The Statesman.
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TILE STATESMAN.

..4 wanes,. informed him Host was gone to•-aris
)I....rnints.•• as there before. while Unit was in
• ••ut r, not come in. he only stopped op' smite
apt d • •
• 1,•• ..! it War .11lIf an hour alter Mr. Hunt's arrival.
Yr lirsr. -Theo it is sot true, as Mr. Srarlett stated.
the IWO met by :114mr4ouse, ase. by him conducted to Stuck-
e; that is not
',lfiters••• •. he (witness) did not kro whether Mr.
No w •
Mks,,. • piired for Mr. Hunt when us first mine : he
ttrtt itoartimoe fur tsetse years; he was in the habit of
who,he pa. ;vil that w 3) ; lie knew him intinintely
,*.r : h. not sax whet:ter 'lie was 111 the habit
g glad* ineeines before August or not.
crepessiuined by Mr. HI:XT.-11g was the principal
2,0. it Hall.trilek. Mooritouse was not the only person
..hed te::ptestion tbit day as to Hunt's tieing there ; it was
!....„1% re rest ing.cry. Witness did not know Mr. John-
:;;imaarimster: the only person who inquired for him
tweed Jump, whom he did nut admit. Wk.
yews non.. of the persons charged u!th Moorhouse ; he
soma a.. pots grind on: he merely conducted three par-
.o.l too each into Mr. Ilunt's num. The door was not
.to; no person was refused admittance who wished to
wilt'. Hurt.
twer.examined by Serjeant Hut...neg.—He 511 J be knew
es oink' !wale; who inquired, swept Jump.
Heel Lunen being sworn. said he kept the White Lion
• m.ockp,,e, en the Sth of Augnst. 0:1 that day, late at
ht. ow liworhouse end Hunt togeth-..r : he saw t`•ent
vat awenimg about eight o'clock ; Me. Nnnt went into
!lie at night, and they nitre out together :. the !
were the. a joinedftearlriZtitm l'httta•siluti4lulir+el"eh;: 111. re
~14, pw piir•on Harrison ; there W 24 a crowd ;
:orogen the object of the crowd ems to see Mr. Hunt ; he
yr 'mewed at Ptockport. except when Mr. Mourhnuse or
fr. Mal were making some of their speech", ; they went
.to Mr. Moorhonse's.—Hunt, N ...e'lnuse. snit Mut ; they
• •!iled Sir. Cherie:l,-MT. Hunt. and Sir Charles went into •
• kloorsouse and Harrison into one of )poorhouse's
ohms.

was the meeting of that day; witness did not know it was
forbiddon.—[Han the placard forbidding the meeting was
shown. and wileass said h • saw many suck pouted on the
wails.] There was a great nol•.r among the people ; previous
to the last li,sen rd. witness saw another of the 4.11511. tendene;
Mr. Hunt told the people to meet again on the 113111, which
was received with loud cheers, and cries of, We will, we
w ill ;" Hunt then waved ltis hat, and laughed quite heartily;
Johnson sat by Ilant's side; they continurel from half an hour
to three (orters before they moved oil*. and then drove of
Hr. Johnson's house. On the following 31-itilay he saw
many thr,usinds mos ing about. Ile .3 w 111 r. Johnson come
with his retinue; Mr. limit was present with Johnson in
carriage ; the people went atter them live or via abreast;
they stepped like soldiers; he cowl not say how mussy there
were, but half an hour elapsed before they all passed; they
came either from the Oldham or Itoehtlale road ; this he roe•
clutied from seeing them come down the lane; he heard a
bugle, and they halted noire than once while witness stood
looking on ; he heard a shout from a man, and believed it
was the word halt ; there was a black lint: with Liberty or II
death," or something ;•• Corn Laws" was oil 1
another banner ; there were ses end ether Hags u Caps of
Liberty at the top ; one w n .• Ilont and Liberty ;" he recul-
haled nothing Mom repeeseittali-ti ; witness followed them 1
till they rot to Mr. Nitieray's house, who was a constable
at the time ; he was in his room very ill : when the mob got
opposite his door, they hissed at his lamih. who were at the
windows, and cried out, •• that they wanted llm, bite-moss
humbugs :" the carriage at this time had gone on, and was
ao looser in his sight ; the tows, was not quiet ; it was very
tomnlttious, and for himself, witness was alarmed ; he had
lived in the town 40 years, all never saw any thing SO N.
inultooms before; neither public nor prit•le be.ine,s went
on iu the usual way; *kiwis is a manufacturer, mei could
not attend to his business, there were so many prolate ran-
slog up and doe a.

