Star.
London, England, 1819-09-28 00:00:00

MANeHESTER, SEPTEMBER 24.

Yesterday morning three poor boys, of very tender
years, were brought up by one of the Police Officers,
who said, that he had found them sleeping in the
brick-kilns between 11 and 12 o'clock the preceding
night. The boys being placed at the bar,
The Rev. M-. ETHELSTONE, the Sitting Magistrite,
said—" Some of them will come to the ~allotus !
Sleeping in brick-kilns is the road to all wickedness ;
it leads to every species of vice and enormity. Who
are their parents ? Is there any body here belonging
to them ?"

Two men came forward and said, that they were
the fathers of two of the boys. A very decent-look-
ing woman then presented herself, and pointing to
the other boy, said—" That, Sir, is my son. lam
the mother of nineteen children, and no complaint
has ever been made against any of them before. I
hope, Sir, as this is the first offence, that you will
forgive him."
Mr. ETII ELSTONE--." What do you think of a good
whipping for him ? Is not that a good scheme, do
' you think ?"
The poor mother, with tears in her eyes, begged
that the boy might be forgiven ; she said, he was a
very good boy, and she hoped that his Worship
not have him whipped for this offence.
Mr.ETHELSTONE-•••-" I think a good whipping would
be of gnat service to him. But if you will pledge
yourself to me that -he shall never be guilty of so
great an ?fence again, I will now discharge him."
The mother very readily entered into this engage-
ment, as did the fathers of the other. boys, and they
were then dismissed.

The following are some farther depositions relative
to the massacre on the 16th ult. _

Samar. Atioaszt, of No.ll, Portugal-street,
I, am about 20 years of age, and am by trade a plasterer. I am
a native of Ashford, near Sakeirell, Derbyshire, but work being
scarce at home I came to Manchester to seek employment, and
was induced by curiosity to go to Saint Peter's, and see the
Meeting. I stood upon the railing at the next door to the sign
of the Windmill, until the Cavalry came in among the crowd,
and formed a circle round the Hustings. The people were then
wedged close to where I stood, and I endeavoured to get in
amongst them, but I could not succeed, and I therefore dropped
into the cellar, or area, with about six others, and we crouched
down in a corner to avoid being seen. At last one of the soldiers
(ifter the people had been driven away) saw us, and he called
out," D—n your souls, come oat of that cellar." We thought
it best to comply to save our lives, and I was the first to come
up into the street, and on doing so I saw three soldiers waiting
to attack us; one made a severe cut at me, but by stooping
down my head I avoided the blew, and I heard his sword rattle
very hard against sontething. The man who stood second did
, not attempt to strike me, but the third struck me with the flat
I of his sword on the head, which did not hurt me much ; I then
ran to get up with the rest of the crowd, and several of the Yett.
many made cuts at me, but I avoided them. When I got is the
crowd I endeavoured to force myself in among them, but their
; backs were towards me, and se close, that I could not succeed.
—At this time several soldiers were striking the people with
their swords, and one who was very active came up to me, and
seeing his sword-arm uplifted, I and those next to me called out
" Murder!" on Which he said. " Damn you, get along," and
made a cut at one, which fell on my biead ; I put my lunidOp
and fek to the top of my head; the crown of my hat bad been
cut entirely off; I turned Foetid, and the Yeoman made a se-
coed cut, which penetrated through the front of the bat, and
slightly wounded my forehead; I followed close to the aoirdil
and was sometimes scrambling On the Emend, and sotnetirati
on my feet, and by the canfuskse timeniceorlads and wane st
the foremost falling, the ptsailk witalikd CA hirata upon non
another, and while in this sitaatioa the YeDeleery still kept cut-
ting at them. At kit I succeeded h gating out of the pressure,
and went down Peter'oetreet, and eroded Dean's.gate where I
got into an entry for safety, and then I discovered, ;kat 4 bad
received a severe cut across the hack of my right band, Which
has ever since disabled me from the use of It, and a stab on the
elbow which penetrated to the bone. At one tinse, when the
Yeoman was cutting at ins, ona of chef:lasers tame op to him,
and lifting up his own sword, saidlo.the Yeoman, " You bloody
rascal, that's nnirder ; if you do Jet again I'll split you down,"
and the Yeoman never struck OW afterwards- ((Signed
Sept. 9, 1819. SAMIJEL ALLCA D.
I have examined the wounds ot the above Samuel AUcard,
and they have evidently bass haleted with a sabre, or some
sharp instrument. I ant Vl*** that the we of one of the
fingers of the right hand is entirely lost, and that k ought to be
amputated. (Signed) WILLIAM BASSEtT, Surgeon.
Two.tas Wu.son say*, I am an assistant to Mr. Moorhouse, a
land -urveyor, living in Pooksitreet, Manchester ; on the day
of Mr. liunt's Meeting I saw the people running away, and as
the soldiers were stationed in Brazen Nosoatreet, they could
not pass that way, and a great many came down Poole-street ;
I saw one with his head very badly wounded, and he was hold-
ing his bead with both his bands, as it so keep the wound closed.
The Cheshire Cavalry caste galloping after the people. and
'cowering the sweets, and supecting some to have gone into the
tan-yard, several dismounted to go into the yard and examine
I: ; I also saw the who is a
town, galloping about vet y actively, and talking to the foot sol-
dkrs, as if giving shun slirectiotu, and they moved directly
afterwards. On the 27th of August I was near the Court-house,
at the New Bailey, and heard the same
versiug *ith two men, in the course of which he said, " all that
ago sorry for is that Ldid not take his life;" and art I had just

