished that event.
bail Mr. limit and the rest of the prisoners, was next This Gentleman's address was received with very
drank, with three times three, and amid loud cheers. great applause. •
Mr. FORRESTER, who announced himself as a Citi- The CHAIRMAN said it was now about time to
zen of London, and a friend to Reform, rose to ad-' think of separating for the night. He trusted that as
the Reformers had been happily united by the late
dress the company, and congratulated them OR the
, they would not now allow event
good humour and unanimity which prevailed. After .disastrouss
them-
saying that he conceived every map there had a right selves to be disgraced by divisions among themselves,
to utter his sentiments, he concluded by proposin He implored' them to return home in peace and
the health of Mr. GALE JONES.—This was drank with quietness=
reat enthusiasm. - •Mr. HMIr then took his leave (half-past twelve),
and the Meeting dispersed. The events of the day
Mr. GALE JONES entered into a statement of the
motives which induced the Committee of Manage-
thus terminated, and in no single instance was it pes-
ment to persevere in their determination to usher Mr. Bible to discover any tendency to disorder.
Hunt into the Metropolis by a Public Procession.—
Other public characters, on occasions of-very ordi-
nary import, were received with that ceremonial ;
and he would be glad to know in their history the oc-
casion that deserved it mere than that, where the
individual they thus honoured was, at the same time,
the sufferer, and the able and the determined-opposer
of a base and cowardly conspiracy ?--(Hear, hear).
He would not dwell on the notorious infamy of the;
Manchester Magistrates and Yeomanry—they were
mete Subalterns. It was against the sanguinary Ad-
ministration that impelled and encouraged them, that
the public execration should be directed—(Tumults'
.}'applause).—They had made war against thelia.:
aicil Reformers. The blood spilt at_Manchester was
the first experiment ; but he would tell them, that
so entwined was that principle with the heart of an
Englishman, that though they every day forged new
fetters—though they imprisoned every honest writer
for the Public Press, and silenced every speaker on
the part of the People—were even the fires of
Smithfield re-lighted for Political, as they once were
for Religious Persecution, all was in vain ; Reform
must, and would, ultimately triumph—(Cheers).—
He felt it his duty to advert to a subject, which, if he
did not avow, he should think himself deficient in
honest feeling. It.was this —something like indiffe-
rence was felt towards some Members of the Com-
mittee of Management, viz. Dr. Watson, Mr. Thistle-
wood, and Mr. Preston, because, forsooth, they had
been tried for Treason—in other words, because they
had been persecuted, as the verdict of their Jury de-
monstrated ; and yet that distinction was strange in
these enlightened times, when it was recollected that
Sidney and Russell suffered as traitors under a flagi-
tious Goyernment, and that but for the treason of
our ancestors, in 1668, the tyranny of the Stuarts
would have been perpetuated ; and even the rights
that remained to Englishmen would not now have.
been enjoyed—(Continued cheers). Of these friends
he would say, that they honestly and sincerely exert-
ed themselves, at every personal sacrifice, to further
the great object of that day. He knew well, that the
consciousness of a patriotic duty was to them a suffi-
cient reward ; but he also knew, that an English
Assemblage of Reformers would not allow a preju-
dice to operate where an obligation was due—(Bravce
Jones .1) He could not, therefore, withheld his ap-
probation from the active Members of the com-
mittee of Management.
Dr. WATSON then rose, and, after a short preface,
stated to the assembly, that it would be necessary to
appeal to the generosity of the Public, as there fiad
been a deficiency of means to meet the expenses of
the Procession. The musicians, he said, were volute.
teers, and would receive no remuneratipn for thew
exertions.
Mr. WADDINGTON expressed his inability as well
as disinclination to indulge in any eloquent diseass.l
sion• • The deeds of blood at Manchester b'aflied even,
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• LANCASHIRE ASSIZES, SEPT. 11.
• SEDITION.