To a question from Mr. Asnaow, witncss said he dill
not see Mr. Moorbouse In the canine; he did out 14111. W
daston, one of the defendants ; he did not know such a
person.

i/o's-examined by Mr. BARlttw—Mnerhotge was not in
esenit of taking la barges to hail. but on this occasion hr
hunt go into the yard; he roolit not say whether %Ir.
'ourtit•use ever nude toy political speeelt•ti before At.zust,
1; tato. and atter. great crow !: were often ass:tint:lei
mad his house. lie could not say whether any of his
.:ter.:es were made before Hunt carne from the New Bailey
OW'
lb:mined by Mr. Hwskoca.—Wi:se:s said he kept ehaises,
sst was not a rival of Mr. Moorhouse. Ile knew meetings
t: be held at laandybrms, bet never saw Moorbonne there;
tie west have noticed him if be vette :here. lie did not attend
se the hustings epos any of those occasions; witness was
vied upon to serve as a yeoman, and :mewled on the game
43411,011 i Manchester; Mr. Moorhonae, however, might
lave heen nt those meetings without his knowing It. lie
;tiers's tor Duke of Wellington pass through Stockport,
at a crowd round Mr. berjctnt l'to upon any occasion;
e did not sec Mr. truss after the lisrby trials : he wns at
Sane:ester as a yeoman of Vitesitire.---',lltre lite witness
m:Eitt!.)

Mr. HVNT—O. you latnjil at it; did you see any thing at
Tbn..!..eger to laDKh at ?

sn : nothing particular there.
Ir. II i sr—Did yoe see nothing particular; why then did
.:slaugo
Ifito.sslangheil at nothing perlicelar. He went there for
• Log and country, and always should if necessary ; he
• van particular transactions ; he was dressed in uniforms.
,:!tad arms; mottles took place that struck him an beteg
?Arch, : he saw some banners, but no marching in array.
rterpt ix: yeomanry and soldiers; he saw many in confusion
rinsing about. lie was at tit. Peter's-held about an hoer,
:ran cour and a half ;he saw nothing particular. The
I ses!Ore ytemanry had nothing to tki hut stand on the
pari.l Ile haw people disabled. hot it :lid out attract his
iarticitlar atten:ioil, for he did not look at them much.—
some were cut, but he did not believe it usa dune by the
iieslsire Yeomanry. Witness came from Stoi kport ; he did
. of know at what IP ,ur he left it tockport : it might he seven
r etetit, Betweidt•ifilliaad one og two..ise Jith others of
the Yvonne were led through differeist parts of the country.
lie saw nothing particular, unless the people running away.
si the Stockport troop bad nothing to do with them. Ile
ses so banners 011 be saw them In the hands of the cavalry;
smear the banners were in the ham!s of the Stockport troop:
dwlaot .now how they got them. tow of the young men
• ran troop got It in the crowd some way. nod they took it
act asStockport. Nearly all the people were gone before
1:y5166.pr/et troop ease on the ground; they were ordered
1; dnw their swords before they came there. Ile saw people
; •!ag to the meeting. but none in military array, lie only
observed two or three pass by at a time.
omo-examined by Mr. Serjeaat Illness—Witness was not
cationtol with his troop in sight of the hustings ; his corps
sere not so stationed that they could see them.

Micelle! Bentley, being sworn, said lee lived at Eaton
Nnrriw. near Stockport. He saw Mr. Johnson on the after-
soon of the Sri' et August ; he was then on foot ; but he st-
ernwards saw him in a gig with Mr. Hunt ; the}• were going
towards Stoclport; he did not see where they went, but
eary turned off towards a place called the L'nion Room; be
Mr them the next day with Sir Charles Wolseley going in
Cu: direction of Manchester.