before heard theta mention Mr. Hunt's name, I had no doubt the
alluded to hitn. (Signed) TII OS. W I LSON.
Witness, Jag. HAINES.
Jtasern Ounce, of 29, George Leigh.etreet, apprentice—l went
to the Meeting about half-past eleven, and stood near the Quakers'
School; when the horse soldiers came up, I endeavoured to get
away, and went first to where the foot soldiers were stationed,
in Dickenson-street, when one of them presented his bayonet,
and stabbed me on the left breast ; another stabbed me with his
bayonet on the head, and my hat came off with his bayonet, us
I lost it; a third stabbed me on the left elbow; and a fourth
struck me on the shoulder with the butt-end of his piece, and
bruised me very badly ; and from all these wounds I was unable
to work for a fortnight. his
Witness—Jas. HAMM JOSEPH OGDEN,
mark.

ADJOURNED INQUEST AT OLDHAM.

(From the rinses.)
OLDHAM—SATURDAY NIGHT.

INQUEST ON JOHN LEES.—(Evidence continued.)

Thomas Whittaker continued.--We took three
pints of ale on the road. It came to Id. the piece,
what we drank in the Dusty Miller. In another
plate we drank a pint the piece, three of us. At
Westwood we had a quart all three. The other man
was called William. We had no other liquor but
ale. I cannot say we were all sober ; the deceased
was rather tipsy-like, not exactly what they call
drunk. He walked well enough. He went to Stock-
port on Monday, and returned on Tuesday evening.
I was with him. We left Stockport at six in the
morning, and stopped in Manchester till two o'clock.
We had some roast beef with us. We stopped at
four houses as we were going to-Stockport. In three
houses we had a pint betwixt us, and a pint the piece
at the last. At Stockport we drank chiefly beer ; no
spirits. There was neither of us tipsy. I call it
drunk when I am not capable of doing any thing.—
In Stockport we spent one shilling and sixpence the
piece, and sixpence the piece back to Manchester.
We walked to Manchester, and came home in a cart.
We never drank any spirits. It was on the Sunday
following we had a glass of brandy and water for
eightpence. He appeared then well enough ; he
never made any complaints to me. It was about the
Tuesday that he appeared to grow worse, and lost
his appetite. He kept growing lower and weaker
till he died. He began to complain on the Wednes-
day night as we lay in bed, that he had a terrible
pain in his shoulders, that he could not bear them to
be touched. That was the first time I heard him
complain of his shoulders. On Thursday night he
complained of the pain in his left foot, and could
not rest at all. My mother told the Doctor, who or-
dered it to be washed and poulticed. From Friday
he had no knowledge at all of what was done or said
to him. He complained till then of his shoulder and
leg if any 'one touched it. On Sunday he became
speechless. I spy cuts on his coat at the back of his
neck. It might be a couple of inches.
By Mr. HARMER—At the wakes (fairs) we drank
only beer : he was never drunk ; he often refused
to drink.

