Star.
London, England, 1819-12-20 00:00:00

0 31E310RABLE SIXTEENTH 01'
A UG UST. .
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following has been 'published by Major Coos-
lite of the 15th Hussars) relative to " what ac-
,ccurred at Manchester on the 16th of Au-
far as he was concerned :
" BRITISH Corrix-Ilome, Dscrwira
true, as erroneously presumed bythe Officersrthat
son used by Mr. Parkins in his iettef of. the sth of
1...0re to the affair of. the 16th of Augusja were
rt of what. I had said to him. At an • acadental
th Mr. Parkins, soon after my return from Man-
asked me many questions relative to the dispersion
ing on the 16th of August, and particularly as to t4e
took in the operations of that.day. To this
.plied, that I hoped I had saied more than I had
e course of our conversation, he observed that 'soliie
the anurance to assert that blood h; not been Spilt
;on in question ; to which I replied, that my over-
that assertion, as they had been stained whilit
.• in between the people and some individuals who
.I;.g uncalled for severity. I used no such expressions
ined knees' or' infuriated Yeomanry,' nor said one
wounded victims or • military execution.' Neither
..!id say uttered in a spirit of hostility to the Military,
‘, or the Government ; but was spoken in the
~trse of conversatian, on the occasion of a casual
horseback in Hyde Park, without the most distant
on my part that it would be carried to the Press.
actually occurred at Manchester, on the Itith of
for as I was concerned, the following (which is the
st. what I mentioned to Mr. Parkins) is a very short
account
;be arrival of the 15th Hussars to assist in dispersing
ig (the Yeomanrybaving previously, and in their ab-
jured to the hustings), ,and when I was personally as-
se accomplishment of that object, I perceived that the
Nang from one of the corners of the field was inter-
y a party of the military, who had surrounded a consi-
body of people. Knowing that it was the dispersion of
'kg that was desired, and not their destruction, a sense
.s well as humanity, led me to interpose, and I shall
ice in having done so, notwithstanding the misrepresen-
' unmerited reflections to which I have in consequence
ord.
~sins for me to correct an erroneous impression that
wive to my quitting the service, and which appears
i~iu,ted in the extraordinary observation of the Offi-
, the person who is stated to.have made use of such
nu longer in the Army !' They well know that niy
ie .luny had no connection with Manchester affairs,
1.,r from leaving it under any such circumstances,
w was the result of a Memorial to the Commander-in-
lin sting to be permitted, nil account of my services, to
which I had not purchased. This was trans-
his Royal Highness sonic time before the Meeting fn
and the request having been granted, my leaving the
owed as a matter of course.
felle•t explanation on the subject of the obnoxious pa-
i Mr. Parkins's letter was given by me. in a letter co
wrymple, the instant I received an application from'
e'sulicct, being nearly a fortnight prior to the appear-
le Declaration of the Officers. Why the explanation
so save was not published, Instead of the Declaration
tusesi me of not explaining, is not for me to detefrnino.
I am-, &es
" W. E. COCHRANK., late Major 15th Hussars."