Cross-essmined by Mr. Witness was a clerk In a
mestlne-house ; lie went in a coach to Manchester on the
Hatt, but saw no person nit ;he was at the back of the hunt-
pm and saw no act of violence till the cavalry came ; he
saw one or two men v, ry insolent. they would break through
the ranks of the constables : it struck him there were 30 or
811.900 persons present: he went there merely from curiosity;
he was not alarmed till after the cavalry came on the ground ;
he was then rather afraid ; there were two or three who
would go thr,,ugh the crowd whether or not ; he saw no per-
son eat ; there was one constable pressed down by the crowd
when the cavalry came; witness took refuge among the
cnnstables, among whom he had some relations; he saw a
double row of constables from the house where the Nees-
hales 'creep to the hustings ; Mr. %slain 11'23 on the ground
close to the Magistrates' hGuse; witness saw no person lir
lull his ; he heard him (Hunt) requesting the people to be
TAW sad pescenhle ; the relation whose he had among the
constables was Thomas.

Examined by Mr. BAIIIROW.—Witness said he knew Mr.
loorhome; he saw him in the carriage, b.it could not say
tie was upon the hustings.
Examined by Mr. H c ILLOCE. —lle aw Moorhoase, Hum
J,hoson. and a lady, in the carriage ; it was attended by •
"ed. and there was plenty of Mugs; he did not recollect
lat there were any banner. among those who surrounded
%marriage: I.e saw Huai leave the carriage to get upon the
hilts; he passed the Stockport people that morning;
were m.eurds of a thousand: he recollected Hunt'.
14""%. If any people broke the peace. they must get them
"at. keep them down, and make them be quiet ; he rectal-
irrmd no other words.
To a questing from the Jr tsar. he said. he could not tell
1/411 many might be able to hear Hunt when he spoke.
„,Mary Cadman being sworn, said, she was servant to
Alwrhouse, but had left his service ; she knew Hunt; there
was I bed made up for him at Moorbouse's.
lien Mr. Hnat rose, and admitted Cast he slept there ; it
'l2s got therefnre nece,sary to examine her further on that
port,

Crou-namined by Mr. Bannow.—Witmess said. Moor-
kor,e was la the habit of (regent!). reading tie Bible ; she
'ant to the meeting for curiosity ,• there was a vast number
of wormer and children there: Muorhouse took his wife
14lie I she was then in the family way ; she saw none of the
diidese of Moorisuuse there.
gsmael Morton said. he lived near the Bt.. Michael's
1174 estaic.house at Manchester ; he saw persons assent-
, seer his house on the 9th ; there was a great "Ise that
kenos, Hoot. and &teahouse were coming; there were
*we or bar in a chaise ; there was a large collection of
P"Ple fund them ; the gig stopped opposite the church,
'iii Mt. Bank gut on his legs and begun to speak ; he he-
via by making allusions to the Manchester Magistrates. he
coswPored them to nine tailors on a shop-board ; winless
his reason for saying so was, becesse the meeting
!al forbidden ; be neatened the people to be firm, and no
cosbt they would prosper; eta meeting to which be alluded

Cross-examined by Mr. Ilvvr.—Witness Paid lie was ■
fbatian-umnufacturer. There ass a great deal of confusion.
The busiaess of witness was carried tin in Ressese-row,
No. b; not its the road where the procession passed. W ithy-
grove was nut near his resident...; he stopped there to see
thu ;triple pass, and was alarmed. Witness did not return
home immediately ; he stopped at the corner of Dancing-
ditch ; he was alarmed at the !slack flag. and thought they
Were going to !eve/ somellsin.s.—Witness is a married man;
his wile rad children were at home; he took care that none
of them were at Peterloo ; he was certain they were not
there. Witness did not go to the meeting; he never at.
tended any or the kind; hr saw the black tlag.pass
grove, with the inscription, '• I.ihertv or Death. lie thought
there wooed he a disthrbance and a dot : there was no fight-
ing while he was present, but there was something he did lint
li!se—a trumpet blowing; people generally fought after, anti
no; before trumpets were toloun. Ile saw the wester' ran
up t.i 3lr. Hunt, many without rocs: there were numbers
of women, as well as girls anti boys, all noised togellier.
What witness alluded to was on the Ittlo, not the ilith; he
ecould not say whether the women marched or not• or whether
they were alarmed. Ile saw some aciptaitolances from Old-
ham there, and tuatt of Ids outs townsmen. Witness went
home about one o'clock to his dinner; he went to no Ma-
gistrate to express his fears; none of the processions passed
his house. Witness was in York shee Somtlay night last;
be saw gags and people marching its York, but gas not
alarmed; the mer:ing there and at Manchester had a different
appearance, and were different things; one was like war or
disinrbance, and the other like merriment or rejoicing.
Ilene slate slight umnifestation of approval took place In
the gallery, and Mr. Justice HAVILIC% remarked on the
Im-
propriety of such conduct, requesting that it might rot be
repeated.