Joseph Wrigley.—l knew the deceased about a
month before die l 6th. I met with him on the 16th,
in Oldham, when he seemed in excellent health : it
was at the bottom of the Bent ; I saw him in what
is called Peterloo's-field now. I had seen him in
several places on the way to Manchester by mere
accident. Just before Mr. Hunt came to-the field, I
saw him near the hustings ; we were both close to-
gether. There was a great commotion afterwards,
which removed us a little from the hustings. There
were many women and children about- us. We
agreed en the ground, but not before, to come away
together. I neeer saw the Cavalry till the shout
was made, and then they advanced cicise up to the
hustings. We were on the ground about half an
hour before.. I saw the deceased receive a wound
round his head, on his right arm, from a sabre. He
was protecting himself from one of the military,
when another rode up, on the right side, and cut
him on his right arm, which he had extended over
his head to protect him. He had a walking-stick in
his right hand, but made no use of it. He then fell
backwards and brought me down under the horses
feet. I saw no more of him till I saw him coming
bonne, when he refused to take any thing to drink,
and said his arm was getting very stiff, and he must
have it dressed. He said he had got a wound on his
back from a truncheon. I saw a cut on the back
of his coat. The only wound I saw given, was
that by the soldier, not the one against whom he
was protecting himself with his right hand over
his forehead. Mr. Hunt had said only a few
words, to be peaceable and quiet, and then the sol.
diers came. We were on the ground half an hour
before Mr. Hunt can*. The damage happened,
perhaps, five, ten, or fifteen minutes after Mr. Hunt
came ; perhaps sooner: there are persons here who
saw the carnage, and can tell the time accurately.l
We could not get away, the crowd was ro great.:
The Yeomanry Cavalry came up first, and then the
16th, And they got so confused that I cannot tell
which of them struck the deceased. There was an
Officer, -who gave me an opportunity of escaping,.
• I shoOld have-been left dead. I cannot tell whe-
ther- they struck or Cut any, in comirig.up•to, the
rigs I cannot say that there wasa way open;
le were running in every dfrection.--:.
Them was a shout from the people and from the Mi-
litary, rrho were then standing still, and. waving
their swords. over their heads and shoulders.- The
military then came as fast as they could make their
way through,the people. I could only see the horses'
heads when they got into the crowd. They cut be-
fore I could get away. They made their way.st
least 400 yard through the crowd. When they were
a dozen yards from acne I first saw them cut. iVe
had no idea that they would
.cut, or we might have
Fos away quicker. The pedple made no resistance:
lie horses might widk dr gallop for what I could
see. Ido not know whether they cut before or not.
They cut several more, but whether before the de-
ceased was cut or not I cannot tell. I saw them cta
Ling at the carriage in which women were. They cut
through my hat. t saw none that was cut before
John Lees. I saw .ntarty cut afterwards; but Ido
not know whether by the Y., • the 15th ; I
did not observe whether '"

upper lips. An thficer
down, " FOr shame, •
to get away. Don't
got up I saw them _
sword broken some hid*
not for me that the

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people to get away. There might be from half a
dozen to a dozen soldiers in my view. I could not
see any distance. I ran off behind the Officer's horse;

and went along with a body of the crowd:, I saw
none cut there, and did not look behind me.. The

soldiers had gone another way. lie was a Yecmanry
man that put the point of his sword through my
hat ; he thrust it through, did not strike me. I called
to him not to murder me, and he struck no more at

me. They did not hurt me or John Lees, in going
up to the hustings, and I cannot tell whether it was
the persons who went up to the hustings or others.
I cannot say whether they struck in coming up to the
hustings, but I saw their swords going in all direc-
tions. I saw their swords rising up and falling down.
It might be about half-past one. I had no previous
information that the military were coming, till ,
heard the shout, and then I saw them coming. We
believed that they were coming only to arrest the
speakers. They did that, but they were not content
with that ; if they were, John Lees would not be now
dead, or I ill so long. They did not give the people
time to get away. I never even heard of the Riot
Act being read, land I saw no person having a paper
in his hand. I saw none in coloured clothes, 'and

none but those on horseback. I never heard of a
Magistrate ordering the Meeting to disperse. I was
upon the hustings to have a view of the Meeting be-
fore Mr. Hurt came. I was anxious to get away,
but I was trampled down under the horses before I
could escape. The soldiers desired me to go about
my business, and asked me if I would ever come
there again? Whenever they struck they said, es Go
about your business." They struck many times at
Lees before he was cut. Upon my oath I never saw
Lees strike. He warded off blows by receiving them
on his stick. He did not strike before he was wounded,
and I did not see him after. I never saw any one at-
tempt to strike at any horse or soldier. I saw nothing
thrown or cast at them. I heard no reports of gap
or pistol at that time. I never heard John Lees say
that he had dismounted one soldier. He was not

