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

lowing Hand-bill posted up, by order o" the Muni-
cipal Officers:

mAwcHisTirp,, A..c6T 17,1619:
a ilia-past Eleven o'( lock, :1• 'j

" The Boroughreeves and Constables of Manchr,ter atttl SA.
for4do hereby caution nil the Inhabitants to close their Itu.:tti.
shops, and warehouses, and to keep themselves and all per.r,ns
under their controul within doors, otherwise their • .

danger. Carts and all other carriages must be inonel...Lly
moved from the streets and other public roach.
" C. Wheeler and Sons, Printers."
" By the time that the putting up of this c,,T.
menced, the hoax was discovered, and it was the ; ost
of every one who read it. The activity of our r;
cipal Corps was now displayed in n manner difF:.:
to what had before been witnessed, viz. In
doWn these placards with the pcatert rapidity,
swift was the work of destruction that very je,

copies survive.
" hiUNT, I understand, was tc-day brounqu
examination, which WAS comprised in the

questions
" Magistrate—Pray, Mr. Hunt, what did you c woe he:e
" Mr. Hunt—Pray, Gentlemen, I, bat am 1 brut gla here ft):
" Mr. HUNT was remanded.
4‘ To-day a Constable ras arresting 3 poor 1.,r4
vagrant, whom he treated ill. A respectable bleac;:e
named WILSON, interfered, by saying Don't use
man cruelly ; when the assistance of a Cheslihe tt,
dier was called, and instantly WILSON was
with exciting a riot. The Yeomanly man's sabre
immediately drawn, and WILSON was marched tot;
Police Office, from whence he was taken to the Ne
llaCey Prison, in custody like a felon. There, for
nately, he was known to one of the Magistrate>, al
after some hesitation was dischargci.—l mention
as one of the fantastic tricks which the minions
authority are playing."
FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT.
" MANCHESTER, AUGEST
" I was in the Exchange this forenoon, ab
half after ten o'clock, when Mr. Moon, one of
Constables, came in among the body of the Jlercha
in the utmost trepidation, and announced that
Magistrates had ordered the Exchange, and all
shops and warehouses to be instantly 'shut up, it
mation having just been received at the Pol eel/
from a coachman who came all out cf breath,
the tidings that from 8,0(10 to 10,000 men, in n
lar array, armed with pikes, pistols, &c. were
half an hour's march of Manchester, (kremlin,
take revenge for the disacters of the previous da
Mr. Moog therefore requested that all tlhs
tlemen present would immediately repair to the;
spective warehouses, factories, workshops, Sm.
state to the people in their employment, that
Magistrates wished all well disposed persons to
out of the way of the soldiery, as they really
not be answerable for the consequences of the a)
hended conflict.
" Every one instantly moved off; the E:c:
was shut, and quickly after were also nearly
shops and warehouses in town. Numbers of
try manufacturers and spinners, who had col
town on business, hurried home again as fast a!
could. Consternation and dismay was depict
every countenance. The streets were deserted,
nothing was heard but dreadful notes of preparati
" Eleven o'clock—twelve o'clock—one o'cl
came—and brought with them no appearance
doughty rebels. Although seven hundred lion
about as many infantry arc in town, yet, strat
tell, not a single scout could be spared to go a
ascertain how far the tidings brought were
true. Magistrates, Constables, Military —all rernail
fixed immoveably to the spot, awaiting the
hended attack, like men whose minds were
made up for the worst, but who, like the Kni
La Mancha, had too just a sense of true cow
turn their noses to the wind. Whispers at len;
gan to circulate that the alarm was all a boa;
so in fact it ultimately proved to be.
" There was no such thing as any body
advancing to Manchester from any quarter
ever; the very contrary, indeed, is the ordet
day, every person flying from it as fast as till
All the roads leading from this town to .
Stockport, Cheadle, Stt afford, Liverpool, It,
Oldham, Bury, Bolton, &c. are covered with
ed stragglers, who have not yet been able
their homes after the events of Monday.
ascertained, from pretty accurate inforrna:i
there are seventeen wounded persons all
Stockport road ; thirteen or fourteen on tin
road ; at least twenty are on the Oldham ;
eight on the Rochdale; besides several ethers
I roads to Liverpool, &c, One woman di
night at Eccles, five miles hence, of the wel
received. Seven persons in all are said to be
" Mr. HULNIE is not dead, as at first
He recovered the use of his senses this menv
told the surgeons who attended him, that hi
wound in his back. It was im mediate:y r
and a wound discovered, made appaientl!
penknife, but fortunately in a favourable r:
" QUARTER PAST SEVEN u
" The town still continues perfectly quie;
any thing farther occurred particularly
notice. The cavalry continue constantly

the city."
FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONPr:
" MANCHESTER, Artil
" You will by this time have seen the
municated by the two Manchester New spare
tra ical scene which has been witucsed