There 4114 a report of large numbers to come to Man-
chester. and coining in that way via. w ith Caps of Liberty.
and banners with '• Liberty or Death ;" he Nas very much
alarmed ; witness saw none of those at the Manchester Meet-
ing drunk : he saw one rstiter intusir3teil at York. but it
was the sober procession that appearel to kim like war. and
not the drunken one at York.
Oa Wag AeueereiaugeedjalarAerts_yabeen set

the Middleton sad Roehasee parties Alp, was a man be saw
with a letter at the WMte Moss. Arian brought it absent two
hours alter witness saw Murray ; when he brought the letter
they formed into a solid square to !merit read; the man who
received it was placed in the middle. it moot read, forts
it land no name, they said they would have nothing to do with
`it. The man who got the letter was on the White Moss bee
fore a itness, drilling the persons assembled there. Witness
I saw Murray on the Moss, and the men running after kink
but he did not follow them. There was another with Murray
whom he did not know. Ile went to meet Mr. Hunt et
Smedley Cottage; there was a party collected there. There
were different crowds going along till Mr. Hunt left the
place ; he was accompanied, so far a, witness knew, only
y the Manchester crowd. The Middleton and Rochdale
parties came down the Old road, and passed on to the meet-
' ing. Witness accompanied them . they marched along in
rows; he did not perceive they had any officers. Ile went
to Sheik-hill with this party, and then turned back to meet
Mr. Hunt, who was accompanied by a great crowd. lie,
with Johnson, were standing up in an open top chaise, to-
, getters. with Knight, and a man they called Carlile. The
carriage was in the middle of the crowd; they did not march ;
in ranks, except a few lads before. They halted when they
came to Johnson's shop, and shouted. They next halted at
the FAchn rice, and shouted also. The crowd kept i hug
as they sent ; on passing Murray's house they hissed as loud
as they could. W hen they came to the Exchange some
hissed and stone shouted. 'Witness did not go to the party
with that meeting, he went a shorter way, but could not get
near the hustings. There was a woman in the coach who
carried a Nag.
Cross-examined by Mr. IltNT.—Witness said he was a
shoemaker, residing at No. 30, Miller's-street. He lived
diem nine sears; be worked for himself and others ; he was
punitive he heard him call on the people to shout ; he went
to White Moss from aserrearioalty ; the person's name who
accompanied him was William ; ho did not knew his other
atone, nor his residence; they conversed after on the sub-
jest : the other person works in ; he told this
story many a time, and Mt. Milne twit it down, but never
asked hie. its pet-v(111re the young man who accompanied him;
last Tiles lay was the first time he communicated this to Mr.
' Milne ; he was not asked whether any other witness could be
produced to confirm this testimony. There were many
spectators besides himself, who were ordered to fall in with
the rest into a rank ; they said all must fall in, for they
would have no lookers on ; witness was looking on about
two hours and a half; he never said how allay acre drilling
when he gust there; they were not there in rank ; they
were sitting shout, and got into rank when day-light op-
: peered ; he could not speak as to their number, at first there
was about as mails lookers on as fell in ; the former did not
fall in till they formed the long line ; there are houses round
White Moss, the inhabitants of which could not miss seeing
those assembled, they were altogether 'more than 400; wit-
ness went home about seven o'clock, and told what he saw
to different people; he could not recollect all the different
words of cemniand; lie heard the words " March," " Coon-
terinarrh." and many others, but did not revolted exactly
what was done at the surd " Countermarch ;" they had
no arms sun sticks he saw none of those in the earriagel
his. Wien it passed Murray's house ; he went with them
as Car as the Exchange; saw some nags; was not alarmed,
but ttooseht the business at White Moss would lead to mis-
elder hs time ; witness saw no arms or bludgeons with the
Rechdale or Stockport parties, nor did he see any disposi-
tion to do harm ; he saw the cavalry coming into St. Peter's-
field, and then began to be alarmed for the first time; when
he came to the field it was hill, and all standing peaceably ;
he saw the cavalry come into the field in a kind of trot, and
got away as lie was fearful of danger ; it was very well
mown in the loam that drilling was going on at the White
Moss.