hurt by the first soldier, because he received his blow
on the stick. Mr. Hunt was on the stage when I fell
down. I did not see him taken into custody. I saw

no horse nor soldier on the ground. I think-it would
not be above ten minutes from the time I fell till L

got off the ground. I went then to my sister's house,
where I got myself washed and had some refresh-
ment. I often saw John Lees before at a public-
house—a News-room ; Abraham, I don't.know what

you call hint. These are questions that I do not think
proper to be put to me.
Coitowea.—l am not satisfied that you knew him.
Witness.—l can prove that, Sir.
Mr. HA list en —You have sworn it. That's enough.

Witness.—l did not keep an account of the several
times I saw him, or where it was. I saw him at Pub-
lic Meetings. But the time I particularly got ac-
quainte4 with him was the 16th. I saw the body,
and I should have known him then if I had not been
told of his death. Robert Neild fetched me to give
evidence before the Coroner. (The witness here gave
a minute account of the deceased's dress on the 16th.)
His bat was none of the best. I saw nothing the
!hatter 'with it more than with any other hat much
worn. The crown was not cut or torn oil.

.BY NA MIER. -I am unwell now from the
*minds.' I• did not go for any riot or disturbance,
nor John Lees. There was not the least distuibance
or• desire of riot before the Military entered. There
were many women and children among the crowd.
They were all in good humour. There were no arms.
I had.the handle of an old umbrella for a stick. The
shout from the people was to shew the soldiers that
they regarded them as friends, and I understood the
soldiers to return it. They advanced in a few minutes
afterwards'. We did not endeavour to get away till
the soldiers began to cut ; but then it was impossible
to get away. It would not be in the power of many
to stoop to the ground to get any thing to be thrown,
if they wished it. I saw no attempt. It was in the
morning I noticed the hat.--(Mr. Harmer had been,
on this occasion, interrupted by the Coroner for put,.
ting leading questions. Mr. Harmer said, it was only
to save time ; but he would proceed legally.)

Robert Neald.—l am a hatter, and knew John
Lees for seven or eight years. The first time I saw
him, after he was wounded, was at the sign of the
Shears, Newton Heath, on the 16th of August. He
shewed me the wound on his right elbow, and he
said he had a wound on his shoulder, which none
had looked at. I looked, and observed what I thought
a stab. I saw his shoe rent. 'This was
,about five
o'clock. I had seen him pass the window, and called-
bim in. Ile pointed out Joseph Wrigley to me as
we were going home, and said, " That is the man
that saw me have my wounds ; he was with me."—
They then met And shook hands. I did not know
Wrigley then. Wrigley asked us to go into the
Wool Pack ; but the deceased refused, and said his
arm was stiff. The witness now produced the coat.
The right.sleese was all covered with blood. The
Foremanvmid,,be believed it to have been the de-
ceased'i wit; -Fir be had seen him often pass his
warehogie,wiskiti :it was what is called corbeau.—
He also
...proadwesl the shoe, which was forcibly
torn 0p...5.
• Vtio toltoNti wished to have the identity regu.
Mr. H,rtistin7sxid, it *as very easy to do so, if the
Airy wishectit.

The Couozitti laid,' he had no doubt oldie iden-
tity, but he :wished to proceed regularly.
Vt'itness,proceedad.—l saw him on Sunday, the
29th, He.then complained much, said be had lost his
appetite, and that he was very ill.
- It being now nine o'clock, and Mr. Harmer having
intimated' that he had at least 50 witnesses to bring
forward, besides the witnesses still to be examined on
the part of the Constable, the Coroner became con-
vinced that it was quite impossible to avoid an ad-
journment, and therefore adjourned till nine o'clock
on Monday morning.

