Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-05-02

Factory result OF JUS Cay 5 is3rsacuons..
:" AS we.me closing this account we
have authority 10 state, that the appre-
tensions are nothing short of t,ro A,n,-
tired persons. Manchester liiercmy.
To the above account we sabloin the
following:
5forca 10.
Con Sunday morning the magistrates
of Manchester dreniing IL necessary 10
strengthen the military force in that neigh
bourhood, in consequence of the declared
intention of some thousands of the popu
lation TO proceed in person 10 Carlton
House, with petition 60 the Regent
forwarded expresses 10 tie several troops
of the Prince Regents regiment o. Ches-
hire Yeomanry Cavalry, requiring their
immediate aid. The same evening five
troops marched into Manchester, and tile
remaining three troops were disposed in
Stockport and Macclesiield, TO prevent
the suspected progress OF the petitioners
i'll that direction.
Early on Monday morning the streets
OF Manchester were crowded by thou
sands, of whom great part were prepar-
ed with blankets and bundles for the
march to London; by the activity of the
Magistrates, however, and the military at
their disposal, every one most active in
harangung the multitude, all who had
the appearance and character of rinsiea-
ders, were arrested and Imprisoned on the
spot. This cautiouarv measure, fOrthe
possibility of which we arc indebted to
the suspension of The iiabeas Corpus Act,
disorganised tie plans of the petitioners
to such an extent, that q few thousands
only, who eluded by obscure passages
the vigilance of The soldiers, succeeded
III penetraiingt TO the Bridge of Stockport.
and here they were encountered bv
troop of the Life Guards, and troop of
the Macclesfield squadron OF the Prince
Regents Yeomanry. No attempt was
made 10 force the bridge, but many threw
themselves into the river, and crossed il
where it was fordable. This circum-
stance, added 10 another, that the streets
of Stockport were literally wetiged full of
the inhabitants of the vicinity, corstrain-
ed the troops Ia Withdraw from The bridge
over which, of course, the petitioners had
afterwards free passage. III the tho
roughiare Of the town, howe, er, all! those
who provided themselves with the neces-
saries OF a march, Commonly comprising
blanllc; and few days provision were
arrested, partly by the laudable activity
OF the Stockport police, and partly by tile
i'll the course of the day, dispatched under
escort TO the New Bailey Prison. at Man
chester. The persons unprecedented might
be 300 in number; one individual was so
severely wounded that his life is despalr-
cd of. Not more than 500ont of the ma
ny Thousand assembled in the morning
penetrated so far as MaccleS!ielt, where
troop OF the yeOmanry had remained 10
provide against such Il Contineegcy and
we have authority, on which we can RELY,
for positively stating that L more than
30 persons proceeded from MaccIesfield
INTO the adjoining county or Stafford
shire.
Nothing could be more wretched and
pltiable than the appearance of the few
who reached this town; some actually
talntIng from WEAKNESS and all of them
without baggage. or any apparent re-
source, with which TO proceed 90 miles
further towards London 1t is now ele-
ven O'Clock, Z. VI. Patroles of cavalry
and special consiabies are continually
passing, bat IN other respects the town
IS as tranquil rs usual. The behaviour
of the magistrates, moi only compassion
ale but judicious, III permitting the de.
luded wretches to seek lodging without
impeachment for this single night, will, in
all probability, have the Happy effect of
inducing them 90 return home without
further alarm 10 the country; and what
was n 'st imminent, without further peril
TO the unfortunate victims Themselves"
Liyerpooi, GIoyeh ~.
The fall of stock is ascribed 10 the dis
orders and arrests at Manchester.
1iacciesfeH, Nm.ch IL.
We give the following extract of let
ter received in Liverpool - A large boz
dy of men were yesterday marching from
Manchester and the neighbofhood to
London, for the purpose, ii is said. of
pctltionlng in person. They were iinped
ed ~ their progress, and thrown into
confusion al Lancashire bridge in Stock
port, by fhe dragons and ye0manry sta
toned there, and dispersed various WAYS
but many arrived here in the evening. in
struggling parties, and numbers are gone
by the way of WimslOw and Buxton and
other roads. II has created no small a.
larm in this part Of the country"
LOEDON, March IS.
This morning we received Paris papers
OF Saturday last. One of these papers
states, that Gen. Maitland has arrived al
Corfu, where he had assembled the Sc
nate for the purpose of finally arranging
the administrative organization of the
Ionian Islands. The French funds re-
tain their elevation: fhe per cents are
at g {. 80 c: Bank Actions, 60 {. IS c.
Paris, March H.
NJ. de Betfmann, the Banker. Of Frank
fort, arrived some days since at Paris. in
duccd, probably, by his interest in the
concerns of fip Y nan M H0Yiuo - %,