Robert Wilde. one of the defendants, examined the wit-
ness. and put tenor questions of little input tance, as did
Johnson. another of the defendants.
Esantineal by Mr. SCANLITT.—Witneis said there was no
public road nearer than a mile, or a mile and a half, to the
Moss; neither was there a 1 Meer nearer than one toile.
Samuel Morton was swain called in, and the placard call-
lag the meeting of the tills handed to him ; but be did nut re-
' collect to have seen it, or any such, posted op.
.. td he i /times Murray, said he tiled at Manchester ;he knew Mr.
kept leis family as home, the sfroets esostots tamosunems fir 7111111fferoilt1 iniAlittr-littn -rat the-Sisis
thought it dangerous for than to go into the streets. MiTtakester un the lath ; Rymer and Rs s Mows
To • question from Mr. hunt, witness said, he did not panted him to White-moss; got there at two. y heard
People shorting. and turned out of the way to avoid them ;
know why the Magistrate . were conspired to nine tailors.
some were before, and some behiud them. They went to
Johnson asked, whether there was any omit a greater le- the place where the men were drilling; their number might
yeller than himself? Witness sail, tie paid many of the
debts fur which he was Callllllliitt'd to Lancaster • he was be six or right hundred ; they were drilling on a square piece
of land; the thickest part was on his right, and were in &-
fought with any man In Hig
discharged ounce the 1n...R
h-street. ent Debtors' Act ; he never . 'ached parties, and a drill-serjeant at the head, or end of
every squad. The man at the head gave the orders • he
Johnson here wished to know whether he might put pies- beard the words " march—wheel—halt," frequently. They
tions retail...• to the conduct of the witness's family ? Petal I wheeled and halted as they were ordered. He heard no
answered in the negative, he asked whether the witness words of em, manil given but those, together with •• eyes
paid his debts? Ile did nut pay any of the money since right. forward. and others." He stopped but a few minutes;
leaving Lancaster gaol; lie was unfortune in business, lust Showeroft went with him. A drill-serjeant, named Catteril,
all he had, and was not now in a capacity to pay ; he had a said to him. " Fall in." They continued coming up fast.
wife and seven or eight children to support. I Whes asked to fall in, witness said, he thought he should
James Standrick was the next witness. Ile saw Mr. Hunt soon; Ilivy looked at him steadfastly,and began to cry "spy."
on Use tell of August in Manchester. He got up to address The voice reeve from the nearest quarter, and passed *lour
the people from a rig. Witness was at his work. There . the liar. They then shouted, " Constables," and the answer
were about IMO people assembled. Hunt said, the first he was, •• Damn them, murder them." Eighty or ninety men
beard of the meeting being postponed was when he got to pursued them, and knocked Shawcroft in the ditch.
Ruiloeksmithy, and saw the nine Magistrates' names sub- Mr. lit NT submitted, that this was evidence which could
scribed to it. and it reminded him of the old proverb—" it not he received.
took niue tailors to make a man." lie then said, that he
The objection was over-ruled by the JVD6r, who said, at
knew the meeting was a legal one, and that another was to the same time. that he had his doubts about it, and should
be held on the following Monday. Witness did nut hear I put the objection on his notes.
him say whether he should attend or not.
Murray bring again called in. said, that from twenty to
Cross-examined by Mr. Ilusr.—Witness said he was a 1
thirty of Use men followed, and overlook him and beat him
timber merchant ; he took no notes, but wrote down what , violently with sticks. He implored theta to give over, and •
he saw for n person whom he thought to be employed by the . said it looked more like murder than Parliaraeotary Reform.
police. Witness did not state that Mr. Hunt mentioned his . They asked how they would be treated if brought prisoners
having Important business to attend, and could not be at the.; to Manchester? Witness said, they would he treated as pri-
meeting, nor his alluding to a blunder of the Magistrates in ' sewers and gentlemen, but not murder them. One said.
the bill. 1
i shall we Lill him out and out, and put him jute the pit, or let
John Chadwick being sworn, he said he lived at lanelies- 1 ltogo: Another said, I think he has had enough; if he
ter, and was a shoei...ther ; lie went to meet Mr. Hunt no harany more he will die. They then consulted for a time;
the 9th of August ; he did morel him in a gig with Johnsong told him to go down on his knees, and asked
Nl if he was wit-
Sir Charles Wolseley, Mr. oorhouse, and Parson 1 . ling to swear never to he a King's man again ;he said yes,
rison, were Ins carriage ; they passed through various panel for he thought his life depended on it. They then formed a
of the town, accompanied by about *lO people; the crowd i tine round trim ; he went on his knees and repeated the oath.
increased ; he heard Mr. Hunt asking those round the gig tot Witness got up and went to Middleton ; not being able to
shout, which they did, and it was repeated till he gut Ilk proceed further, he was conveyed home in a chaise. On
The Übserrer office, where they halted ; Mr. Hunt then got the lOth, the day after, be heard some noise iii the streets,
up and twirled his hat, on which the people shouted; be had the sound of bugles. The crowd stopped opposite his
Side no speech till he got to Dier's ('rop ; they stopped honer, and those in the centre stood in order six abreast; 1
"melte Johnson's and shouted three tittles three, having pre-
-i. lhe Wee sounded again. and Ise beard the word march pro-1
vionsly twirled his hat; whets they arrived opposite Ilse*. Intoomsed. Those that were marching slit a-breast pointed '
Michael's Church public-bone, he told them he was invite•Stvids house, and some hissed. There were shoat live or
to Manchester by the Manchester Commiotee of Reform ; ' 81011 marching in line; and a great crowd, besides, of men, ,
he then stated that he saw a Proclamation of the Mayor :
that it tool, nine tailors to make a man, and that It took nine . *own, and children ; he saw no woman marching in line;
Me was about eleven. At one, another party came by, is
Mayors to put oat the Proclamation ; the Proclamation
thetentre of which was an open carriage: they moved very
never cause from a shop full of tailors, and after turning Dimly.
,
but he did not think they baited; the crowd hissed,
round to the Stockport people, said he hoped be should..see aid pointed at his window ; witness was sere they looked up
them on the lath at the Manchester Meeting. They hien •at his house. This body consisted of between A and 4000,
passed on to Johnson's house, and Mr. Hunt told them to . and amongst them a great number of children. Frost timed-
disperse, but advised the Stockport people to bring as many . ley Cottage to Ht. pews area, the nearest way was not by
of their neighbours as they could on the 101 h; witness his house; it was a round of Aor 000 yards.
knew a place called White Moss; it was about five miles I
witness was at ,
roCross-examined by Mr. Hutrr.—Witness was not em-
from Manchester, on the Blakney road ;
White Moss on the 14th of August ;he got there before Yed by the Police ;heis a district constable, and Is sworn
day light; there were many people there; witness was , aby the Magistrates yearly. He went to While Moss in
' eionsequeece of the alarmed state of the country, of his fa-
attended by another young man from curiosity, beense
men to be drilled • there were
they heard there were some , ally, and himself, lie went of his own accord •, but told
•
sheet three hundred at drat, but kept increasing. They sae Lthat_hewould go to see the drilling. He might have
had a
horn blowing, and fell into ranks like soldiers; differ- told Mr. Nadia SO. He received any money for his
ent people commanded; when the horn blew they fell into ~vies; but got lel. to pay his doctor's bill, out of the
rank like soldiers sad marched about; they made witness so. bee._. ron raised for those who were woinded in Peter's-
fall into rani;
all fell into their respective places, sae nem. any, of the inhabiting, of Manchester knew of the
formed meeeneseee and ' drilling. He mold not speak se hytheountbee of the spe
differelit marched,companies. from
counter-marched,
and halted;.
titers at White Moss when the drilling was going on ; there
ether places ; they
witness heard the words make ready, present ;an on the
the words " Make ready, present, ire." Home had etias
six
word Are being gives, they all clapped
o'clock they all fell into line,
rest ; the COIMPIIII4II4I were country people, whom
timeliness suesitiessed this. He was examined before the Maglatratna ,
and thwtinresshanadmsci;nrabotheut noting sot. Joshua Pella was the Arm to whom he
int did sot think be netted all then.
did not know.
Mr. Howe submitted this was set evidence. as the.witseas [Here a lady fainted in Court, by which some etincesion
it Me se enonesienetisk i was occasioned for a short Itme.)
~ :lied sot
tkieeizofeleybeolethf those present ;
.
• the examination proceeded.—Wliness was no- seriously
witnee, reeeeded ; he saw liwifey, 64 besot aa! 0011 that he did not recollect every thing so at mmely ivies ea-
" a spy, a spy," The first-pines Meaw,oa the kith kiii&of limiest ea Sudsy. )la, mak. Iha..dep9Otio&W b. own