The interest excited by the proceedings before the
Coroner is most intense. The pressure of the crowd
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hat. I saw none that was cut before The interest excited by the proceedings before the
I sa* .niarly cut afterwards; but Ido Coroner is most intense. The pressure of the crowd
ether by the Yeomanry or the 15th ; I into the room obliged the Coroner repeatedly to in-
rve whether they had beard on their terfere for fear the floor should give way. A consi-
An Oificerof the 15th said, when I was derable multitude continued assembled at the doors
shame, wont you give the people time and windows of the hone during the whole time,
Don't you see them down!' When I but the greatest order and quietness were preserved. •
N them cutting at the people. I saw a —Sir Charles Wolseley, Messrs. Woolen, Johnson,
Isom' inches from the point. It was Knight, Moorhouse, Fitton, &c. were anxious spec.
that the OJicer interfered, but for the Litors throughout the day.

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• DIALOGUE,
BETWIEN A SERVANT GIRL AND A COUNTRY MAOIS

TRATE; OR, " mar AGAINST :Jur!"

" Your servant, your lianour ! I come for redress,
Low wages, coarse victuals, hard work, I confess
I cannot with patience submit to endure !"
" Your wages ! you get what you bargain f,r etre!"
" Yes, I do, I allow."—" Then your murmurs are
Set Tint against T.zat and you need not complain !"
" But my food"—" Why, it's wholesome, and makes you

grow fat ;
Contented, then, be—and put That against That !"
" From morning till evening I toil without end,
No leisure to gossip, with Sweetheart or Friend !"
" Do you sleep well at night?"—" Yes, I soon close my eyes
But no sooner awake than its time to arise,
So in bed I've no pleasure."—" What would you be at?
If you work well, you rest well—set That against That."
" Sic days in the week I continue this labour."
" But on Sunday you dress, and walk out with a neighbour,
And one day in seven's sufficient to roam,
Sn learn to set That against That, and go home."
" Stay! is it a Mule on your Lip that 1 ea
" Yes, it is, Girl: but why such a question to me?"
" Here's one an my just matches it pat,
And so, please your Worship, put That against That!"

GRAND MASONIC FESTIVAL.

BATH, SEPTEMBER 24..

• Perhaps within the memory of the oldest inhabitant
of Bath, there has not been witnessed so great an in-
flux of strangers as have poured into this city in conse-
quence of the announcement of the long-protracted
grand dedication of the Bath Masonic Hall, which took
place yesterday, with all the ceremonials which cha-1
racterise the public processions of that ancient and
honourable fraternity. His Royal Highness the Duke
of SUSSEX, Grand Master of the Order, having
graciously signified his intention of honouring the
ceremony with his august presence, the Meeting as •
sumed the higher title of an Assembly of the Su-
preme Grand Lodge of England, instead of that of
a provincial Grand Lodge. His Royal Highness
and suite arrived at York House on Wednesday even-
ing, and was greeted with loud cheers from the po-
pulace, who had assembled on the occasion. The
next morning, the streets, at a very early hour, as-
sumed the appearance of the utmost bustle and ex-
pectation. At every window, shed, and house-top,
in the intended line of the procession, groupes of spec-
tators, of every degree, from the fashionably-dressed
titled Lady, to the humblest menial, were seen—
.. Rank behind rank, close-wedg'd, hung bellying o'er."
The procession moved from the Guildhall to the
number of between 800 and 900 brethren, decorated
with the different orders, emblems, ensigns, and or-
naments, many of them of the most elegant and
costly description. The Royal Grand Master joined
the procession at York House, and walked uncovered
to the Masonic Hall, returning most graciously the
salutations of the immense throngs, consisting of
nearly the whole population of the city and sur-
reusiding country, who, delighted with the interest-
ing
appearance of the Craft, gave way for them to
pass unobstructed, and otherwise conducted them-
solves ilk the most orderly and admirable manner.--
The ceremony was honoured with the presence of

The Duke of Sussex, K.G. and M.W.G.M. of England; the
Duke of Leinster, K.P. and M.W.G.M. of Ireland; the lion.
Washington Shirley, ILW.P.G.M. for Warwickshire; Sir
Charles Warwick Bampfylde, Bart. ILW.P.G.M. for Devon-
shire; Sir Wm. C. de Crespigny, Bart. M.P. and R.W.P.G.M.
for Hampshire; William Williams; Esq. 'M.P. and R.W.P.G.M.
for Dorsetsltire ; W. H. Goldvryer, Esq. R.W.P.G.M. for
Bristol; and many of the lI.W. Officers of the Grand Lodge
of England, with the Officers of the several Provincial Grand
Lodges of Gloucestershire, Devonshire, Bristol, Somerset, Dor-
set, Hants, and Warwickshire.

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