In our Report of the proceedings on Tuesday last,
we mentioned that Sir CHARLES Wm-gnu and Mr,
JOHNSOR were allowed to enter into recognizances
of g5O each for a person of the name of Fitton, upon
the understanding that .Fitton would appear per-
sonally in Court before the end of the Assizes to tra.
verse and enter into recognizances for 1.300. Fitton,
Knight, and several other persons, had been indicted
before the Quarter Sessions for Seditious Speiches at
AMeiting in grief:burn.
William Elkin; a Surgeon, appeared in Court this
morning, and stated, that having understood that
bail had beengiven for him with an understanding
that he- should appear daring the Assizes, he had
come with the utmost haste to present himself, and he
was now ready to enter into recognizances.
Mr. Baron Woo —I cannot attend to that just
now : you must wait till the Court is unoccupied.
Mr. Fitton—lt would be of the utmost importance
to me to get away, without delay, in order to attend
to my professional duties.
Mr. Baron Woon—You must wait, Sir.
• Mr. Fitton, having patiently sat in Court till Al
the trials were ended, at half-past six o'clock presented
himself again to the notice of his Lordship, and said,
he had come with all the haste in his power to answer
any demands which the Court had to make upon him,
Mr. Baron Woon.—Very well ; you can now tra-
-verse, and enter into recognizances.
Mr. Fitton, having done so, said he was anxious to
explain that he never knew hat he ought to appear
there. He had given bail at the Quarter Sessions in
the New Bailey, Salford, and had engaged to appear
there at the next Sessions. But of the necessity of
coming before his Lordship, he had never been told:
nay, a regular Attorney, had advised him that he had
DO OCORSIOU to come.
Mr. Baron WOOD.—Well, the indictment has been
removed from the Quarter Sessions into this Court,
Has it not?
Mr. Hopkins.—Yes, my Lord, it has.
Mr. Fitton.—My Lord, I wish to put a question,
which I bore is mot contrary to the law of the land,
or inoonsisteat with the usage of this Court. I wish
to know, who my prosecutor is?
Mr. Barpn Wpon.—You have got a copy of the
indictment,'
Mr. Fitton.—Yes, my Lord, I have; but It is in
general terms. There is no specific charge against
me, and no prosecutor it named. 1 have to xenkark,
that all the proceedings against sue have been ;nog
inquisitorial.
Mr. Baron Woop.--Let me hear twilling of inqui-
sitorial. The indictment has been found against you
.by the Grand Jury, as in all other laSe4.
Mr. 'Fitton.—l dpo:t wish to spy eny thiqg that
ma;Pftend -
r. Baron

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at with him. This de- as disinclination to indulge in tiny eloquent cuscus- ,van. 1 ILLOII.I .
:ountry like wild-fire, 'kW I, Wp may on iw7 w.f. ami ~.....
sion.- Th, e deeds of blol at Manchester baffled eve may offend y9ur Lorlhi eao
p, .
rpersons offered them- the colouring of the pencil, or the description of 'the Mr. Baron Wool) (smiling.).-:say nothing then!
a rson even offered
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orator ; but e, would shew, even from the records Mr. fitton.-.-Weß, ley Lord, I wisirto prevent any
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Ned to go bail—(4p ar.d precedents of their own Courts of Law, that undue prejudice fram.being farmed -against we on ; i,, i
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there were reasons why the judges could not refuse account of my absence, when I was first ca4ld e upon I il
capricious and unjust 1, '
art of the Magialo4os, the removal of the trial Of Mr. Hum, and his noble in this Court, as if I wore 4fraid to meet the charge, . ii.' • •
red brthe,anstiaal and and patriotic Compeers, from the County of Lau- lam not afraid 4.ta meet it. ( am most willing to i* j ? :
Lens for 'persons as ihal caster to other Counties; where Juries might be ex- meet inr ar,ousers,.and. tp pros; my ioriocence.
row.-.but sussisgent as petted to be unprejudiced, ' Mr. Waddington Alien "M., 13:Arop IoVoOR.-1 lipow ,4
,no kumiud,i4e , 1
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