room before Mr. Norris and another gentleman, whom be
believed to he Trafford Trafford. He stated then all lie re
collected ; on his first examination, he forgot the words
" treating the nation as an enemy," and had them put in;
he does not recollect whether he swore to these words or not ;
be requested to have them added to his deposition, and he
believed, but was nut certain, that they w-re taken down
by Traitor.' Trafford; he could not politely whet
day; witness could not say that he was a rellivoos ma ;
he went to church and chapel ; he recollected on ',aril-
crier conversation with a nue Named Mayor, or Morr
ton, or saying that he used .spy violent expressions in
their presence, shout the blood of the Reformers. lie
never said he would rather be rowed In a boat to his own
house in the blood of the Reformers than walk the
pavement ; be said he would sooner fight to his knees
In blood, than to submit to them; if he said any Wog
like it, it was at the Cock, in Cock-gate; many people wets
at Aim there whet. he gut in, but he recollected saying
thing about the pavement; did not well recollect what be
said, but he said a good deal ; would not swear that he *I
not make use of those very words ; he knew a person named
Chapman; went with him In a coach to Liverpool. Did ni,t
then .ay that if be had the command of the troops on t.te
Illth he would have put every bloody rascal of then: to
death. There were six passengers present by virtue of I.is
oath ; he did not to his knowledge make use of any su it
language. Ile would not swear positively he did not. ire
was sober when going in the coach to Liverpool. It was
early iu January. Mr. Chapman did not call him to an ac-
count about it. He got into a passion, because witness is
the course of conversation said he would not, acltter would
he, believe Reformers on their oath. Witness knew the
Spread Eagle le Hanging Ditch. Ile recollected ening into
a private room with nine others, where he (Mr. Hunt) was
sitting. Pe did not recollect that a person named Rotten
or Newton were present. This was about twelve months
back. Witness did not recollect a door being broken open.
Examined by Johnson.—Witness said he knew Robert
Mayor, but not much about him; he never said that he
found nests of money after his wife died, and went to spend
It In Liverpool.

Examined by Serjeant ilet.toca.—hie never was at t'e
Spread Eagle but once ; there was a meeting held that day
in St. Peter's area ; there was a rest deal of speaking; Mr.
Ilunt was the leading character; he heard him speak ; he ems
only about five minutes on the Whiteasoss, on the night he
went to see the drilling. %Fitness never offered himself for
a special constable ; he was one, off and on, for 90 years,
but derived no emolument from It; be served un the whe:e
as a special constable about seven years.
John Shaweroft said, he is • clerk to the Police-ogee,
Manchester; he recolleeted the publication of the bills, red
their being affixed to the walls about the t.ld of July, The
day of its being posted. The bill produced was taken of
'the wall wet.- bill was produced, and in it a meeting
was appointed for the 9th of August.)—Witness west to
White-moss with Mnrray ; they arrived before day-light ;
they might be there about ten minutes before any thing hap-
pened ; a person called nut " Follow them," and another,
" Conte back ;" there were then at least 900 assembled ;
they were followed by a
called one of whom knocked
wit-
ness down, and more out " Merder him, kill him:.'
a person then gave him a violent kirk in the side, wh'es
deprived him of his sense fur a few minutes; he then gCt
into the road out of the ditch, and saw them round Merril ;
he took • contrary direction, and got "It
Cross-examined by Mr. licsir.--Witness said. he was e-n-
-plover! by the Pollee ; some of the beolles knew of his gol-g
to White Myas ; he did not know all the defendants; went
o isle Murray to the prison of Lancaster, but did not know
what his object was : he saw none of the defendaats at 111
drilling at the Moss, which is a mile and a quarter over ;
they left a little after three; some of them were at their n
excise, and there were some bystanders, perhaps twenty; 1,1
would swear there were not one hundred; he could hear ro
word of command but right left, right left : he was wit
Murray, who was a little in advance, and might hope heart
something witness did not hear • he concluded they siteNt
taaraingtheamkwardsquad to march; this was i rlinVad
not ; he thought the loeskers onfell in before the bestir; ;
witness *es not rotted to fall In ; he gave them no hopes
that he would fall in ; others might have been asked to do so
without his hearing it ; some were marching in files, others
in squads ; the latter did not seem very prrfert in their
maMt. ing, but others did ; he heard parties going sery
nolsyly the whole of the eight to White Moss.

He described the advance of the Reformers to Manches-
ter as it had been previously described. Nome of them
spoke to him, and told him that if he would go to Manchever
they would give him what be had been s:iort of yesteplzy
(he had been beaten on the day before). Witness went n•ir
Smedley Cottage, where he heard Mr. Hunt address a crowd
of three or four hundred people.
Cross-examined by Mr.llluser.—Rhould you know one-of
those who beat von again. The' Ave mew who spoke to him
on the road he had not recognized as those by whom he had
been ill used.

The people at White Moss were doing so►diers' eserc:se
to the left and to the right about. 111. %a% no sticks bat
those he was beaten with ; heard so word to tire; WWI look-
lag on three quarters of as hour; WILY mot asked tojoin thew.
hat was at last attacked, because they knew he would not
fall into their ranks. Ile saw Mr. Hunt speaking from limed-
ley Cottage, but heard nothing of whathe said. He 113 W Mr.
Hunt throw up the window and speak ; that was true, and all
that he had stated was as true as that. '`

Examined by Mr. SCAN Lrrr.—Knew Mr. Hunt by sielt.
The people training at White Moss were marching alt the
time he saw them, except whilst they were b satin biro:` -
A paper being produced,

Mr. lILNT hoped this paper would not be allowed to he
road. The paper was posted in Mauchester,btating the in•
tended meeting to be illegal.

The JUDGE said, it ;as not said they swore he knew
of it, but it might be of importance that it shout)f be
read, on account of the bearing it might hare on the
other defendants.

The paper WAS then read. It was a placard calling a
meeting for the 9th of August, which did not take place.
—Adjourned at six o'clock, till nine to-niorrow morning.
Mr. Hunt was cheered as be passed home to his lodg-
igga. He cross-examined the witnesses with great•
in-
pinelty, and appeared cool and firm in his deportment
throughout the day.

The King of Denmark has prolonged the Char-
ter of the East India Company for a year, reckoti-
igg from the 11th of January.
Repast dates, that Francis Newdigate, FAq. of
Astley -cook, Staffordshire, will shortly lead to
the trystemeel altar Lady Barbara Legge, eldest
legider of the Countess of Dartmouth.
Prince Philip of Hesse Homburg and spite, who
ilimitived on )Vednesday from the Continent, have
Soho up their residence at Greillon's Hotel, 41-

Issaria.alreet.
The Sawfish sloop the yode, haring on board
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1 ' seven mei, wia wrecked alt the Sd of this month,
on the emits of Saint Valery-los-Caui; crew saved.
SINGULAR CIRCCILITANCE.—'Thdite Is aftpresert living
at Farmington, near Northlriels, st and respect-
, able old gentleman, wise was aiutwhwarden
of the parish.on the eery thy o r mut gblOtolal(ing's ac-
agaV
, cession ; he has retained the oar* islistgrraptedly for
1 every soeceedingrar—anikas dui" . 1. et the Jab; -
, ] Ise for celebrating the at . t: t I ' of the
reign of Charge the °boa, ~
the expression df their • .'' Me " 1 •, by
j giving a testi vat diliner of ,ya • iris .0- r 10-
, ',seeable friend illadharchir ~., w . *mated
to leave in badiefurhed • . '.a of x' • 'lto-
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